Democratic leaders in both houses of Congress on Thursday introduced legislation to help combat the ongoing Tijuana River sewage pollution across the U.S.-Mexico border by appointing the Environmental Protection Agency as the lead agency on the crisis.
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A mild late-winter storm brought rain and dustings of mountain snow to the San Diego area Thursday.
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Police have notified the state Department of Fish and Wildlife of the presence of a cougar in the city, police said.
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The world is waiting for a stingray to give birth in the small town of Hendersonville, N.C. That's because it's not clear how she got pregrant, as there's no other stingray in the aquarium.
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The snake-like amphibian is native to Brazil. Researchers say the milk in many ways resembles that produced by mammals.
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San Diego currently meets federal standards for the smallest-particle pollution, but that may change in a couple of years as new tighter EPA standards for soot take effect.
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Outgoing climate envoy John Kerry talks about leaving the job, how another Donald Trump presidency could impact the fight against climate change, and how he remains hopeful.
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The seven states that use water from the Colorado River have proposed competing plans for how it should be managed after 2026. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming have one plan in mind. California, Arizona and Nevada have a different idea. The states primarily disagree about the how to account for climate change and how to release water from Lake Powell.
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An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. Four crew members were injured, officials said.
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Northern California mountains were forecast to only get a short reprieve before more snow was forecast to fall.
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A satellite with a climate solutions mission blasted off on a SpaceX rocket Monday. It's on a mission to detect planet-heating methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.
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