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
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Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
<p>Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans. Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed
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Resilient governance of water regimes in variable climates: Lessons from California’s hydro-ecological zones
<p>Highly variable water regimes, such as California’s, contain distinctive problems in the pursuit of secure timing, quantities and distributions of highly variable flows. Their formal and informal
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How limiting oil production could help California meet its climate goals
This brief examines how California could limit the production of its principal energy production -- oil -- and the resulting implications for global GHG emissions. By many measures, the U.S. State of
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How melting of ice in Arctic Sea is causing droughts in California
Melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years as it is likely to cause high pressure systems that push away rain-bearing
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U.S. to suspend use in Colorado of ‘cyanide bombs’ to kill wild animals
(Reuters) - The U.S. government will suspend the use of so-called cyanide bombs to kill wild animals on public lands in Colorado as well as plans to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears there,
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Developing hydrogen fueling infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles: A status update
This briefing provides a synthesis of information regarding the global development of hydrogen fueling infrastructure to power fuel cell vehicles. The compilation includes research on hydrogen infrastructure
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San Francisco & Oakland Sue 5 Oil Companies For Role In Climate Warming & Rising Seas
The cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California have filed separate lawsuits against 5 of the largest oil companies in the world for the roles played by those companies in anthropogenic climate warming
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Combined prenatal pesticide exposure and folic acid intake in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder
<p>Maternal folic acid (FA) protects against developmental toxicity from certain environmental chemicals. The researchers examined combined exposures to maternal FA and pesticides in relation to autism
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Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions
<p>In most Mediterranean climate (MedClim) regions around the world, global climate models (GCMs) consistently project drier futures. In California, however, projections of changes in annual precipitation
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San Diego County Declares Emergency to Fight Hepatitis Outbreak
Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with