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Global warming could deliver a jolt to coffee lovers

Global warming could deliver a jolt to coffee lovers – and not the kind they’ve come to crave first thing in the morning. Up to 60 per cent of the world’s coffee-growing regions will no longer be viable by 2050 thanks to climate change, according to a recent estimate from the Global Coffee Quality Research Initiative.

Electric Car Goes 1,000 Miles on a Single Charge, Breaks World Record

Range anxiety. If you ever find yourself talking electric cars with an EV hater, it's inevitable you'll hear the term. And yes, it's kinda true -- at this juncture in time, you will not be able to drive an electric car in exactly the same way you drove your gas guzzler -- in most places round the U.S., you'll have to plan on getting home in order to charge it up. So yes, this requires a minor change in the way that you think about your car and your driving behavior.

Polystyrene ban: Bill would put California first

California would become the first state in the nation to ban the use of polystyrene foam to-go food containers under legislation pending in the Assembly. Opponents are pushing hard to keep the measure bottled up in committee. A key reason is that Gov. Jerry Brown could sign it into law.

Northeast States Considering Low-Carbon Fuel Rule Based on Calif. Model

A group of 11 states in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions is working on a plan that could cut the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by as much as 15 percent over the next 10 to 15 years. The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) is set to release a framework for a low-carbon fuel standard pending the completion of an economic analysis, which could happen as early as this month.

Plastic bag lobbying group influences curriculum

Under pressure from a lobbying group for the plastics industry, California school officials edited a new environmental curriculum to include positive messages about plastic shopping bags, interviews and documents show. The rewritten textbooks and teacher's guides coincided with a public relations and lobbying effort by the American Chemistry Council to fight proposed plastic bag bans throughout the country, including one eventually approved in San Francisco.

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