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In Pictures: Beating the summer heat
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In Pictures: Beating the summer heat
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Photos of the Day: 0904
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California's drought raises rural-urban tensions over water
Farms see fallow fields and laid-off workers, and some urban consumers face their first water cuts in two decades.
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In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare
In California, some counties consider screening them out from nonemergency services.
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California’s climate change bill could top $100 billion
Rising sea levels and extreme storms could displace 480,000 people and damage businesses and airports, a new study says.
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New test for developers in Maine: climate change
Huge development around Moosehead Lake would create 500,000 tons of CO2 over 50 years, environmentalists say.
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New test for developers in Maine: climate change
Huge development around Moosehead Lake would create 500,000 tons of CO2 over 50 years, environmentalists say.
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