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Malibu Foundation Restores Indigenous Biodiversity One Microforest at a Time

They gathered on the early morning of Nov. 5 at Juan Bautista De Anza Park in Calabasas adjacent to the Las Virgenes trail, armed with shovels, mulch, and native seeds collected and propagated in Malibu Foundation’s nursery. “I think it’s a really good experience that helps the environment,” Volunteer Jude Potenza, 8, said. “You think […]

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California Sets Precedent With New Corporate Climate Disclosure Laws

California enacts the nation’s first-of-its-kind climate disclosure law that requires companies doing business in the state to report on their carbon emissions and climate-related financial risks. The new corporate climate legislation – SB 253 and SB 261 – covers companies with annual revenues surpassing $1 billion.  This comes as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finalizes its […]

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California Partnering With Chinese Province to Fight Climate Change

The state of California announced a new joint initiative with the Chinese province of Hainan to help fight climate change.  State officials met with their Chinese counterparts to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday; the MOU outlines five areas of cooperation between California and Hainan.  Reducing air pollution  Developing and implementing climate adaptation […]

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Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms, New Research Finds

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years. Oceanographer Peter Bromirski at Scripps Institution of […]

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California’s Waves Are Getting Bigger With Climate Change

Waves along California’s Central Coast are getting bigger as human-caused climate change warms the planet, according to a new study published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Average winter wave height has increased by roughly one foot since 1970, the year that corresponds with global warming’s rapid acceleration, per the researchers. And storms […]

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New Legislation In California Tackles Large-Scale Climate Issues

In just one single day, a total of five new pieces of legislation passed the state legislature in California, and all of them directly involved climate action

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