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Wine and weeds

By Mark Schapiro This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. The Butterfly Effect Ten years ago I met a lepidopterist, a fanatic for butterflies. During butterfly season, […]

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Conflicting interests?

By Aaron Cantú This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. With Gov. Gavin Newsom set to sign a slate of bills boosting California’s fight against climate change, regulators are […]

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Big change for big rigs

By Nadia Lopez CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. New big rigs and other trucks will have to be zero-emissions in 2040—ending their decades-long […]

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Purity measure

By Rachel Becker CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California water regulators approved the world’s first requirements for testing microplastics in drinking water sources—a […]

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Massive mess

By Andy Furillo This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. The moment may be at hand for Californians to turn the tide on a sea of plastic waste that […]

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Regal restoration

Kim Armstrong misses the monarchs. Over the past decade, most notably the past five years—working at Oroville Wildlife Area as a scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), as well as the […]

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Planning for a future

For the better part of the 21st century, Mark Stemen has immersed himself in the science of climate change and planning responses. He’s spoken often—to his Geography Department students at Chico State, government leaders and […]

Arts & Culture

Explorers-in-place

Like so many cultural resources in Butte County, the Gateway Science Museum remains closed indefinitely in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But before they turned out all the lights, the staff populated the website with […]