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A few items in the climate news that caught our eyes this week…<\/p>\n

1. CEC approves 250-megawatt solar thermal project in Kern County<\/strong>
\nThe California Energy Commission approved the Beacon Solar Energy project<\/a> on Wednesday. It’s the first time in 20 years that state energy regulators have approved construction on a solar thermal farm, the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

2. Geoengineering won’t curb sea-level rise, study finds<\/strong>
\nA new report<\/a> from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> finds that geoengineering<\/a> strategies to combat global warming by blocking the sun’s radiation would not have much of an impact on rising sea levels, unless the efforts are extremely aggressive. (Read more at Nature.com)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

3. Earth’s plant growth fell due to climate change, says NASA<\/strong>
\nAfter 20 years of increasing growth under warming temperatures, the Earth’s vegetation\u00a0\u00a0 saw a slight decrease over the last decade, according to a new NASA analysis<\/a>.\u00a0 Scientists reported they were surprised to find that the negative effects of regional droughts outweighed the positive influence of a longer growing season.<\/p>\n

4. Another hurdle cleared for the world’s largest solar farm
\n<\/strong>Federal regulators are one step closer to approving plans for the 1,000 megawatt plant proposed by Oakland-based company Solar Millennium LLC.\u00a0 The project <\/a>would be located across more than 7,000 acres in Riverside County. (Read more at The New York Times.)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Approvals for California solar projects, the effects of drought on the world’s plants, and a new look at the limitations of geoengineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[8,181,242,375,468,530,579,641],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-7940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-business","category-thescience","tag-33x20","tag-ecosystems","tag-geoengineering","tag-nasa","tag-renewable-energy","tag-solar","tag-technology","tag-vegetation"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"\nClimate News Roundup | Climate Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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