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The state mandated requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has county officials pushing hard to develop a legally defensible climate action plan.

After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), about hunger in Afghanistan.

The United Nations report on the climate paints some possible stark outcomes is no changes are made in the amount of carbon released into the air.

High pressure was forecast to strengthen and expand over the Desert Southwest Saturday through the middle of next week, bringing a heat wave to much of the region, the National Weather Service said.

The San Diego County Water Authority said Thursday it has adopted a $1.7 billion budget for the next two fiscal years and will keep its spending steady compared with the current budget.

For hundreds of years, these boulders have warned about the consequence of devastating droughts — and documented them for posterity. One says "if you see me, weep."

Nakate spoke with NPR about the role gender plays in climate activism, whether the COP26 summit feels inclusive and her advice for other youth who feel they can't affect change in the climate crisis.

Project plans have it providing more than 32% of Oceanside's water supply, or 3 to 5 million gallons per day, and being the first operating advanced water purification facility in San Diego County.

A conservation group says a tiny fish native to Southern California streams and a rare legless lizard will be studied to determine if they qualify for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.