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A young gray wolf has crossed from California into Nevada, marking a rare wildlife milestone for a species that nearly disappeared from the American West. The lone traveler is part of California's growing wolf recovery success story.
After three weeks without snow, California's Sierra Nevada snowpack has dropped to 59% of normal. But experts say the state's reservoirs are the fullest they've been in years, leaving California completely drought-free.
After years of trying, wildlife biologists finally GPS-collared one of fewer than 50 Sierra Nevada red foxes remaining in California. This breakthrough could help save the critically endangered species from extinction.
Archaeologists using advanced laser technology discovered Betoma, a vast network of pre-Hispanic settlements in Colombia's Sierra Nevada that's 12 times larger than the famous Ciudad Perdida. The find is reshaping what we know about sophisticated indigenous civilizations that thrived in South America.
A pair of California condors are incubating the region's first wild egg in over a century, marking a major milestone for a species that once dwindled to just 22 birds. The hopeful parents, equipped with GPS trackers and given names meaning "She carries our prayers" and "At last I fly," are sharing parenting duties in Humboldt County.
California and the United Kingdom just deepened their climate partnership with real money behind it. British clean-tech company Octopus Energy is committing nearly $1 billion to California's clean economy.
California just rolled out the largest utility-backed rebate program in the nation to help businesses afford electric trucks, with incentives up to $120,000 per vehicle. The billion-dollar California Clean Fuel Reward program aims to clean the air while making zero-emission commercial vehicles affordable for fleets of all sizes.
California's electric vehicles could soon help power the grid when demand spikes, turning millions of parked cars into a massive energy storage system. A new report shows just 10% of the state's EVs could deliver one-third of California's 2036 storage goals.
California just switched on a 105-megawatt solar farm to power the state's largest electricity consumer: a giant pumping station that lifts water over mountains to Southern California. The project marks the biggest renewable energy purchase in State Water Project history and helps protect residents from rising energy costs.
A new online tool helps Nevada's water managers understand exactly how much groundwater desert plants need to survive. The Nevada GDE Water Needs Explorer could protect critical wetlands and meadows across one of America's driest states.
Electric vehicles parked in California driveways could solve the state's renewable energy storage crisis. Just 10% of EV owners sharing their battery power would provide one-third of California's energy storage needs by 2036.
Major clean energy organizations are uniting behind a California ballot measure that could cut project delays by up to 9 years while keeping environmental protections intact. The Building an Affordable California Act aims to speed up solar, wind, and battery storage projects through clearer timelines and streamlined reviews.
California just reached an ambitious goal that seemed impossible 13 years ago: 1.5 million electric vehicles sold statewide. Back when Tesla was a hobbyist brand and the Prius was still a novelty, former Governor Jerry Brown bet big on clean transportation, and California drivers proved the skeptics wrong.
California Resources Corporation slashed greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter while delivering enough recycled water to fill 7,000 Olympic pools. The energy company just opened California's first commercial carbon storage facility.
A Southern California defense tech company just announced a $1 billion campus expansion that will create 5,500 direct jobs by 2027. The move reinforces California's position as America's aerospace and defense innovation leader.
California's inland and Bay Area counties are booming, with 16 regions more than tripling their economic output over 23 years. San Mateo County led the state with a stunning 379% growth, reaching $217 billion in GDP.
A new 144-bed hospital in California just proved healthcare facilities can ditch fossil fuels entirely. The University of California Irvine campus runs solely on electricity, setting a new standard for sustainable healthcare.
California just launched instant rebates of up to $3,500 for first-time electric vehicle buyers, with three major automakers already on board and eight more joining soon. The state-funded program aims to keep California's clean air goals on track after federal EV incentives were eliminated last year.
Pacific Gas and Electric is electrifying its entire fleet, adding nearly 3,800 electric vehicles and chargers by 2030 in California's biggest utility-led climate move. The company serves 16 million people and employs 28,000 workers across central and northern California.
California regulators just protected millions of ratepayers from a $266 million charge for a controversial hydrogen pipeline project. The decision forces the gas company to either abandon the project or pay for it themselves.
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