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Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Thursday of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state's signature program to fight climate change.

The denial was not unexpected because such declarations typically involve natural disasters, and not "civil−unrest−related disasters," Nowatzki said.

A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade is scheduled to go before legislative committees on July 13, 2017, despite opposition from some environmental advocates.

Maximum penalties for violating pollution laws will jump from $1,000 to $5,000, and they’ll go up each year to match inflation.

Donald Trump Jr. responded to the invitation by setting up a meeting at Trump Tower, inviting his brother-in-law and current White House staffer Jared Kushner... "If it's what you say I love it."

Lest anyone read any political intrigue into the meeting with the man who is second in line to the U.S. presidency, an official stressed this event was arranged before the latest headlines.

Electric car maker Tesla is expanding its service operations and hiring more than 1,000 technicians to meet expected demand for its new Model 3 sedan.

A Washington law professor answered with nary a nanosecond's hesitation when asked what advice he'd offer President Donald Trump's eldest son on Mon. July 10, 2017.

With a bill now in print, lawmakers could vote on the deal as early as Thursday. The cap−and−trade reauthorization needs support from two−thirds of lawmakers to pass.

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr quietly speaks of a day when the dust has finally settled and he becomes, as he puts it, someone on the street you don't look twice at.

The Canadian Pre-NAFTA charm offensive: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending a gathering next week of several dozen U.S. state governors.

G20 leaders have agreed to fight protectionism but do not have unanimous agreement on action to fight climate change because of U.S. President Donald Trump.

"Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist.

An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has given birth on a Waikiki beach — the first such birth in at least several decades.

The Trump administration said on Thursday, June 29, 2017, it is taking steps to expand oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.