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A frenzy of data center construction could delay California's transition away from fossil fuels.
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Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk Click to view images While the benefits and risks of AI continue to be debated, one thing is clear: The technology is rapacious for power. Experts warn that the frenzy of data center construction could delay California’s transition away from fossil fuels and raise electric bills for everyone else.
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As a Minnesota 'climate champion', Gov. Tim Walz looked to California for inspiration Click to view images During his tenure as Minnesota's governor, Tim Walz has passed dozens of initiatives focused on clean energy and transportation, air and water quality, and environmental justice — many of which mirror California’s own ambitious goals.
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Attention parents: Your teens aren't coping nearly as well as you think they are Click to view images In a nationwide survey conducted after the most isolating period of the COVID-19 pandemic, only 28% of adolescents said they “always” received the social and emotional support they needed. However, 77% of their parents said they thought their children “always” had that support.
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Will global warming turn L.A. into San Bernardino? Map models climate change in 60 years Click to view images Imagine it’s a Saturday morning in Santa Monica in the year 2080. You brew your coffee, open your front door and breathe in the hot, dry air of ... San Bernardino? That’s the potential future if climate change continues unabated, according to a new mapping tool.
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Refueling a hydrogen car in California is so annoying that drivers are suing Toyota Click to view images When he first bought his Toyota Mirai in 2022, Ryan Kiskis was a happy man. He loved the idea of applying cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell technology to environmental consciousness. Then reality crashed in.
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Column: The COVID lab leak claim isn't just an attack on science, but a threat to public health Click to view images Here’s an indisputable fact about the theory that COVID originated in a laboratory: Most Americans believe it to be true. The claim has fomented a surge of attacks on scientists that threatens to drive promising researchers out of the crucial field of pandemic epidemiology.
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You aren't cursed (probably). Spiders really are more active in L.A. right now Click to view images Move over, dogs. We’re entering the spider days of summer. When it warms up, spiders come out of their hidey-holes. Not to tan, but to catch their bread and butter: bugs. The arachnid awakening is part of a cascade of weather-dependent events.
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