Gov. Gavin Newsom, Norway's Jan Christian Vestre sign new deal in Bay Area to fight climate change


by ABC7 San Francisco

ABC7 San Francisco— Governor Gavin Newsom and Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre were in the Bay Area and pledged to combat climate change.

Los Angeles Times—New scientific interventions are here to fight climate change. But they aren't silver bullets. Behind a chain-link fence in a corner of San Joaquin County sits one of California's — and perhaps the world's — best hopes for combating climate change. Here at the nation's first commercial direct air capture facility, towering trays of limestone mineral powder are working round-the-clock to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Robots skitter and whir around the 40-foot-tall columns, which are part of a multi-step process that will ultimately convert the CO2 to concrete, rendering the...

The Washington Times—Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left. When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.

The Independent—Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left. When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases