California landscape of climate finance
To support California in meeting its climate goals and using its budget most effectively, CPI created this first-of-its-kind landscape of climate finance in California, building on the flagship Global
California
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Environmentalists file suit over California oil refinery project
Environmentalists in California filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Contra Costa County over its approval last month of a plan to increase propane recovery at Phillips 66's Rodeo refinery, saying the
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Study: Human-caused global warming behind Calif. drought
Human-caused climate change helped fuel the current California drought, says a Stanford University study released Monday. Climate change has increased the chance that the two main weather conditions
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Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near The Geysers, Calif.
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Monday evening five miles from The Geysers, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:18 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of
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Nearly all California voters think water shortage is serious: poll
(Reuters) - Nearly all California voters believe the state's water shortage is a serious problem, though they were split on whether environmental protection should be rolled back in response, according
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Measure to kill California plastic bag ban qualifies for Nov. 2016 ballot
A referendum to overturn California's first-in-the-nation statewide prohibition of single-use plastic grocery bags qualified on Tuesday for the November 2016 ballot, preventing the ban from taking effect
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Ultrafine particles linked to California heart disease deaths, study finds
Ultrafine particles, common traffic pollutants, linked to heart disease deaths in California, study finds. A new study by California scientists has linked chronic exposure to microscopic air pollutants
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Surf's down: Climate change may flatten famed surfing waves
On a summer day in 1885, three Hawaiian princes surfed at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River at Santa Cruz in California on crudely constructed boards made from coastal redwoods, bringing the sport to
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Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes near Twentynine Palms, Calif.
A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon in Joshua Tree National Park, 13 miles from Twentynine Palms, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:18 p.m.
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European carbon market reform set for 2019
Reforms to strengthen the EU’s flagship policy for cutting carbon, the emissions trading scheme (ETS), will start at the end of 2018 following a vote by MEPs on Tuesday. The carbon market is supposed
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Multi-generational oxidation model to simulate secondary organic aerosol in a 3-D air quality model
Multi-generational gas-phase oxidation of organic vapors can influence the abundance, composition and properties of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). Only recently have SOA models been developed that explicitly