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Dear Reader, It's not yet 10am on September 20 as I write this, and students around the Bay Area are walking out of class and streaming to San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose, and other cities for the Global Climate Strike. Already this morning, students in South Africa marched and sang; students in Samoa paddled a river in their walkout, people thronged to protests in Melbourne, Islamabad, Glasgow, Bucharest, Athens—150 countries, according to www.globalclimatestrike.net. Young people know we failed them. They know they have to do what we couldn't muster the will to do. I don't mean people in my generation didn't try, but the evidence is plain before us, in the funeral held for Iceland's Okjökull glacier, in the hottest July on record, in hurricanes and wildfires that behave as they never have before. News outlets are responding to this crisis with an unprecedented global collaboration to cover the climate story in new ways. Covering Climate Now includes more than 300 media organizations around the world, committed to sharing stories with one another that highlight what this crisis is and what can be done. You'll find stories on our website from outlets such as The Guardian and Scientific American. And our reporters are seeking out new stories to tell you about the scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who are coming up with new ideas to address the central question of our time: Can humans live in cooperation with Earth? | | Kat Snow Senior Editor, Science |
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Can He Do That? Lawyers Doubt Trump Can Kill California's Clean-Air Powers | | California leaders are promising to fight Trump's plan to revoke the state's legal authority to set tailpipe pollution rules, and lawyers are dubious. | |
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Live Blog: Bay Area Climate Strike | | Bay Area residents are joining what's being billed by organizers as a global climate strike Friday. | |
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Tens of Thousands Expected to Take Out California's Trash | | California's 35th annual Coastal Cleanup Day will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, September 21. | |
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Richmond Gun Violence Drops By Half After Offenders Get Support … Including Cash | | City workers tried to reduce killings by building trust and even paying young offenders. The innovative program worked. | |
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California Lawmakers Punt On Landmark Plastic Pollution Bill | | California lawmakers failed to pass a first-in-the-nation attempt at requiring plastic manufacturers to take responsibility for the fate of their products. | |
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Legislature Passes Bill to Shore Up State's Recycling Centers | | Along with $10 million for recycling centers, the bill gives grocers a temporary reprieve from fees. | |
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| A New Beginning for Climate Reporting |
| KQED has joined Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets, to bring you stories about the central task of our time: how to reshape human life to live in cooperation with Earth. | |
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| 'Americans Are Waking Up': Two-Thirds Say Climate Crisis Must Be Addressed |
| Amid a Democratic primary shaped by unprecedented alarm over the climate crisis and an insurgent youth climate movement that is sweeping the world, the polling shows substantial if uneven support for tackling the issue. | |
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