California takes lead in global-warming fight
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But proposed caps on greenhouse-gas emissions are largely symbolic, without much impact on climate.
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Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released Monday.
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California's legislature approved the broadest restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation yesterday, marking a new stage in the accelerating drive for a more aggressive national response to global warming.
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California on Wednesday sued six of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors Corp.  and Toyota Motor Corp. , over global warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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California is enacting environmental legislation that could shape the U.S. auto market.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ At the Golden Gate, the sea is rising.  In the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack is shrinking.  These developments, attributable to a warming climate, threaten one of California's most indispensable resources: water.
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California will become the first state to impose a universal cap on greenhouse gas emissions Wednesday when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs into law a sweeping effort to curb global warming.
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The top Democratic presidential  candidates and Republican John McCain are leading on the issue  of energy security and climate change, a new environmental  report said on Tuesday.
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A lawsuit filed against California's San Bernardino County regarding the region's suburban sprawl may represent a new legal tactic to fight global warming.
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DETROIT, Dec. 7- Toyota, General Motors and seven other automakers filed suit on Tuesday to block California&#39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which was approved by the state in its final form in September.
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California's landmark effort to set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions is just one step in a long-term strategy by the nation's most populous state to combat global climate change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.From California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a champion of climate-saving legislation, the presidents and premiers will hear that even an often-reluctant United States is pitching in.'California is moving the United States beyond debate and doubt to action,' he says in remarks prepared for the meeting's morning kickoff. Read more
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CALIFORNIA launched a gutsy environmental initiative last month that has received far less attention than the much-heralded global warming bill.   On a unanimous 5-0 vote on Aug.
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The state of California has itemized greenhouse gas emissions into specific categories from pig emissions to household kerosene use to jet fuel burned. Wired Science shows you what the data means.
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By Clarissa Aljentera, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 13--Efforts to stem global warming took a leap to the head of the  class Tuesday at CSU-Monterey Bay.   CSUMB, along with a consortium of U.S.
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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming &#151; a move that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.
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California air-quality regulators  on Friday adopted the nation's first-ever rules to reduce car  emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt  tough pollution standards in other states and a legal challenge  by the auto industry.