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Rep. Rob Bishop thinks clearcutting forests will solve devastating bark-beetle infestations. It's not that simple.
The photographic evidence of Fukushima is so painful it's hard to forget.
Talk about a Devil's Bargain: Federal money for preserving open space comes from energy production fees.
It's a sign of the L.A. River's health that we are arguing over what it means.
Trees are miraculous but they will not solve the riddles of climate change.
Will the Mojave Desert, which is growing exponentially, have enough water to survive?
Resource exploitation and environmental injustice have been central to the 450-year long globalization of the Pacific.
Governor Brown is only now getting interested in fracking -- why the delay?
March 21 is World Forestry Day, a time to recall how essential trees are to planetary health.
Hiking in San Dimas Canyon offers a penetrating look into L.A. County's complicated fire history.
In eliminating user fees on our public lands, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals damaged the national forests.
Michael Heizer's LACMA installation called "Levitated Mass" is a troubling reminder of the environmental damage that Earth Art can produce.
James Mason Hutchings may be a better - and more sustainable - role model than John Muir. Here's why.
Why has SoCal Edison been dead-set against other organizations generating solar power?
Fracking is producing an economic boom and environmental disaster in South Texas.
Wherein the author goes looking for gray whales and gets hooked by 19th-c. sailor-writer Richard Henry Dana.
Blaming the Forest Service for the Station Fire is easy. It's a lot harder for Angelenos to accept that they are complicit in the monster fire's destruction.
Americans have a conflicted relationship with weeds.
How nuts is this? The U.S. is building a 300-foot-long fence into the Pacific to stop illegal migration.
Golden State Water Company wants to raise its rates; citizens are fighting back. Are they asking the right questions?
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