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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Can California fight climate change?

    July was the hottest month since scientists began keeping records. This year is on track to be the hottest year yet. And now NASA is saying that the planet is warming at a pace unprecedented in the last thousand years. Well, California is working to fight that. But it’s going to take a lot more than just putting solar panels on every roof.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 30, 2016 • 1 min read

    July was the hottest month since scientists began keeping records. This year is on track to be the hottest year yet. And now NASA is saying that the planet is warming at a pace unprecedented in the last thousand years. Well, California is working to fight that. But it’s going to take a lot more than just putting solar panels on every roof. A new law mandates an additional 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 2030. How will that happen?

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    1. 0:30LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King on public schools
    2. 11:57Remembering Joe Hicks
    3. 19:56Can California fight climate change?You’re reading this
    4. 29:35‘Other People’
    5. 44:31Santa Monica’s Border Grill closes
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

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      Ann Carlson

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    What’s the outlook for LA’s public schools?
    1. 0:30LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King on public schools
    2. 11:57Remembering Joe Hicks
    3. 19:56Can California fight climate change?You’re reading this
    4. 29:35‘Other People’
    5. 44:31Santa Monica’s Border Grill closes
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