Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Daring to be different

California state senate okays emission standards for vehicles

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Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate

Prevention and suppression will always be critical pieces of wildfire strategy, but climate adaptation means everyone has a role

California drought: valleys sinking faster than ‘ever before’

Increased subsidence in fifth consecutive year of drought can damage surface and underground infrastructure 

A headache called Bush

George W Bush's fixation for fossil fuels and nuclear power enrages environmentalists

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Embankments, seawalls may increase inundation, costs: New study

Shoreline armouring can increase damages by $723 million for a single flood event

Now drug-resistant genes can be identified in less than half the time

A researcher in California talks about FLASH, her new gene-based technology that can help doctors tackle antibiotic resistance better

Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?

Global warming does not cause wildfires. Rather, global warming exacerbates the conditions and raises the risk of wildfire

Cancer-stricken man first to win case against Monsanto’s weed killer

A California court awarded a compensation of $289 million to him as he got cancer from using Monsanto's herbicide 

Fog can be deadly, says study

Fog water contains 20 times more monomethylmercury, the most neuro-toxic form of mercury, than rain water

Scientists tag Loggerhead sea turtle off the US west coast

Adult turtles have been tagged earlier. Small transmitters have been recently made so that they can be attached to juveniles also

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Drawing battlelines

An eyewash

Rajasthan's so-called 'solar' power project

California’s 1st fatal cougar attack in 20 years: These tips can help in encounters with the Americas’ apex felid

Don’t run, bend or crouch; if a cougar attacks, fight back with whatever is at hand, even your bare hands

California finds huge groundwater reserves; experts urge caution

The study has led to a debate in the scientific community over the utilisation of these groundwater resources in the drought-hit state

Super ant territory

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California drought the worst in 1,200 years

Human-induced climate change to be blamed for extreme weather

Reclaiming water

Half-measure

NAFTA tribunal's ban on potential carcinogen leaves larger environmental issues unaddressed

Time for some ‘sustainable charity’

Water and electricity wasted because of the Ice Bucket Challenge could have provided water to 17,777 households and lighted up 16 million households

Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’

Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030