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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kaiser Permanente agreed to a $49 million settlement this month after state and local law enforcement found the health care giant disposed of confidential patient information, hazardous waste and medical waste including blood and body parts in regular trash streams. “We saw bodily fluids and body parts that should not have been in the public waste stream,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a news conference Friday.
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Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword. Job 40:19 (GWT)
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How much was known at the mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change? A lot more than most Americans think.
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As extreme heat cancels classes, climate change prompts Oregon schools to consider AC upgrades - OPB
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Extreme heat over the Portland metro area prompted several school districts to release their students early or cancel classes completely on Friday due to a lack of air conditioning units.
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China logged its hottest August in more than six decades last month, its national weather service said, after the country endured a summer of extreme weather and heatwaves across much of its north and west. China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gas emissions scientists say...
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More than 95$ of the state is rated as either abnormally dry or experiencing some level of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Quick Key Facts What Is ‘Climate Fiction’? Climate fiction is a genre of fiction that emerged in the first decades of the 21st century in response to growing awareness of the climate crisis caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels.
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Record high temperatures are expected Thursday and Friday, with warnings up for 66 million people.
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Growing wildfires in California forced new evacuations as a heat wave Wednesday threatened to make fire conditions worse.
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A look at youth climate lawsuits making their way through the court in the United States and how the youth leading them are creating change.
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As we start the first full week of September it’s a reminder that summer is coming to an end and fall is right around the corner. The month of September is known for its ups and downs...
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Climate changed-induced drought conditions have been driving the dispersal of a dangerous airborne fungus across California in recent years, a new study has found. Cases of the flu-like disease coccidioidomycosis — also known as “Valley fever” — have risen dramatically over the past two decades, tripling from 2014 to 2018 and again from 2018 to 2022...
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A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot...
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Californians were being warned Tuesday to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state.Climate scientist Daniel Swain said the next few days will be a taste of what inland areas of the state have already endured.
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From hurricanes to wildfires to droughts, every region of Texas is threatened by man-made climate change, vulnerability index shows.
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According to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, the summer of 2024 was the planet’s warmest on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
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Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into southern China's Hainan island on Friday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometers (143 miles) an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in over a decade. Hainan province evacuated over 400,000 people ahead of the storm's expected landfall...
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Spain is facing a massive drought, and it's about to become a lot more difficult for tourists to enjoy their swimming pools.
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Fossil fuel companies’ funding of universities’ climate-focused efforts is delaying the green transition, according to the most extensive peer-reviewed study to date of the industry’s influence on academia.
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A weather pattern bringing an easterly flow of winds is forecast over much of the fire-stricken Pacific Northwest this weekend. With warming temperatures and dropping humidity, conditions are primed for growth on existing wildfires fires and the potential for new starts, the U.S. Forest Service warned Thursday.
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Portland hit 100 degrees in September for the third time in history.
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Global warming has fueled an exceptional drought on the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, a new analysis finds. |
