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Heat wave hits Northern California – here’s how to stay safe and cool
“We're seeing all around the world that heat records are being broken, and we're seeing the impacts of those severe heat events, whether it's in agriculture, in our food system, water resources, electricity generation, ecosystems, both on land and in rivers and streams, as well as in the ocean from marine heatwaves,” says Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh.
California gas-powered car ban could fuel GOP legal battle
Car makers are already poised to make the changes outlined in California’s new rule banning sales of gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. “They’re going to electric vehicles – they’re just going faster or slower, depending on the philosophy of the company,” said environmental law professor Deborah Sivas. “Who would be opposed to this? Well, there’s the ideological opposition.”
Defending Europe’s largest nuclear plant from becoming the next Chernobyl
“[What’s] not so well-appreciated is you need a well-trained force of technical people running the reactor,” explains Stanford nuclear security expert Rodney Ewing. “If their work is disrupted, if they’re kept captive, or if they’re not allowed to rest, as was the case at Chernobyl, that is a major concern."
Intense heat pushes BART safety slowdown, worries Bay Area fire departments
"In order to be resilient to climate change now and in the future, its going to require updating all those sophisticated systems that we have put in place because the frequency of severe heat, how hot it gets is different now and it will be even more different in the future," says Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh.