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Newsom goes after Mitch McConnell, as recycling crisis worsens and Duncan Hunter faces a Republican challenger

• August 8, 2019

WhatMatters

Newsom takes on McConnell over gun violence. California's recycling efforts suffer another blow. Duncan Hunter gets a primary challenge.

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Seabirds eating plastic. Recyclers struggling. This is what California’s waste crisis looks like

• August 6, 2019

Two levels of conveyer belts carrying items to be recycled seen from above at greenwaste in San Jose on July 29, ,2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters

Economy

Can Californians continue recycling? It’ll take reviving the market for recycled materials and fewer dirty diapers in the blue bin.

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Gilroy shooter’s gun, price fixing, Harris and Trump’s poll numbers, and the environment

• August 1, 2019

WhatMatters

Good morning, California. “My son had his whole life to live and he was only 6. That’s all I can say.”—Alberto Romero, San Jose father of Stephen Romero, who celebrated his sixth birthday last month at Legoland, and was killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday, as quoted by NBC Bay Area. What California […]

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Worried about wildfires, Californians ready to spend, vote to fight climate change

• July 30, 2019

A fire crowning two hills, with black trees silhouetted against the orange glow.

California Wildfires

Californians want the state to lead the world in fighting climate change, according to a new poll — and many are ready to tackle the problem on the road, at the ballot box, and even with their pocketbooks.

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California’s emissions deal with automakers dodges Trump EPA plan to gut rules

• July 29, 2019

Environment

California made its own tailpipe emissions deal with four major carmakers, officials said Thursday, ignoring Trump administration threats to roll back Obama-era vehicle standards.

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Fire, water, Ricardo Lara’s money, poking Trump, and Tom Steyer’s platform

• July 25, 2019

WhatMatters

Newsom expected to sign wildfire legislation. Bill would put plug in Mojave water-pumping project. Insurance commissioner to return campaign donations.

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Why a California lawmaker wants to ban cigarette filters and disposable vapes

• July 12, 2019

Capitol

California Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson's bill to curb litter from cigarette butts and electronic cigarettes cleared the Senate but approaches its next hurdle in the Assembly. The bill aims to tackle hundreds of thousands of cigarette butts that litter the state's coasts and hold the tobacco and e-cigarette industry accountable for the mess that its products make.

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A PG&E settlement, a vaccine compromise, and an apology to Native Americans

• June 25, 2019

BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 12: The sun peaks through the smokey skies from the Camp Fire and a PG&E transmission line, Monday, November 12, 2018, three miles west of Pulga, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Newsletters

PG&E agrees to pay $1 billion for wildfire damages. Newsom apologizes for state's mistreatment of Native Americans. Redding church comes under scrutiny.

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