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The ruling found the county's environmental review didn't go far enough to protect farmland, groundwater and communities living within a few hundred feet of oil and gas production.
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With nature providing plenty of water — finally — this year, and groundwater regulation well underway, water managers, farmers and others turned their focus to infrastructure at a Water Summit put on by the Water Association of Kern County.
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Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate.
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The rainy season got off to a slow start but has rebounded with recent storms that have covered mountains in snow and unleashed downpours, flooding and mudslides.
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Fresno County's new General Plan eliminates environmental programs and promotes development that critics warn will worsen pollution and destroy the county's rural character. Despite these concerns, county supervisors unanimously approved the controversial plan on Tuesday.
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The first carbon storage facility in Kern County, California, will only produce a handful of permanent positions.
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A break in the rain gave way to spectacular views of the peaks of the California Sierra Nevada mountains.
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The new regulations could save thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's calculations.
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California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.
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A new report from Politico explains Senate contenders are likely making the calculation that they can get enough votes without needing to weigh in on such a divisive subject.
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Scientists looked at trees to better understand the interplay between temperatures and droughts in the Western U.S. Human-caused climate change is exacerbating both.
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The funding is a financial pillar in the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant producing electricity to at least 2030 — five years beyond its planned closing in 2025.