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Golden Green:
To get toxins out of our bodies, furniture, and clothes is going to take a major fight.
Golden Green:
The Sportsmen's Heritage Act targets our wilderness -- and must be stopped.
Wildlife:
As concern grows over the toll industrial wind turbines take on California's largest birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to change the permitting system -- and it may not be for the better.
Golden Green:
Did Honest Abe help railroad the country with the Homestead and Pacific Railroad Acts?
Parks:
California's national parks are the pride of the nation, but this week four of them were awarded a distinction their supporters would just as soon have missed.
Commentary:
The birds are excellent at storing food, but they do lose a significant portion of their acorn caches to germination.
Commentary:
The easiest way to see wildlife in the California desert is also one of the saddest.
Golden Green:
Rep. Rob Bishop thinks clearcutting forests will solve devastating bark-beetle infestations. It's not that simple.
Golden Green:
The photographic evidence of Fukushima is so painful it's hard to forget.
Golden Green:
Talk about a Devil's Bargain: Federal money for preserving open space comes from energy production fees.
Wildlife:
It's that time of year again in the desert when throughout the urban desert, mockingbirds start to defend their nests again, harassing just about every living thing that comes near.
Golden Green:
It's a sign of the L.A. River's health that we are arguing over what it means.
Botany:
You see it everywhere in the desert: mature shrubs with little plants of other species in their shade.
Golden Green:
Trees are miraculous but they will not solve the riddles of climate change.
Golden Green:
Will the Mojave Desert, which is growing exponentially, have enough water to survive?
Commentary:
Rattlesnakes are timid, generally gentle animals. Given any choice at all, they will always do what they can to avoid biting you.
Golden Green:
Resource exploitation and environmental injustice have been central to the 450-year long globalization of the Pacific.
Golden Green:
Governor Brown is only now getting interested in fracking -- why the delay?
Wildlife:
White pelicans are common this time of year along the California coast and in the estuary of the Colorado River, but in a few weeks, they will pick up and head for other parts of the country.
Golden Green:
March 21 is World Forestry Day, a time to recall how essential trees are to planetary health.
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A new documentary, "Seeking the Greatest Good," identifies key steps we can take to restore the Earth -- and ourselves.
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