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Learn how you can help phase out single-use plastics this Earth Day
California Live correspondent Laila Muhammad heads to Venice to get a preview of a big beach cleanup hosted by Cabinet Health, a sustainable health care company on a mission to phase out single-use plastic in medicine.
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The Pacific Wheel and other destinations will be dimmed during ‘Earth Hour'
Hundreds of countries will participate in the “lights out” event; honoring the planet and climate concerns is at the happening’s heart.
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EPA demands Chiquita Canyon to take action following landfill's impact on neighboring communities
Santa Clarita residents gathered Thursday in a protest calling for the immediate closure of the Castaic-based Chiquita Canyon landfill after it was accused of illegally dumping waste in Gardena and being described by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an “imminent danger” to the public.
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Lab-grown diamonds come with sparkling price tags, but many have cloudy sustainability claims
Lab-created diamonds come with sparkling claims: that they are ethically made by machines running on renewable energy. But many don’t live up to these claims.
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Behind a project using creativity for climate change awareness
California Live contributor Angela Sun meets Sondra Weiss, founder of the ‘Lost Art of Love Letters’ project. The arts-integrated, creative letter-writing initiative helps students and community members take action by crafting handmade letters to promote positive change for our oceans.
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Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff.
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Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water
California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.
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New development plans pose threat to California's oldest living tree
The Jurupa Oak, a resilient survivor dating back to the end of the Ice Age, faces new dangers as development plans loom in the Inland Empire.
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California's oldest tree endangered due to potential infrastructure
A new development could threaten the future of a tree that has been around since the ice age. Tony Shin reports for NBC4 News on Nov. 7th 2023.
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U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes
Federal regulators will review the use of a chemical found in tires after a petition from Native American tribes in California and Washington states.
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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.
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UN kicks off Climate Week as phasing out fossil fuels becomes priority
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.
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Hudson River swimmer completes 315-mile trek
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completed the trek to raise awareness of the need for clean rivers.
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‘Like a Russian roulette': US military firefighters grapple with unknowns of PFAS exposure
Federal research linking “forever chemicals” to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. There’s no medical treatment yet.
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The burro controversy in the California desert
Burros, or wild donkeys, are not native to the United States, and there are divisions over how to manage their population, which grows by 20% each year, in Death Valley National Park.
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China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant released wastewater into the sea
Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
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Conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event: ‘Florida is just the tip of the iceberg'
Florida’s coral reefs are getting hit the hardest by marine heatwaves right now, but conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event, NOAA says.
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Livestock pollution: EPA denies tougher regulations for large farms
The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
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Montana judge rules Americans have constitutional right to clean environment
A Montana judge ruled Monday that citizens have a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.
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Maui officials and scientists warn toxic particles will remain after the flames flicker out
Officials in Maui are warning residents that it remains too early to return to some parts of the island where firefighters have extinguished flames.