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The impacts of warmer ocean temperatures are affecting brown pelicans along the California coast. They’re washing ashore many starving, weighing half their normal body weight, or are already dead.

The impacts of warmer ocean temperatures are affecting brown pelicans along the California coast. They’re washing ashore many starving, weighing half their normal body weight, or are already dead. Kari Hall reports.

A state board has voted to phase out gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters in California in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and cut down on pollution.

A state board has voted to phase out gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters in California in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and cut down on pollution. Ian Cull reports.

North Bay Rep. Mike Thompson and a group of Sonoma County high school students called Thursday for the passage of a resolution that would support mental health resources for young people affected by climate change-related disasters.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking bold steps to fight climate change in California, and on Friday he was in the Bay Area to sign off on some of the country’s toughest climate measures. Pete Suratos reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking bold steps to fight climate change in California, and on Friday he was in the Bay Area to sign off on some of the country’s toughest climate measures. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking bold steps to fight climate change in California, and on Friday he’ll be in the Bay Area to sign off on some of the country’s toughest climate measures. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking bold steps to fight climate change in California, and on Friday he was in the Bay Area to sign off on some of the country’s toughest climate measures.

Researchers alarmed by the proliferation of purple urchin that have decimated kelp forests along the north coast are experimenting with a somewhat more brute force tactic for getting rid of them – they’re allowing divers to simply smash them. 

The purple sea urchin population on the north coast has exploded thanks to warming waters leading to a disease that killed its natural predator — the starfish. Now, the urchins have devastated kelp beds that supported abalone. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Divers pulled out pounds of trash at the bottom of Fallen Leaf Lake near Tahoe over the weekend, including 130 tires. Meteorologist Rob Mayeda reports.

Changing out household appliances can have a huge impact on our carbon footprint. But many of us still use natural gas for water heaters and cooking. Kari Hall reports.

Changing out household appliances can have a huge impact on our carbon footprint. But many of us still use natural gas for water heaters and cooking.

NBC Bay Area’s Meteorologist, Rob Mayeda, breaks down the latest Sierra snowpack numbers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation from Bay Area State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) that means to address effects of climate change, including wildfires and sea-level rise by creating local resilience districts to undertake and promote conservation efforts.

The record-breaking heat that has pushed California’s electrical grid to the breaking point for more than a week is almost over but it’s a sign of things to come. Scientists say a warming planet will lead to hotter, longer and more wildfire-plagued heat waves. California is just the latest casualty in a year of sometimes deadly heat waves that swept...

A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration moves toward ending the use of oil and gas.

Government leaders and environmentalists will meet in San Jose this Saturday to come up with a plan and discuss what’s being done to fight climate change. Kari Hall reports.

Government leaders and environmentalists will meet in San Jose this Saturday to come up with a plan and discuss what’s being done to fight climate change.