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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of construction projects throughout the state.

They say it threatens economic harm not just to them but also to rural communities reliant on farming as an economic engine.

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.

Public safety officials say Sacramento has already had 20 water rescues so far this year, nearly as many as in all of 2022.

One option would allow the federal government to take unilateral action, as it threatened this summer when it asked states to drastically cut their use. The seven states affected haven't come up with a plan of their own.

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and Southern California mountains, where as much as 5 feet of snow could fall.

The Colorado River, a central source of water for much of the western U.S., is drying up.

The U.S. Forest Service knows it needs to set prescribed burns on thousands of acres in Big Bear. This year, it's only burned 20.

The study assigned subjects to one of two rooms: 68 degrees or a sweat-inducing 86 degrees. They played a computer game that can bring out the worst in human nature. What are the real-world lessons?