EPA targets Obama crackdown on mercury from coal plants
Agency says mercury reduction may not be worth the cost
DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
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Trump says he’s not firing Interior Secretary Zinke, for now
WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his boss, President Donald Trump, moved Friday to tamp down talk that Zinke might be the next Trump administration official to go.
T...
DATE: Nov 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Protesters flood U.S. cities to fight Trump immigration policy
WASHINGTON –They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?”
In major cities an...
DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
California police chief: Officers spared when gunman’s weapon jams
VALLEJO, Calif. — A man wearing body armor pointed an assault rifle at two police officers in a California Starbucks, only to have the weapon malfunction before he fled and was shot by the o...
DATE: Oct 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
California residents flee blazes
Two wildfires destroy at least 180 homes
DATE: Sep 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Fired regulator: Governor pushed to waive oil safeguards
SAN FRANCISCO – California’s top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown’s senior aides in 2011 that the governor’s orders to override key environmental safeguards in grant...
DATE: Sep 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Ruses help keep U.S. ivory sales going
U.S., states proposing new rules to close loopholes
DATE: Aug 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Regulators penalize PG&E $1.6 billion for pipeline blast
SAN FRANCISCO – California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to penalize Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $1.6 billion for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destr...
DATE: Apr 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Rain could dampen conservation efforts
Officials: California drought far from over
DATE: Dec 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Making power, saving habitat
In Calif., balancing renewable-energy, conservation plans
DATE: Sep 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
Watch out for that flying wine barrel!
In quakes, these become projectiles
DATE: Aug 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Strong Napa, Calif., quake causes injuries, damage
NAPA, Calif. – The San Francisco Bay Area’s strongest earthquake in 25 years struck the heart of California’s wine country early Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region’s...
DATE: Aug 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
