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Last winter's rain has helped reduce fire risk so far, but a Cal Fire environmental scientist says danger will continue to increase as the hot, dry weather continues.
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Hundreds of millions of agricultural pesticides are sprayed on farm fields in California each year. Those pesticides affect the farm workers who labor in the fields and the communities nearby, where exposure is linked to increases in respiratory diseases, headaches, and even developmental disabilities. Most of the residents in those communities are people of color.
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An endangered tropical plant known as the corpse flower made a stink this week, as its enormous smelly flower miraculously bloomed after it seemed to die just days earlier.
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The number of monarch butterflies at Pacific Grove's monarch sanctuary hit a new low last year: zero. But overwintering sites in California have erupted with monarchs this year. KAZU's Erika Mahoney on the stunning comeback.
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Turning wastewater into drinking water in Monterey
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Western wildfires pose a much broader threat to human health than to just those forced to evacuate the path of the blazes. Smoke from these fires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found.
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On Saturday, an offshore oil pipeline ruptured off the coast of Orange County. The pipeline, owned by Houston based Amplify Energy spilled an estimated 126 thousand gallons of crude oil into the Pacific. Authorities are still investigating the cause.
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On Saturday, an offshore oil pipeline ruptured off the coast of Orange County. The pipeline, owned by Houston based Amplify Energy spilled an estimated 126 thousand gallons of crude oil into the Pacific. Authorities are still investigating the cause.
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The 50th anniversary of Earth Day is April 22. This year, the global day of environmental action is set against a global pandemic. KAZU News spoke with…
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