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DeSmog

Carbon Capture Is Booming. So Is the Push to Shift Oversight to States.

As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority
to states — despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.

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DeSmog

Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court

At the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting, members of Leonard Leo’s network
explain why the right-wing court majority is crucial for protecting oil companies from climate lawsuits.

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Fast Company

From nearsightedness to self harm: Meta-review looks at how media impacts young people’s health

The authors of an expansive new series in ‘The Lancet’ argue that gaps in our understanding
about digital harms shouldn’t delay urgent policy action.

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DeSmog

Colorado Cut $11.4 Million in Penalties for Oil Firms Submitting Fake Cleanup Data

Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator,
who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.

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Scienceline

Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay

The Brooklyn beach was closed in 2020 after radiological contamination was found.
What's happened since?

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The Press-Enterprise / Southern California News Group

UC Riverside researchers build a better avocado tree

The Luna UCR avocado is similar to the Hass, but may benefit growers

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to three scientists for their immune research | Scienceline | read

Why 52 endangered geckos arrived at Riverside’s La Sierra University | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

More than 70 endangered frogs find new home in San Bernardino Mountains | The San Bernardino Sun/SCNG | read

Hemet residents fight industrial project next to their retirement community | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

Citrus greening disease rising in Southern California | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

In Lake Arrowhead and surrounding towns, some residents remain snowed in | The San Bernardino Sun/SCNG | read

COVID-19, flu and RSV rising across the Inland Empire | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

Temecula schools, board President Joseph Komrosky sued for booting guests from meetings | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

Lake Elsinore boy, 12, who collapsed while running in heat died of heart defect, report says | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

Coachella festival wants billboard on sexually transmitted diseases removed | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read

Temecula board OKs policy banning pride, other flags from schools | The Press-Enterprise/SCNG | read