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conservation
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urban wildlife
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Is The Allen's Hummingbird in Peril, Or Doing Just Fine?
Post date:Conservationists say the species is declining. But are they looking in the right places at the right times?
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Bay Delta
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State Auditors Look Into 'Potentially Improper' Delta Tunnel Transactions
Post date:Who's paying for the $50 billion project remains murky
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water
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5 Reasons Dam Removal Still Makes Sense Despite the Drought
Post date:We're in a drought; is it a good idea to decommission California dams? Often enough, the answer is yes. Here's why.
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commentary
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That Feud Between NorCal and SoCal? Time to Get Over It
Post date:Whatever parochial differences once seemed to divide NorCal and SoCal are increasingly trivial. It's time we all got over them.
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Does This Egg-Shaped Tiny House Really Work Off-Grid?
Post date:Will this egg-shaped house let you live off-grid anywhere in the world? No. But it's kinda cool nonetheless.
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SoCal Wanderer
Study Recommends Protection of Rim of the Valley
Post date:The National Park Service advises adding the stretch of mountainous land to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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drought
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New Water Laws Going Into Effect in 2015
Post date:As a fourth severe drought year looms, it's no surprise that a lot of the laws passed in California in 2014 pertain to water.
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Bay Delta
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Modified Bay Delta Plan Still Draws Critics
Post date:A $25 billion plan to reengineer the Bay Delta would still harm fish and the Delta's beleaguered environment.
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SoCal Connected
Pet Adoption: Cute, Slow, and Listed Under the Endangered Species Act
Post date:Desert tortoises go into hibernation during the winter months. With all that beauty rest, it's no wonder they can live to be a hundred years old.
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technology
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No Power Needed: High-Tech Mirrors Could Cool Buildings
Post date:Okay, this made our eyes widen when we read it: A team of engineers at Stanford University has found a way to cool buildings by using interplanetary space as a heat sink.
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Where We Are
History & Society
A Century After Muir: The Places of Nature
Post date:This is the last in a series of observations on the place of nature in the city and the place of the city in nature during the centennial year of John Muir (1838-1914).
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conservation
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LADWP Sets Higher Energy Saving Goals
Post date:The utility has set a goal to become 15 percent more energy efficient by 2020, exceeding the state's requirement for utilities to cut energy use by 10 percent, Mayor Eric Garcetti said.
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water
SoCal Focus
Study in Brown: The Mixed Messages of Water Conservation
Post date:The couple in Glendora whose brown lawn was the subject of media hyperventilating have, I hope, moved on in their lives. Too bad their story isn't the one you heard.
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conservation
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Fact Check: How Much Water Does Solar Power Really Use?
Post date:There's an infographic going around lately that claims to show the relative amounts of water used by four different sources of electrical power.
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CaISO
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Californians Asked to Save Energy Due to Bitter Cold Back East
Post date:The bitter cold that's locked down much of the United States is having an effect even in relatively warm California: demand for natural gas for heating and extra power back east is cutting supplies to Southern California gas-fired power plants.
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drought
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Here's The Easiest, Most Effective Way You Can Save Water For California's Fish
Post date:Let your lawn die. That's right, cut it off. No more water.
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California Energy Commission
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This Amazingly Simple Gadget Can Solve Our Energy Woes. And It's Already in Your Home
Post date:This gizmo could shrink our climate footprint without endangering wildlife, penalizing struggling ratepayers or requiring new, massive, and expensive infrastructure. In fact, widespread use of this technology could actually save the typical Californian...
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brightsource
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Americans Waste or Lose Two-Thirds of Energy, Finds Study
Post date:The Lawrence Livermore Lab says 61 percent of the energy generated in the United States is ultimately wasted.
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California Energy Commission
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Fill Your Fridge To Save Energy (and Money), And 7 Other Tips
Post date:Friday is the first day of summer, and summer is when Californians tend to use the most energy to keep those air conditioners chugging along. With that in mind, the California Energy Commission is offering a few handy tips for those of us looking to tr...
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conservation
SoCal Focus
Sip, Sip: A Layman's Look at Our Fresh Water Problem
Post date:One percent for the dinosaurs and all the other creatures scurrying to stay out from underfoot. One percent for seven billion people. And counting.