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The Mercury News - Environment

Can we stop plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies?

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Eggs are now the 2nd most expensive source of protein. Here are 6 more affordable options

1 day ago

How some of the Bay Area's nastiest beach restrooms are about to get a makeover

2 days ago

Eye in the sky: California spending $100 million to track methane emissions with satellites

3 days ago

How to see young elephant seals in the Bay Area and beyond

3 days ago

Gov. Newsom issues order for undergrounding power lines in fire zones

3 days ago

How to spend $453 million available after collapse of Bay Area reservoir expansion project?

11 days ago

Boat tours and ash scatterings help beleaguered Bay Area salmon fleet stay afloat

13 days ago

Three wet winters in a row for the first time in 25 years? Sierra Nevada snowpack 85% of normal, with more storms forecast

30 days ago

Proposed California water law would revive Clean Water Act rules

1 month ago

Trump administration releases $315 million in blocked funding for two new California reservoir projects

1 month ago

Map: Silver Fire evacuation near Bishop

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Evacuations ordered as winds pose challenges for firefighters battling Northern California wildfire

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Lawsuit blames downed power lines as second ignition point in California wildfire

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Is California at risk of a new insurance bailout amid increased wildfire danger?

6 days ago

Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps

6 days ago

Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?

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Studies: This Bay Area city is the most serene in America

3 hours ago

Party with gas, play with fire: The dangerous renaissance of 'whippets' in the music scene

1 day ago

States try to rein in health insurers' claim denials, with mixed results

1 day ago

Trump takes aim at California six times in 24 hours

1 day ago

Historic Bay Area military site vandalized with hate speech and hazardous chemicals

3 days ago

Yosemite: Caltrans announces opening date for road closed by huge rockslide

6 days ago

Brentwood awards contract to kickstart sports complex project

9 days ago

Why is Alameda County returning $1.5 million it collected in park fees?

11 days ago

Trump says he will eliminate 2 national monuments in California, then deletes the announcement

13 days ago

What animal stole the avocados off my tree, leaving no trace?

7 hours ago

Watch: Two whales play in ocean steps from California and a crowd on the sand

5 days ago

Bird flu has decimated flocks — but not at San Diego zoos. Here's how they keep condors, penguins and more safe.

7 days ago

New Saratoga facility helps animals get back to the wild life

10 days ago

Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millions

12 days ago

Partial solar eclipse to make sun shrink for many in North America (sorry, California)

4 days ago

Free pie, lunar eclipse festivities at The Exploratorium's Pi Day

4 days ago

Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe

1 month ago

Stunning conjunction of Venus, crescent moon will be visible Saturday

1 month ago

A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032

2 months ago

NASA websites no longer promote 'first woman' on the moon for Artemis

10 days ago

'Xixoxa's Spaceship: A Space Opera' premieres March 22 at an Oakland planetarium

12 days ago

Watch: NASA astronauts splashdown after riding back to Earth on SpaceX capsule

12 days ago

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater

24 days ago

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

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