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By Laura Aka for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Collaboration. With more than 39 million people , California is the most populous state in the country. Unofficially divided into northern, central, and southern regions, the state has beaches, deserts, farmland, and mountains. ...

Last week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs declared an emergency in response to the intense heat wave being felt around the state. The governor had received criticism from some in Arizona who said she was not doing enough to address the issue, as parts of Arizona recently set a record of 30 consecutive days of 110 degrees or greater. ...

In 2021, Colorado lawmakers required utilities supplying natural gas for heating homes and businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4% by 2025, and by 22% by 2030. This month Xcel Energy released its Clean Heat Plan, the first of its kind in the nation, which outlines how the company will meet those targets. Brett Anton, field organizer for the Colorado chapter of the Sierra Club, explained some of the companys options. ...

As the temperature dropped overnight and ushered in a chilled, gray morning, four University of Washington students awoke chained to the campus's power plant. Sunday marked nearly 36 hours and co

By Nick Engelfried  ( Waging Nonviolence) - From late November through early March of this year, visitors to the University …

To say divestment as a strategy has been eclipsed by other approaches to targeting the fossil fuel industry at colleges and universities would be inaccurate. Rather, divesting is as important as ever, but it can now be seen as one plank in a more comprehensive approach climate activists are taking on college campuses.