For years, residents in San Diego’s South Bay have had to deal with strong odors linked to an ongoing sewage crisis. County officials say it will get a bit worse before it gets better.
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With climate-related disasters getting more extreme, richer countries are piloting ways to compensate developing nations, since they bear the least responsibility for causing climate change. -
The city of San Diego and most of the South Bay saw majorities supporting Measure G. But that wasn't enough to counteract strong opposition in North and East County suburbs. -
San Diego's congressional delegation Tuesday praised President Joe Biden for including $310 million for the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in proposed disaster relief funding. -
The city of Oceanside has agreed to pay $1.5 million for nearly two million gallons of sewage that overflowed at a lift station and wastewater treatment plant during a major rainstorm in 2020. -
Robots designed by a bioengineer can accelerate a natural process to turn single-cell organisms into things that devour waste or create common medicines. -
The lawsuit was announced Monday on behalf of a group of South Bay residents. -
Dry weather is headed to San Diego County this week, with periods of windy conditions anticipated Monday, forecasters said. -
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day. -
"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans. -
Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world's forests. But when they're drained for farming, they vent heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air.
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