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Carbon Capture and Removal Companies Could be Boosted by New Federal and State Funds

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Earlier this year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law 40 climate-related bills that allocate $54 billion to help the state achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Now, all eyes are turned to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the clean air agency assigned with developing California’s climate strategy. The board is set to vote Dec. […]

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Firefighters work on the controlled burn in Soquel Demonstration State Forest.

Cal Fire, seeking to prevent wildfires, conducts historic controlled burn near Santa Cruz

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LOS GATOS— Cal Fire conducted a historic controlled burn Nov. 4 over four acres of Soquel Demonstration State Forest, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The burn came after weeks of work by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) to prepare some 17 acres of the

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Palo Alto launches new program to transition to electric water heaters

Palo Alto launches new program to transition to electric water heaters

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Peninsula Press · Palo Alto launches new program to transition to electric water heaters Palo Alto, in a bid to phase out gas water heaters and reduce fossil fuel emissions, is making it easier for residents to install electric heat pumps. The Palo Alto City Council on Oct. 3 approved the Advanced Hot Water Heat

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‘EV Week’ Event Shows Off Electric Vehicles as Consumers Consider New Incentives

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Peninsula Press · 'EV Week' Lets Consumers Test Drive Electric Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area-based electric vehicle advocacy group Charge Across Town held their annual EV Week event at Embarcadero Plaza on Oct. 8 and 9, hoping to entice people to make the switch. EV Week 2022 came as local, state, and federal actors

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Oil Drilling on California’s Federal Lands Set to Resume After 8 Years, Sets up Early Test of Biden Administration

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The Trump administration had gone ahead with plans to approve new oil drilling leases on public lands in California. The decision opened more than 1.5 million acres to drilling and ended an eight-year moratorium on federal land leasing in the state. The first seven parcels, 35 miles outside Bakersfield total 4,333.58 acres and are slated to go on sale Dec. 10.

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Newsom Wants Farmers to Help Fight Climate Change But Provides No New Funding for the Effort

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In October, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order calling on the state’s agricultural players to join the fight against climate change by preserving California’s biodiversity and storing and removing carbon from the atmosphere – all with the goal of conserving 30% of the land by 2030.

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Remembering and rebuilding the Honey Run Covered Bridge after the Camp Fire

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Honey Run Road and its historic covered bridge connected the two municipalities of Chico and Paradise. The bridge was a place where residents from both areas learned to swim, spent lazy summer afternoons with their families, attended pancake breakfasts or got married. Last year’s Camp Fire took the lives of more than 80 people, decimated

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Prop 68 to decide funding for water, parks and climate change in California

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BAY AREA — Proposition 68 in the coming Tuesday’s primary elections in California is seeking to bolster projects that tackle water and natural resource conservation, improve park access and increase resilience to climate change. If passed, $4 billion in bonds will be allocated statewide for improvement of parks, projects on environmental protection and restoration, water infrastructure and flood protection.

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