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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Sea lion pups dying at high rate in California : agency
A federal agency has declared that more sick and dying sea lion pups have stranded themselves on southern California beaches so far in 2013 than in the previous five years combined, but scientists are
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Apple makes renewable energy push with solar, fuel cells
Apple Inc now runs its largest U.S. data center entirely on renewable energy, with a majority of the power generated on-site from solar panels and fuel cells, the company's chief financial officer, Peter
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Mountain lion protections strengthened in California
California wildlife officials have adopted new rules aimed at protecting the public from mountain lions without resorting to killing so many of the big cats so often when they roam near humans, pets or
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Little unity over California's cap-and-trade program
Businesses and environmentalists remain deeply divided over California's landmark carbon cap-and-trade program, with industry calling it a job-killing nightmare and clean energy proponents saying it has
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Mountain lion protections strengthened in California
California wildlife officials have adopted new rules aimed at protecting the public from mountain lions without resorting to killing so many of the big cats so often when they roam near humans, pets or
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Southern California wildfire 60% contained
Firefighters stopped the spread of a 311-acre wildfire in the heavily vegetated Santa Ana River bottom Friday, despite gusty Santa Ana winds and extremely dry conditions amid a late-winter heat spell.
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Pacific leatherback turtle faces extinction in 20 years
The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its population continues
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The effect of the California tobacco control program on smoking prevalence, cigarette consumption, and healthcare costs: 1989–2008
Previous research has shown that tobacco control funding in California has reduced per capita cigarette consumption and per capita healthcare expenditures. This paper refines our earlier model by estimating
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US wildlife officials propose endangered status for wolverines
Only 250 to 300 wolverines roam the US, but the species' habitats are threatened by climate change The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," is being added
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200,000 Acres Protected for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada
In response to litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife today designated 208,973 acres, along 1,227 miles of river, as protected critical habitat for endangered southwestern