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Divest Now? A Case for Our Immediate Emancipation from Fossil Fuels
January 28, 2013 2:00 PM
by Char Miller
Golden Green:
Divesting ourselves from fossil fuels will not be easy, but we must act now.
'To Act in Our Time': Will President Obama Green America?
January 23, 2013 2:00 PM
by Char Miller
Golden Green:
President Obama's inaugural address actually mentioned climate change. It's time to do something about it.
New Spider Species Remind Us Just How Much We Don't Know About the Desert
January 22, 2013 3:01 PM
by Chris Clarke
The Hidden Desert:
The discovery of 13 new desert spider species reminds us that our deserts are largely unexplored by biologists, and that we may be losing species before we know they're there.
Golden Green:
How Pinnacles National Monument became a National Park -- and why Red Rock still waits its turn
Razed Expectations: Why It Matters that the Army Corps Bulldozed the Sepulveda Sanctuary
January 10, 2013 11:24 AM
by Char Miller
Golden Green:
When the Army Corps sent bulldozers crashing through Sepulveda Basin it damaged nature and the civic arena
The Hidden Desert:
If the Mojave Desert gets some rain in the next six weeks, then we might just see one of the desert's least-understood phenomena take place, as Joshua trees work to create a new generation of themselves.
Shifting Tide: Southern California Sea Otter Ban Lifted
January 2, 2013 2:00 PM
by Char Miller
Golden Green:
It is a great start to the new year that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's has decided to open Southern California's waters to the once-banned sea otters.
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