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State Senate approves sea level rise planning bill

SACRAMENTO — A legislative proposal aiming to provide state officials with modeling and planning tools to address sea level rise was approved by state lawmakers just ahead of the Labor

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Rescuers save entangled whale off of Cape Cod

PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts (AP) ― A Massachusetts marine science center says it has disentangled a humpback whale off of Cape Cod. The Center for Coastal Studies says its Marine Animal Entanglement

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Aging Navy shipyards costing billions

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (AP) ― The watchdog agency for Congress says the Navy’s aging public shipyards are failing to fully meet the military’s needs. The Virginian-Pilot reported that a Government Accountability

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Governor signs invasive aquatic plants control bill into law

SACRAMENTO — A proposal requiring California’s Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) to collaborate with California Conservation Corps on battling invasive aquatic plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was signed

California second home tax
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Second home tax proposal won’t be moving forward

SACRAMENTO — A proposal to end tax breaks for owners of second homes in order to fund California’s affordable housing programs appears to have fizzled in the state legislature. Assembly