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borderlands
Redefine
Why Don't Californians Care About Saving The Salton Sea?
Letting the Salton Sea die would be an environmental and public health disaster. So why don't Californians care?
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container gardens
Home & Garden
5 Quick Tips for Gardening During the Drought
Water conservation in a changing, uncertain climate should always be a priority.
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L.A. River
Earth Focus
Understanding How Our Water Works
Here are three online resources to help you understand mankind's relationship with water.
A collection of KCET's stories about California water.
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Bay Delta
Redefine
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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climate change
Redefine
SoCal Forecast For 21st Century: More Rain, Less Snow
Post date:It's not certain whether LA will get drier or wetter as a result of climate change, but what we do get will be more rain than snow.
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borderlands
Redefine
How Do We Fix the Salton Sea? Part 1
Post date:The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, will die unless the state throws a staggering amount of resources at it.
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climate change
Earth Focus
Encroaching Tides: What's at Sake for the U.S.
Post date:The eastern coast of the United States, from the Gulf of Mexico to New England, has one of the highest rates of sea level rise in the world.
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drought
Redefine
Despite Rain, Residents Urged to Conserve Water
Post date:One day of heavy rain will not cure the state's three-year drought.
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animals
Home & Garden
Mosquito Season Isn't Over Yet
Post date:In normal years, mosquitoes have come and gone by November. But this is not a normal year.
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borderlands
Redefine
State Not Living Up to Promise to Fix Salton Sea, Says Water District
Post date:There will be dire consequences for southern Californians unless the state steps up to the plate now.
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rain barrels
Home & Garden
City of Los Angeles Offers $100 Rebate on Purchase of a Rain Barrel
Post date:The city of Los Angeles recently announced that it had acquired 1,000 55-gallon syrup barrels and rain barrel conversion kits.
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bathroom
Home & Garden
Save Water: Pee in the Shower
Post date:In the United States, with a population of 316.1 million, we could conceivably save 3.79 billion gallons of water every morning.
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environment
Earth Focus
Urban River Parkways are a Cost-Effective Cure for the Public Ill
Post date:A new study reveals the many health benefits associated with urban river parkways, such as what L.A. is trying to realize by the 51-mile Los Angeles River.
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Wildlife
Earth Focus
Mining Battles: Uranium, Coal and Gold
Episode 67
Post date:An impoverished former mining community in Colorado, endangered rhinos' new threat, and gold mining in Ecuador.
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DWP
Home & Garden
Los Angeles To Cut Water Use By 20 Percent
Post date:Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive today calling for a 20 percent reduction in the city's fresh water use by 2017.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Artbound Special Episode 'AgH2O'
Post date:Artbound kicked off their third season with a one-hour special looking at artist Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio's "AgH2O" project.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Expedition Painter Danielle Eubank's Body of Water Works
Post date:Danielle Eubank's gets closer to her goal of painting all the world's oceans as she prepares to leave for a month-long voyage to the Arctic Circle north of Norway.
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container gardens
Home & Garden
5 Quick Tips for Gardening During the Drought
Post date:Water conservation in a changing, uncertain climate should always be a priority.
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charity
Home & Garden
Despite the Drought, Ice Bucket Challenge Does Not Violate California's Water Regulations
Post date:In California, the campaign has suffered some backlash.
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Zev Yaroslavsky
Food
Malibu Vineyard Owners Fight Proposed Land Use Plan Changes
Post date:Malibu has just been designated an American Viticultural Area, giving it legitimacy as a wine-growing region. But a proposed Land Use Plan might put a stop to grape-growing there.
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Agriculture
Food
Demand For Almond Milk Is Soaring, But Is It Bad For The Planet?
Post date:Over the past two years, almond milk has overtaken soy milk to become America's most popular plant-based milk alternative. And almonds use 10% of California's total water supply.
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water
SoCal Focus
Then There Were Three: Regional Water Agencies Tainted by Scandal
Post date:The taint of political corruption has reached the West Basin Municipal Water District.
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Home & Garden
Embarrassed By Your Brown Lawn? Just Paint It Green
Post date:The environmentally friendly process has been around for decades.