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Environmental turnaround - 8 issues that will pivot in Californias favor under Biden FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 California wants to reacquire a waiver to the Clean Air Act so it can set its own auto emission standards.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 The John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility in Contra Costa County.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less As wildfires, heat waves, water scarcity and threats to wildlife intensify in the West, California�...

The EvoLLLution (Evo): What did it take to make the Norbert’s Ninth Concept a reality? Brian Bruess (BB): It really didn’t take much. Ed Lamm, our vice president for enrollment management, called me one day last summer and pitched me this beautifully conceived idea. It was at a time when we were facing uncertainty about what the pandemic might mean for fall. Should students take a semester off? Should they take a year off? A gap year? There were all these questions for families, creating d...

And because of how long greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere, the Trump presidency could influence global warming for years to come. When humans burn fossil fuels, it sends heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air, where it accumulates in the atmosphere like a blanket, and can stay to heat the Earth for hundreds of years. Some studies have tried to quantify how much of a contribution Trump’s regulatory rollbacks will make over time to accelerating global warming. One estimate published la...