After resolving to radically decarbonise California, the lawmakers there are going to enact a new law to prepare a defense against global warming and a sustainable tomorrow. The law will make it mandatory for new cars to be labeled with global...
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Much water is flowing in US on the issue of environment today. When James Hansen rues about global warming and hits out at politicians for not doing the needful to reverse the effects of global warming, does he take the efforts of states like...
It is time California got ready for a severe earthquake that would shake it to its core. An disastrous earthquake can strike any moment.
California is vulnerable to severe earthquakes because of the San Andreas Fault, which being a transform or...
We all love to drench in the sun in the chilling winters. And if it happens to be in the glittering sandy beach, that would be the most enduring moment for one. But, did anyone ever care to brain storm on—from where the unending stretch of sand comes...
A new solar plant project in California is probably going to dwarf all the existing solar plants in US. A San Francisco based company called Cleantech America LLC will be creating a mega solar plant in Fresno, California.
The 80-megawatt...
In an effort to protect smelt, a fish that is nearing extinction, California's Department of Water will stop pumping water from an inland waterway east of San Francisco. This will affect the whole state, as water supplies would be shut everywhere for...
A dead whale gifted the world of marine discovery with a new species of sea anemone. Dead whales generally provide temporary but important nutrition boosts and habitats for much deep-sea lives. But, it is known for the first time that the...
Since Industrial Revolution began, the pollution level has considerably soared up. Leading cities of the country are the leaders in polluting the environment as well. California cities dominate the list of the most polluted cities in the US for all...
The Los Angeles-based Amvac Chemical Corp. is making a booming business fueling a double-digit revenue growth by selling some of the world's most dangerous pesticides.
In its unusual business practice, Amvac has bought the rights to older...
Governors of five Western States (Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico, and Arizona) have agreed on the plan to cut their states' emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish the regional carbon trading system. The agreement is...
Atmospheric chlorine may be sharing responsibility in adding ozone into the air. According to the UC Irvine scientists, the chemical could be responsible for 10 percent or more of daily ozone production!
Just minutes after entering the atmosphere,...
It might sound self-serving or plain nutty that Vinod Khoshla, a Silicon Valley billionaire wants to save the world from oil. But, he eyes a new target—the oil industry. He and Stephen Bing, a flamboyant Hollywood producer, are financing a campaign...
Hazardous materials are used for making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices. And California, concerned with the effects, would require manufacturers to phase out the use of these under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker.
Assembly Member...
When a predator approaches, African elephants stomp and trumpet to inform other distant elephants, and they feel the prevailing danger from the rumbling ground! A team of scientists recently confirmed on this nature of elephants.
Elephants can...
Urbanization has spread into river floodplains in many regions of US, leading to cataclysm threats to the dense population that thrive there. Scientists warn that there could be cataclysmic flooding as disastrous as after Hurricane Katrina, due to this...
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