The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Prop 30 Asks If The Richest Californians Should Be Taxed More to Pay For Green Infrastructure | | Proposition 30 is a climate measure meant to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions and fight air pollution. It would do that by taxing people who earn more than $2 million per year and using the revenue for electric vehicle rebates, charging infrastructure and wildfire prevention and suppression programs. | | |
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| The V Word: Proposition 1 Revives Historic Abortion Debate Over 'Viability' in California | | California voters will decide in November whether to add an amendment to the state constitution explicitly protecting abortion rights. But there is disagreement over exactly what Proposition 1 will do. | | |
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| SF Supervisors Challenge Mayor Breed and the Navy to Bolster Protections at Bayview-Hunters Point | | A government oversight committee with San Francisco's Board of Supervisors recommended Thursday that the city strengthen protections against climate change-fueled flooding in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. | | |
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| Meet the California Farmers Awash in Colorado River Water, Even in a Drought | | A single irrigation district in California, along the Mexican border, takes more water from the Colorado River than all of Arizona and Nevada. It's under pressure to use less. | | |
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| | | Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group | Guided by patient needs, Genentech Ophthalmology is driven to develop innovative treatments that will help fight vision loss and define vision care for decades.
Visit gene.com/scientists/ophthalmology to learn more.
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| Nicole Mann Becomes First Native Woman to Go to Space With Latest SpaceX Mission | | Petaluma's Mann is a Marine Corps pilot, NASA astronaut and member of the Wailacki tribe of the Round Valley Indian Tribes. | | |
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| In Alaska’s Fat Bear Week Election, There’s No Party Like a Salmon Party | | Fat Bear Week celebrates the hard work bears do to survive and gives all the rest of us a reason to gawk at massive animals and spawning salmon in their home in Katmai National Park in Alaska. Voting opens each day at 9 a.m., running from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11. | | |
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| Deep Look: Animals of Latin America | | Happy Latinx Heritage Month from Deep Look! Enjoy this special playlist of videos that feature animals found in Latin America like hummingbirds, glasswing and morpho butterflies, Mexican jumping beans, axolotls, honeypot ants, and yes, kissing bugs. | | |
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