Climate change

• Climate change, electric vehicles and Delta tunnel among the focuses of gubernatorial candidate forum - The schism between Democratic environmental ideals and California voters' anxiety about affordability, notably gas prices, were on full display during an environmental policy forum among some of the state's top Democratic candidates for gov
• Hong Kong scientists double warning time for extreme weather with AI - STORY: As extreme weather becomes more frequent due to climate change,a new system driven by artificial intelligence could increase warning times for authorities."We hope to use AI and use our satellite data to help better prediction of&nbs
• Dutch court to rule on climate change case brought by Caribbean islanders - A Dutch district court is ruling Wednesday in a case brought by eight residents of a tiny Caribbean island who accuse the Netherlands' government of not doing enough to protect them from the devastating effects of climate change. The case,
• California's iconic Highway 1 is fighting a losing battle against climate change. Can it survive? - California marked a milestone this month with the return of an uninterrupted Highway 1 through the perilous, yet spectacular cliffs of Big Sur.
• 'Water bankruptcy' — U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water - With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'
• Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Monsanto's weed killer - The justices will not resolve the decades-long dispute over whether Roundup's key ingredient, glyphosate, causes cancer.
• The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans' trust in science is on a down trend - A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ground than Republicans.
• In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea - Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean’s surface. OceanWell’s planned Water Farm 1 would use natural ocean p
• Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years - Arizona's governor says the state will start limiting groundwater pumping in an area where a Saudi farm grows hay and aquifer levels are dropping.
• Trump withdraws U.S. from 66 international organizations and treaties, including major climate groups - The groups include the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, among many others.