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The Day of the Child or Día del Niño is celebrated in many countries in April to promote the wellbeing of children. KPBS compiled a list of events and activities you can attend with your child. -
California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich." -
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Rural Latino communities are divided about the project, which would capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant — and allow an oil company to keep operating as the state struggles to slash greenhouse gases. -
Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America's second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need. -
Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point. -
People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water. -
The tortoises emerged following the transfer of the animals as part of a collaborative effort to increase the species' survival rate. -
California officials are considering whether to take over monitoring groundwater use in part of the fertile San Joaquin Valley. -
Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up but scientists say there's still some time left to reverse its decline.
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