California Drought Severity Expected to Increase

Los Angeles Times: “California could be hit with significantly more dangerous and more frequent droughts in the near future as changes in weather patterns…

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California Burning in December

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability: “Even more fires could be in store for the future as human activity continues to drive climate…

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Yosemite–2.4 Million Dead Trees

SFGate: “There are 2.4 million dead trees within about 131,000 acres of the national park, according the latest fall count, says park spokesperson…

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Tree Mortaility at Lake Tahoe

Sacramento Bee: “Lake Tahoe’s famously clear waters continue to warm, and the surrounding forests face dire threats due to drought, disease and insects,…

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Dead Tree Disposal can be Carbon Negative

  LA Times:  “When the Forest Service announced its calculation last November that the Sierra Nevada contained 102 million dead trees, it conveyed…

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Tahoe Basin Area Plan Litigation

CCEC has initiated litigation against Placer County for its failure to evaluate mitigation for the climate change impacts of its Tahoe Basin Area Plan….

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Placer County Enforcement Action

CCEC has initiated environmental enforcement action against Placer County for actions connected with approval of a sprawling second-home development on 662 acres of…

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Wildfire Area Increased by 16,000 Square Miles Due to Climate Change

New York Times: “In a new study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of Idaho…

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TOP 375 Scientists Issue Stark Warning

The Guardian:  “Yesterday, 375 of the world’s top scientists, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, published an open letter regarding climate change. In the…

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