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Californians' Electronic Toys Waste More Power Than Desert Solar Creates
Post date:Another sensible argument for using less power.
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Ivory Ban Bill Advances in Sacramento
Post date:A bill that would ban sale most products containing ivory and rhino horn in California passed a major hurdle today in the Assembly.
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mammals
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Groups Sue NorCal County Over Work With Federal Wildlife Agency
Post date:A coalition of wildlife protection groups filed a lawsuit against Mendocino County on Tuesday charging that the county's contract with a controversial federal wildlife agency violates state environmental laws.
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commentary
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How Much Has The Dialog Changed on Desert Solar? Here's How Much
Post date:Desert solar has become so controversial that when a handful of green groups express support for a 485-megawatt desert solar project in Riverside County, that support is news.
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commentary
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Report Offers a Way For California to Become Water-Sustainable
Post date:A report released today by two environmental groups says that if we make four basic, common-sense changes in the way we use California water, we'll have enough to go around even in drought years. And so will the fish.
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fish
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Delta Smelt Wins Victory in Federal Court
Post date:In a ruling long-awaited by wildlife advocates and Central Valley water users alike, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down most of a 2010 lower court ruling on federal protections for a small fish.
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commentary
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Monarch Butterfly Die-Off: Is Monsanto's Roundup Really the Issue?
Post date:A large environmental group is charging that a dramatic increase in the use of a popular weed-killer is the culprit in the last decade's plunge in monarch butterfly numbers. But are they blaming a symptom rather than the real cause?
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California + Fracking = The Big One?
Post date:California is a beautiful, and scary, place to live. Earthquakes can, and have, been set off around the country, by this practice, which is expanding daily in our state.
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L.A. River
Earth Focus
Federal Appeals Court Says L.A. County is Liable for Waterway Pollution
Post date:The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found Los Angeles County and the County Flood Control District liable for excessive amounts of pollutants on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers.
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basin and range watch
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Massive Mojave Desert Solar Project Canceled
Post date:The developer of a huge proposed solar power project that was once slated to cover 12.5 square miles of still-intact desert habitat has walked away from the idea, according to documents released by the California Energy Commission.
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Closing of San Onofre Nuclear Plant Draws Praise
Post date:Environmental and citizens' groups and a U.S. Senator are applauding an announcement early Friday that Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear power plant will be staying closed permanently. Antinuclear groups are now setting their sights on ...
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wind power
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Federal Agency Slammed Over 'Secretive' Eagle-Wind Energy Policy Proposal
Post date:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may eliminate most public oversight of wind turbine impacts on eagles.
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Center for Biological Diversity
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Privatizing Public Land For Solar Companies
Post date:Critics of opening up public lands to renewable energy development have been known to refer to the process as "privatization," pointing out that one public land is leased to energy companies, that land is essentially no longer public. ReWire and a hand...
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sdg&e
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Public Utilities Commission Approves Utilities' Renewable Energy Plans
Post date:The California Public Utilities Commission today (CPUC) approved the renewable energy procurement plans for the state's largest utilities.
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brightsource
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CPUC Makes Split Decision on BrightSource Desert Projects
Post date:The state's Public Utilities Commission rules on five power sales contracts between SCE and the solar developer BrightSource, approving only two of them.
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Barack Obama
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Playing with Fire: Rob Bishop's Sputtering Sagebrush Rebellion
Post date:Rob Bishop is trying to ignite a Sagebrush Rebellion against President Obama. The Utah Republican might be the one who gets burned.
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Governor Jerry Brown
1st and Spring
NFL Football is Bad for You and Your Neighborhood
Post date:Farmers Field and Ed Roski's competing stadium proposal are bad for you because they have been used to accelerate a game-changing shift in land use authority.
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Donna Charpied
SoCal Focus
Supreme Court Denies Hearing to Place Garbage Dump Next to Joshua Tree National Park
Post date:After two decades, a battle to preserve desert land has taken a significant step. The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case that could have led to what environmentalists call "the largest garbage dump in the world," a site surro...
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Commentary
Joel Reynolds' UCSB Speech
Post date:Last month, Joel Reynolds delivered the 2009 commencement address at UCSB's Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Here's the text.