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PG&E Rates Are Going Up Again After California Regulators Give Approval
It is the utility’s third temporary increase in a year — on top of a much larger general rate hike — and it is meant to to recover costs related to wildfire mitigation and severe storms.
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Methane Emissions Are Rising at a Record Rate, and Most of It’s From Us
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Park Fire Survivors Stuck in Recovery Limbo as Officials Figure Out What to Do
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'You Mean Something to Someone': This San Francisco Woman Overcame Homelessness and Addiction. Now She Helps Others Heal
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Southern California Wildfires Are So Intense They’re Creating Their Own Weather
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Californians Are Breathing Far Less Vehicle Pollution, but Disparities Are Widening
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Methane Emissions Are Rising at a Record Rate, and Most of It’s From Us
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California’s Top Health Official to Step Down
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Methane Emissions Are Rising at a Record Rate, and Most of It’s From Us

Curbing emissions from methane, which heat the planet quickly but subside quickly too, could buy humans time to cut out harder-to-mitigate pollution.
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Park Fire Survivors Stuck in Recovery Limbo as Officials Figure Out What to Do

You'd think we would be better at wildfire recovery by now.
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A male paramedic crouches down in front of two people sitting on the street, leaning against a wall with a mural, as a middle-aged woman stands over them.

'You Mean Something to Someone': This San Francisco Woman Overcame Homelessness and Addiction. Now She Helps Others Heal

Roughly 75% of Americans who suffer from a substance-use disorder are likely to recover, according to a 2020 CDC study. With that in mind, Chantel Hernandez-Coleman now helps others find sobriety on the streets of San Francisco.
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Southern California Wildfires Are So Intense They’re Creating Their Own Weather

Such extreme, unpredictable fire behavior, which has become more common over the last decade, makes it much more difficult for crews to fight the blazes.
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Californians Are Breathing Far Less Vehicle Pollution, but Disparities Are Widening

Air pollution from fine particulate matter from vehicles is down by 65% since 2000, but Latino and Black Californians still breathe more than their fair share.
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Fire-Weary Lake County Again Faces a Tough Recovery and Questions Over Rebuilding

The Boyles Fire destroyed as many as 30 homes in Clearlake, where many are on fixed incomes and experts question whether it’s time to move out of the fire-prone area.
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California Fire Season Wakes Up Again With Major Wildfires and Hot, Dry Conditions

After a cooler-than-average August, a September heat wave has helped fuel major wildfires across California, and forecasters warn there could be new powerful fires still to come.
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