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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing
Alameda’s Almanac Beer Co. is believed to be the first brewery to carbonate its beverages with carbon dioxide caught directly from the outside air.
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
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‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast
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For This Bay Area Island City, Water Is Coming From All Sides
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‘Snow-Eater’ Heat Wave Behind Big Sierra Melt Is a Look at Our Climate Future
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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing
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‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing

Alameda’s Almanac Beer Co. is believed to be the first brewery to carbonate its beverages with carbon dioxide caught directly from the outside air.
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods

Proposed legislation would create a “California Certified” label for foods low in sugar, fat and additives and require large retailers to display them more prominently.
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‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast

As unseasonable warmth lingers across the Bay Area, one climate expert warns of the near disappearance of the state’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.
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For This Bay Area Island City, Water Is Coming From All Sides

Alameda, a low-lying Bay Area island city, is confronting sea level rise, groundwater flooding and storm surge as officials weigh costly adaptation strategies.
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A skier surveys the view of South Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort.

‘Snow-Eater’ Heat Wave Behind Big Sierra Melt Is a Look at Our Climate Future

An early spring California heat wave is feasting on what’s left of the Sierra Nevada snowpack, raising wildfire and drought concerns.
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Read With KQED the Book That Changed How We See Nature

Read with us! KQED's Climate Book Club is taking up "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson. We will gather to discuss during the Night of Ideas at the San Francisco Public Library on April 11. Our guest speaker will be professor of law and the founding Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, Claudia Polsky.
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Heat Wave Could Blast More Bay Area Temperature Records Friday

Unseasonably high heat is rewriting Bay Area record books this week, with forecasters warning of more highs before temperatures ease.
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