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What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon

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Earth is about to get a new neighbor that will stick around for about two months.
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What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon Click to view images Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact. Instead, it’ll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini-moon, and it will stick around to orbit our planet for roughly two months beginning Sunday.
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Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law Click to view images Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California’s plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed to ban the environmental blight.
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Some L.A. teachers, tired of waiting, are creating their own climate curriculum Click to view images Los Angeles-area public schools are guided by the country’s most ambitious climate education policies, but there’s little money behind them. So teachers are investing personal time and talent to create their own climate lessons and raising funds for green initiatives on their campuses.
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California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling Click to view images A first-of-its-kind lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil Corp. — one of the largest producers of petroleum-based polymers — of allegedly deceiving the public about the potential for plastic recycling and creating an environmental blight that has cost California billions of dollars to clean up.
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Newsom signs bills to close Inglewood Oil Field and increase fines on idle wells Click to view images Escalating his fight against the fossil fuel industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills that will shut down the sprawling Inglewood Oil Field by 2030 and ramp up fees that companies must pay to cover the cost of cleaning up 40,000 idle wells across the state.
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