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Here are environment-related news stories about Sacramento, this year's conference site, and the state of California. For more, visit The Sacramento Bee and our conference co-host Capital Public Radio.

• "Website To Connect People with Unwanted Produce Starts in Sacramento," KXTV ABC 10 Sacramento, September 14, 2016, by Ananda Rochita.
• "State Warns of Harmful Bacteria Blooms in Central Valley Lakes and Rivers," Central Valley Business Times, September 9, 2016.
• "This Is What the Climate Bill Jerry Brown Signed Means," The Sacramento Bee, September 8, 2016, by David Siders.
• "This Wealthy Farmer Is Taking on Sacramento: 'God Help You If You Disagree with Him'," The Sacramento Bee, August 28, 2016, by David Siders.
• "Brown Acts To Block State Money for Coal Terminals," The Sacramento Bee, August 26, 2016, by David Siders and Jim Miller.
• "Latest Cap-And-Trade Auction Generates Just $8 Million," Capital Public Radio, August 23, 2016, by Amy Quinton.
• "California Farm Communities Pay Price for Decades of Fertilizer Use," The Sacramento Bee, August 14, 2016, by Adam Ashton.
• "California Agriculture Is the Largest Source of Nitrogen Pollution in the State," Capital Public Radio, August 9, 2016, by Amy Quinton.
• "Save Water? Where’s the Urgency?" Great Lakes Echo (Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University), July 26, 2016, by Gary Wilson.
• "SMUD Installs 'Fast-Charging' Electric Vehicle Charging Station at Sacramento Airport," Capital Public Radio, July 20, 2016, by Bob Moffitt.
• "Ripping Off the Poor All in the Name of United States Visa: For the American People, The Role of US Embassy in Ghana," News Ghana, July 11, 2016, by Adu Koranteng/ New Crusading Guide Newspaper. [Adu was slated to be a panelist on Friday session "Crimes Against Nature: Law and Disorder from the Deep Forests to the High Seas."]
• "Protesters Rally in Sacramento Against Crude Oil Trains," KTXL Fox 40 Sacramento, July 6, 2016, by Doug Johnson.
• "Study Shows California Thriving with Clean Technology," Sacramento Business Journal, June 29, 2016, by Mark Anderson.
• "Sacramento Clean-energy Companies May Benefit from Dead-tree Program," Sacramento Business Journal, June 29, 2016, by Mark Anderson. See also: "Op-Ed: Dead Trees Aren't a Wildfire Threat, But Overlogging Them Will Ruin Our Forest Ecosystems," Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2016, by Chad Hanson.
• "Could California's 'Cap-and-Trade' Auction Meltdown Happen Again?" The Sacramento Bee, June 13, 2016, by Dan Walters.
• "Water Conservation Saves Energy in California," Water Deeply, June 8, 2016, by Tara Lohan.
• "Critical Index Finds Smelt Nearly Extinct in Sacramento Delta," The Sacramento Bee, June 6, 2016, by Ryan Sabalow.
• "Coyotes Win Another One for the Yipper," The Sacramento Bee, June 3, 2016, by Jane Braxton Little.
• "Oregon Oil Train Derailment Revives Fears of Benicia Plan Through Sacramento," CBS Sacramento, June 3, 2016, by Lemor Abrams.
• "Threatened Species Returns to National Parks in California," Capital Public Radio, May 31, 2016, by Amy Quinton.
• "California Dairy Turns Cow Waste into Power," Capital Public Radio, May 19, 2016, by Amy Quinton.
• "Should California’s Striped Bass Be Vilified As Native-fish Killers?" The Sacramento Bee, May 6, 2016, by Ryan Sabalow.
• "Hazardous Lead Levels Found in Mangan Park Outside Shuttered Sacramento Gun Range," The Sacramento Bee, April 15, 2016, by Ryan Lillis.
• "300 Goats Help Battle Sacramento Fires," ABC10, KXTV, April 12, 2016.
• "Sacramento Assemblyman Wants State Watchdog to Investigate Toxic Gun Range," The Sacramento Bee, April 12, 2016, by Ryan Lillis.
• "Arsonist's Selfie at King Fire Leads to 20 years in Prison," The Weather Network, April 11, 2016, by Daniel Martins.
• "California Energy-saving Standards for Computers Expected by 2018," The Sacramento Bee, April 9, 2016, by Edward Ortiz.
• "Editorial: Secret Twin Tunnels Deal Sold out the Delta," East Bay Times, April 8, 2016.
• "Bill Would Restrict Some Rat Poisons in California," Capital Public Radio, April 6, 2016, by Ed Joyce.
• "California, Clean Fuel Leader, Weighs Oil, Coal Trains," The Sacramento Bee, April 3, 2016, by Tony Bizjak.
• "Sacramento Approves Water, Wastewater Rate Hikes," Capital Public Radio, March 29, 2016, by Bob Moffitt.
• "California Pulls Back on BPA Warnings, Angering Advocates," The Sacramento Bee, March 24, 2016, by Jeremy B. White.
• "Calif. Issues Grants from Water Bond," Capital Public Radio, March 23, 2016, by Ben Bradford.
• "Climate Change, 'Chill Hours' and California Crops," Capital Public Radio, March 23, 2016, by Ed Joyce.
• "Sacramento County Bans Plastic Bags Beginning July 1," The Sacramento Bee, March 22, 2016, by Brad Branan.
• "Davis, Yolo County Take Charge of Electricity Purchases," The Sacramento Bee, March 21, 2016, by Edward Ortiz.
• "Rice-growing Experiment Will Cut Water Use But Subtract from Habitat," The Sacramento Bee, March 21, 2016, by Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow.
• "Sacramento Will Put on a 'Food Tank' Conference with Farm-to-Fork Festival This Fall," Sacramento Business Journal, March 17, 2016, by Mark Anderson.