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![Biden administration expands two national monuments in California](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/05/attachment-California-public-land.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Biden administration expands two national monuments in California
Thursday's proclamation of the expanded national monuments put President Joe Biden on track to conserve more lands and waters than any other president in history, the White House said.
![Ninth Circuit dismisses youth-led climate case in Oregon](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-loggint-oregon.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Ninth Circuit dismisses youth-led climate case in Oregon
The May Day order came from a panel of Donald Trump appointees who found that an Oregon judge violated the Ninth Circuit’s mandate to dismiss the climate case in 2020.
![California inches toward age verification to view porn websites](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-pornhub.jpg?w=980&q=75)
California inches toward age verification to view porn websites
The need to protect children from adult content bumped against First Amendment rights and privacy concerns in a Tuesday hearing of the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.
![Colorado rafting outfitters sink in bid to block federal wage rule](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-Colorado-River.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Colorado rafting outfitters sink in bid to block federal wage rule
Colorado rafting outfitters claimed the Biden administration's order to raise wages threatened to disrupt a decades-old tradition of trip-pay.
![Actually, T. rex was pretty dumb](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/11/dinosaurs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Actually, T. rex was pretty dumb
Last year, a paper argued that some dinosaurs were as smart as baboons, but some paleontologists now say that's going too far.
![Sacramento delta stewards eye climate change protection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-california-water.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sacramento delta stewards eye climate change protection
Stewards of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say that preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about 740,000 acres of land — is critical in the face of climate change.
![Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Colorado River dam](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-Glenn-Canyon-Dam-Water-nevada.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Colorado River dam
Conservationists lost an appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday as they attempted to force the federal government to reconsider climate change studies in managing the Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River.
![Arizona ‘fake electors’, other Trump allies indicted for fraud, conspiracy](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/11/attachment-elections-arizona.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Arizona ‘fake electors’, other Trump allies indicted for fraud, conspiracy
Donald Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and others were indicted Wednesday on fraud and conspiracy charges alongside several Republican leaders.
![Plan to ban plastic grocery bags clears first hurdle in California](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-plastic-california.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Plan to ban plastic grocery bags clears first hurdle in California
A bill that would prohibit plastic bags in California grocery stores and steer people to paper or reusable bags passed its first legislative committee hearing on Wednesday.
![Salmon advocates sue to defund Lower Columbia River Basin hatcheries](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-salmon-washington.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Salmon advocates sue to defund Lower Columbia River Basin hatcheries
Conservationists say salmon hatcheries on the Columbia River are harming wild fish populations and the species that need them for food.