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An Oroville message: As climate shifts, so will water strategiesSafety concerns at the Oroville Dam center on engineering and maintenance. But dams also face new challenges in managing water in an era when rains can be heavier, and less precipitation is falling as snow.
Cover StoryFarming a warmer planetMorocco holds lessons for how farmers around the world are adapting to, and curbing, global warming.
Panels to the people: 'Community solar' aims to democratize the sunMore solar projects start serving neighborhoods rather than just individual houses. But the movement is still in its early stages, especially in lower-income communities.
What climate change action, Republican-style, might look likeA group of prominent conservatives put forward a plan for addressing climate change. In some ways, it's a marker for the future.
- For Republicans, carbon tax isn't dead, just dormant
In this edition: The conservatives who support climate action; a move for coal miners and against stream protections; swords into plowshares (sort of).
Spotted in Washington: conservatives supporting climate actionPresident Trump and the Republican-led Congress aren't showing much interest in climate change, but idea of a carbon tax is still percolating – and conservatives who back it symbolize a green wing of the GOP that may be growing.
- Fossil fuel jobs easier to promise than to deliver
In this edition: President Trump's pipelines actions and the bid for fossil-fuel jobs; a week of confusion and fear; Al Gore's new movie.
Scientists drawn into politics, in a bid to defend scienceConcern in the science community rose this week about possible Trump administration curbs on researchers. Responses range from defending facts to actually entering the political fray.
The confusing, wild world of science under the Trump administrationThis week has seen federal scientists and park employees go rogue on Twitter amid claims of gag orders and grant freezes by the Trump administration. But looking deeper, Zack found that fear is distorting the situation. There are real concerns but also a need to be clear about when ethical lines are actually being crossed. –Mark Sappenfield, National news editor
Behind Trump pipeline orders, a pledge to deliver energy jobsHe's issued executive orders backing pipelines, and wants to open federal lands and loosen regulations. All that may add jobs in the industry, but market forces are in driver's seat.
- Trump team's approach to climate change: Emphasize uncertainty
In this edition: How President Trump's Cabinet nominees talk about climate; why Scott Pruitt sees an EPA in need of restraint; will Republicans curb Endangered Species Act?
On global warming, Trump nominees try having it both waysCabinet candidates aren't calling climate change a 'hoax,' but they're taking on climate science by emphasizing a lack of modeling precision and disagreements among scientists.
Why the EPA nominee wants to be a political wrecking ballScott Pruitt has made a career of asserting states' rights against federal authority, primarily by suing the agency he may run. Now, he gets a chance to shift that balance.
- Los Angeles preps for less reliance on water imports
In this edition: More people leave lawns behind as California seeks to make water conservation a way of life; the Trump Cabinet nominee who sees climate change as a threat; farewell to the 747.
Energy secretary seeks to lock in free speech for DOE scientistsThe new policy, which Ernest Moniz says was in the works before Donald Trump won the presidency, says scientists 'are free and encouraged to share their scientific findings and views.'
His zeal isn't clear, but Tillerson calls climate change a 'threat'Unlike some other Trump Cabinet picks, Rex Tillerson acknowledges climate change. His confirmation hearing to become secretary of State leaves doubts about how much climate action he supports.
- Drought in Africa, and the innovative response
In this edition: How drought-resistant farming methods have the potential to improve women's lives in Lesotho; lead testing on the rise in schools; digging into data on climate-change 'hiatus.'
California gets rains, but drought still means fewer lawns in futureGreen grass is slowly losing ground as the archetypal landscape of Southern California. The populous region, adapting to a changing climate, will rely less on melting snowpack from afar.
Why drought-resistant farming could be a feminist act in LesothoParts of Africa face one of the worst droughts in a century. Alongside needed food aid, new farming methods may offer a longer-term response – and lighten domestic burdens for women.
- A green response to urban flood risks
In this edition: How urban parks increasingly double as relief valves when extreme rains hit; Maine sees its future increasingly intertwined with a warming Arctic; the message behind an offshore drilling ban.
