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California’s Battery Storage Boom: What Recent Fires Teach Us About Energy Storage Safety

California’s Battery Storage Boom: What Recent ...

California is rapidly expanding the use of battery energy storage. These systems play an important role in storing electricity and helping support the state’s power grid, particularly as renewable energy...

California’s Battery Storage Boom: What Recent ...

California is rapidly expanding the use of battery energy storage. These systems play an important role in storing electricity and helping support the state’s power grid, particularly as renewable energy...

As AI Data Centers Grow, So Does the Environmental Conversation

As AI Data Centers Grow, So Does the Environmen...

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, but behind every AI application is something most people rarely see: large facilities filled with computer equipment that need enormous amounts of...

As AI Data Centers Grow, So Does the Environmen...

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, but behind every AI application is something most people rarely see: large facilities filled with computer equipment that need enormous amounts of...

When a Chemical Leak Becomes a Community Emergency: Lessons from La Habra

When a Chemical Leak Becomes a Community Emerge...

A chemical incident at a workplace can become a community concern very quickly. That was the situation in La Habra, California, earlier this week when a chemical leak at a...

When a Chemical Leak Becomes a Community Emerge...

A chemical incident at a workplace can become a community concern very quickly. That was the situation in La Habra, California, earlier this week when a chemical leak at a...

Supercharged El Niño: What a Stronger Climate Pattern Could Mean for California

Supercharged El Niño: What a Stronger Climate P...

California is no stranger to El Niño. The naturally occurring climate pattern can influence rainfall, temperatures, ocean conditions, storms, and coastal hazards across the state. But this year, scientists are...

Supercharged El Niño: What a Stronger Climate P...

California is no stranger to El Niño. The naturally occurring climate pattern can influence rainfall, temperatures, ocean conditions, storms, and coastal hazards across the state. But this year, scientists are...

California’s Hidden Water Hazard: Understanding Harmful Algal Blooms and Environmental Health

California’s Hidden Water Hazard: Understanding...

California’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other waterways provide opportunities for recreation, fishing, wildlife habitat, and community connection. But beneath the surface, environmental conditions can sometimes create a less visible public...

California’s Hidden Water Hazard: Understanding...

California’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other waterways provide opportunities for recreation, fishing, wildlife habitat, and community connection. But beneath the surface, environmental conditions can sometimes create a less visible public...

From Wildfire to Water: How Burned Watersheds Can Impact California's Beaches

From Wildfire to Water: How Burned Watersheds C...

California wildfires can continue affecting the environment long after the flames are extinguished. When a wildfire burns through a watershed, it can change the landscape in ways that affect streams,...

From Wildfire to Water: How Burned Watersheds C...

California wildfires can continue affecting the environment long after the flames are extinguished. When a wildfire burns through a watershed, it can change the landscape in ways that affect streams,...