In the state's first big step toward regulating ubiquitous “forever chemicals” proposed thresholds are much lower than federal guidelines for drinking water.
Extreme drought now grips 85% of California, and meeting the reduction target could save enough water to supply 1.7 million average households for one year.
As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’ plan to cut carbon emissions.
To handle the pandemic, the nation will need 30 contact tracers for every 100,000 Americans so for now many cities are only tracking the virus's spread through vulnerable populations.
Trump's loosening of fuel economy standards means that cars will be allowed to emit more climate-warming carbon dioxide as well as pollutants that cause smog and other air pollution.