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🏃 As California installs more artificial turf, health and environmental concerns multiply
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-california-artificial-turf-health-environmental.html

As California installs more artificial turf, health and environmental concerns multiply
Fields of plastic, or fake turf, are spreading across the Golden State from San Diego to Del Norte counties.

"California Leads Nation in Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions"
#California #Food #Climate #ClimateChange

California Leads Nation in Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions | Happy Eco News
California dairy farms have cut dairy farm greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually through methane digesters, improved waste management, and herd efficiency gains. This achievement puts the state two-thirds of the way toward its 2030 goal while maintaining milk production leadership and demonstrating economic viability.

Methane leaks at California oil facilities are also spewing toxic chemicals #California

Methane leaks at California oil facilities are also spewing toxic chemicals
Large methane leaks at oil and gas facilities across the United States not only unleash massive plumes of the potent greenhouse gas, but also carry a toxic mix of air pollutants that jeopardize the health of communities nearby, according to new research.

California Scrub Jay looking over its shoulder. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. #laarboretum #scrubjay #californiascrubjay

"Over 1,000 items stolen from California museum’s collection in early morning heist"
’Tis the Season? 🥷
#heist #museum #California

#California legislature votes new #Law in to ban feline declawing
https://www.mer…

California bans cat declawing under new state law
Leading veterinary organization opposed the bill, animal welfare groups said practice is painful and cruel

⓿ Study outlines steps for California to reach net-zero emissions by 2045
#california

Study outlines steps for California to reach net-zero emissions by 2045
A 2022 California law mandates net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and negative emissions every year thereafter. The state can achieve this but will have to act quickly and thoroughly, and success will require new technologies for sectors difficult to decarbonize, a new Stanford University study finds. The state will need to decarbonize not only cars and electricity but also trucks, trains, planes, agriculture, and factories, while slashing pollution from its oil refineries.

"Smashing 6 Million Sea Urchins with Hammers Saved a California Kelp Paradise Thanks to Volunteer Divers"
#US #USA #America #California

Smashing 6 Million Sea Urchins with Hammers Saved a California Kelp Paradise Thanks to Volunteer Divers
Armed with hammers, they smash the zombie urchins one by one, leaving the larger, healthier urchins intact.

California Scrub Jay. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. December 2024. #laarboretum #jay #scrubjay

"California advances climate action with new legislation"
#California #Climate #ClimateChange

I feel like this is opening a new labor market: Legal fact-checker who verifies an AI-produced brief. I recall reading that hallucinations like this were expected by the creators of #LLM, almost a mathematical probability. #AI

California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications
The court of appeals issued an historic fine after 21 of 23 quotes in the lawyer's opening brief were fake. Courts want more AI regulations.

"‘The forgotten forest’: how smashing 5.6m urchins saved a California kelp paradise"
#US #USA #America #California

Lyle Menendez Also Denied #Parole This Week, Will Remain Incarcerated in #California #BOP Facility Similar To Brother Erik Who Was Also Denied Parole This Week
Last YR Ousted

🤑 San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
#california

San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
For years, democratic socialists in San Francisco have been passing Zohran Mamdani–style policies in the city legislature and through ballot measures, only to see them blocked by Silicon Valley billionaires and powerful real estate interests.

"Study outlines steps for California to reach net-zero emissions by 2045"
#US #USA #America #California

Study outlines steps for California to reach net-zero emissions by 2045
A 2022 California law mandates net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and negative emissions every year thereafter. The state can achieve this but will have to act quickly and thoroughly, and success will require new technologies for sectors difficult to decarbonize, a new Stanford University study finds. The state will need to decarbonize not only cars and electricity but also trucks, trains, planes, agriculture, and factories, while slashing pollution from its oil refineries.

"California learns from its beaver reintroductions"
#US #USA #America #California

California learns from its beaver reintroductions
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Tásmam Koyóm, a high Sierra meadow in California, U.S. returned to the Mountain Maidu people in 2019, is once again wet where once it had been dry. Rivulets now snake through hip-high grasses and willow thickets, feeding a […]

Prosecutor's release 42,000 word response to That 70's Show star #DannyMasterson's appeal to be released from 30 yr #California #prison term on forcible rape & drugging charges.
The details are not prett…

"Exxon sues California over climate laws, alleging free speech violations"
#US #USA #America #California

Jason Bennett sold his condo in #SanFrancisco #California and bought another in #Colombia, and mother was understandably sceptical.
He’s still there and quite happy living in

Go-Go's vocalist Belinda Carlisle touches on the sentiments of songs of the 60's & early 70's and her love for the #GoldenState shared in her upcoming new album ‘Once Upon a Time in #California.'
In the linked interview she recounts listening to AM hits radio and falling in love with t…

#OTD in 1988 (37 yrs ago!) in the peace sign shaped park / traffic circle at the center of sleepy #Cotati #California, a free outdoor show featured Sam Andrew of Big Brother & The Holding Co with two upstart bands opening :

"Why plastic bags will be gone from California groceries by the end of 2025"
#US #USA #America #California…

Why plastic bags will be gone from California groceries by the end of 2025
"Paper or plastic?" Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past.

Left leaning #FederalCourt #Judge agrees with #California #Newsom admin who brought case that

"California has a new law to prevent big grid battery fires"
#US #USA #America #California

California has a new law to prevent big grid battery fires
The state enhanced battery safety rules in response to the Moss Landing fire. The industry is on board, hoping better standards will reassure the public.

One of #California's coastal jewel cities, home to a seaside amusement park, outdoor shopping promenades, private airports and expensive hotels and dining spots favored by celebrities has gone belly up...
Officials are filing a declaration of a #FiscalEmergency ...

"California’s kelp forests struggle to recover a decade after collapse"
#US #USA #America #California

"Beavers restored to tribal lands in California benefit ecosystems"
#US #USA #America #California

Beavers restored to tribal lands in California benefit ecosystems
This is the first installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. CHESTER, Calif. — The pictograph, an ochre-red outline with four paws and an unmistakable paddle of a tail, has been on the reservation “my whole life,” said Kenneth McDarment, a member of the Tule River Tribe. It’s just one of many paintings […]

#Newsom plan to #Gerrymander #California #voting districts in obvious overwhelming favor of

"A former oil field in Fullerton, California, could become a rare sanctuary for wildlife"
#US #USA #America #California

A former oil field in Fullerton, California, could become a rare sanctuary for wildlife
In Southern California, a decades-long grassroots effort may soon convert a Chevron-owned oil site into a protected nature preserve — if federal support doesn't fall through.Amal Ahmed reports for High Country News.In short:West Coyote Hills in Fullerton, once slated for suburban housing, is now par...

Despite hateful rhetoric from #DJT admin excoriating #California #University and publicly deriding school, #SanJoseState U (currently under…

"California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online"
#US #USA #America #California

California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.

Attorney is going after #SamAltman as responsible for #TeenSuicide after #California parents find grim incriminating #ChatGPT logs that enc…

"Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history"
#US #USA #America #California

Actress #LeahRemini Details Why She Is #Outraged That #California #GovNewsom Elevated A Longtime

"California's home batteries are replacing gas plants and saving hundreds of millions"
#US #USA #America #California

California’s home batteries are replacing gas plants and saving hundreds of millions
Brattle Group analyzed a gigawatt-hour virtual power plant test that may be the world’s largest as part of its review of California’s distributed peak-shaving program.

#GavinNewsom wants you to come to #California and kill #swans, and has made it legal to shoot them without any license or permit.
A recent #CalMatters

Thousands of #Jobs Cut Or Now At Risk In Central #California As #Drumpf Admin Seeks To #Defund And Destroy All

#California Gov #Newsom signs #ScottWeiner bill to bulldoze over opposition to expansion of #housing density and residential construction proj…