Valley fever infects more than 13,000 people annually in Arizona and California and kills more than 100. Yet the two states spend less on public awareness about the disease in one year than what the Bakersfield City School District spends on lunch milk for a month and less than what …
Read More »California Legislature extends state’s cap-and-trade climate program in rare bipartisan effort
California lawmakers voted Monday evening to extend the state’s premiere program on climate change, a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown that included unprecedented Republican support for fighting global warming. In … Click to Continue »
Read More »California AG bans state travel to Texas, 3 other states
California’s attorney general blocked state-funded travel to Texas and three other states on Thursday in response to what he considers anti-LGBT rights laws enacted this year. Democratic Attorney General Xavier … Click to Continue »
Read More »A brief history of the sanctuary movement in the United States
Sanctuary cities have become a hot topic in recent months, but the modern movement began more than 30 years ago in Tucson, Arizona. … Click to Continue »
Read More »In backlash against Trump, cities and states say they’ll live up to U.S. promises
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump may be quitting the Paris agreement on climate change, but forcing the nation to go along with him is proving more of a challenge. Dozens … Click to Continue »
Read More »States move to roll back environmental rules in Trump’s wake
Emboldened by the environmental rollbacks of President Donald Trump, state legislatures are following suit, taking aim at items as varied as solar incentives, chemical spill protections and even anti-pipeline protesters. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California asks other states to fill void on climate change
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California was clear about its ambitions when it enacted a law on global warming just over a decade ago. Progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the law … Click to Continue »
Read More »Sea snail found in Florida Keys is the state’s latest exotic invader
The discovery of a new sea snail in the Florida Keys – one with strange spiderlike powers – has scientists worried that they may be seeing the beginning of the … Click to Continue »
Read More »California appeals court upholds state’s cap-and-trade program
California’s controversial cap-and-trade program, a cornerstone of the state’s battle against climate change, has been upheld by a state appeals court. Two judges on the appeals court panel sided with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno State’s economic influence in the Valley
Dr. Antonio Avalos, chairman of the Economics Department at Fresno State, talks about his report citing the university’s economic influence in the Valley. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bill in Congress aims to take shark fins off the menu throughout the United States
It’s been four years since California’s ban on the purchase and possession of shark fins went into effect. And yet, more than 60 tons of shark fins arrive at the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Watch sun rising across the United States in this satellite imagery
Data flowing in from the new NOAA-NASA GOES-16 satellite offers the sunrise across the United States. It goes fast in this video but it’s pretty stunning. The agencies will use GOES-16 for more accurate weather mapping. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Uniting States of Marijuana: the nation’s evolving laws on cannabis
The November 2016 election brought about new rules on the use of recreational and medicinal marijuana in several states, with more than half (including California) now allowing for the later. Federal government leaders including President Trump have voiced their opinion on the changing state of mind around marijuana. Is this …
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