Dark side of the coin

Injudicious state policies are not the only ones responsible for California's blackouts

Quick worker

Promising earthquake warning system tested

California for eco-friendly toilets

Biomonitoring breastmilk

In april this year, California became the first us state to introduce a bill to biomonitor breast milk. Activists and researchers hope that once …

Clean-up act

California strengthens air quality norms for particulate matter

CONTAINING CONTAMINATION

Nuclear protection pills for California residents

World’s largest solar plant opens in California

The plant will generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes

Re-examined

Air pollutants alone may cause acute asthma attacks

It's emergency

NEWS SNIPPETS

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Follow Up

Daring to be different

California state senate okays emission standards for vehicles

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Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate

Prevention and suppression will always be critical pieces of wildfire strategy, but climate adaptation means everyone has a role

California drought: valleys sinking faster than ‘ever before’

Increased subsidence in fifth consecutive year of drought can damage surface and underground infrastructure 

Climate change will cause a cascade of catastrophes in the future: study

New study says that if something isn't done to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, people could be forced to cope with three to six …

Is America redeeming itself vis-à-vis its First Nations?

The country appointed its first Native American poet laureate and apologised for the genocide of aborigines in its largest and richest state on …

A headache called Bush

George W Bush's fixation for fossil fuels and nuclear power enrages environmentalists

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The dawn of pollution

Aerosol pollution may affect rainfall pattern