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On its current path, Los Angeles may not hit its water quality targets until 2082 — 60 years behind schedule. A newly introduced bill would help.
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The California Coastal Commission votes to phase out off-roading at Oceano Dunes, saying it causes health problems and degrades fragile habitat.
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Two San Diego projects could become the latest in a string of rural developments blocked in the courts.
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California would never have allowed off-roading at Oceano Dunes if the decision were first being made today, so why let it continue?
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A barrage of lawsuits will likely follow any action taken to resolve the long-running dispute over off-roading at Oceano Dunes.
Lithium is key to renewable energy, electric cars and cellphones. And there’s loads of it in the Imperial Valley.
PG&E, SoCal Edison and SDG&E proposed changes to California’s rooftop-solar program that would lead to new connection charges and lower compensation for customers who install panels on their homes.
The spill was caused by an ‘operator error’ during routine sewer main line maintenance, Orange County Health Care Agency officials said.
The August wildfire was the largest in Santa Cruz County history. ‘We exhausted every available resource that we had.’
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An aggressive coyote that threatened Moraga and other East Bay communities has been caught and killed after an extensive search.
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After being rescued from the brink of extinction, endangered California condors now face the threat of being killed by wind turbines.
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DNA has linked at least five attacks in the Bay Area to a single coyote. The incidents follow a 2020 upswing in attacks by wild animals in California.
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Piles of mulch as high as 25 feet quickly burned, along with about 200 bales of hay, as strong Santa Ana winds spread the blaze.
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They’ve endured wildfires, smoke damage and mudslide fears. One more concern for residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains: the quality of their drinking water.
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Researchers are analyzing what microbes exist in the smoke and dust produced during wildfires.
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California regulations lag behind other states that have imposed buffer zones, which protect people from oil and gas extraction near homes and schools.
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Seven years after awarding a low-bid high-speed rail contract to a Spanish firm, California is paying for that decision in delays and cost overruns in the San Joaquin Valley.
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New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry.
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Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have been found to have traces of man-made chemicals linked to cancer.
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California’s recycling industry has struggled since China banned imports of plastics and other material. Experts say changes are vital to overcome a waste glut.
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After the U.S. tsunami-tracking system went offline due to a broken pipe, NOAA officials told agency employees to keep the outage quiet.
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Deb Haaland’s confirmation as the first Native American to lead the Interior Department inspires new hope among California’s Indigenous leaders.
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Ruling has significant implications for water agencies statewide facing the complex challenges of servicing ratepayers and meeting environmental requirements.
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Environmentalists and tribal leaders are fighting a plan by K2 Gold to sell its mining claims to a large corporation for development.
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Environmental groups have sued Kern County, north of L.A., after it approved a plan to fast-track thousands of new wells.
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Federal prosecutors in L.A. made far more deals to not prosecute corporate polluters like Exide than any other district, according to a Times analysis.
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Michael Regan, known as a consensus builder, is confirmed by the Senate to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A team of Scripps and NOAA researchers set sail to map the seafloor for DDT waste barrels dumped decades ago. As many as half a million of these barrels could still be underwater today.
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Idaho’s Mike Simpson has a big idea that could help end decades of salmon wars in the Columbia River basin.
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Even as California transitions from fossil fuels, a Central Valley county approved an industry blueprint to expand oil and gas drilling.
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It’s more balanced, trimming here, adding there. But it will be up to teachers to make the scattered lesson plans work for students.
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Furthering California’s ties to fossil fuels, Kern County supervisors are voting on a revised plan to greatly expand oil and gas extraction.
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As the solar and wind industries outcompete fossil fuels, they’re flexing a newfound political and economic muscle.
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Nearly one-fifth of all electricity use in California goes to moving and treating water.
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The world’s most influential storytelling machine is lending some of its most iconic brands to the clean energy transition.
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The energy emergency is a “systemic failure,” with major climate change implications.
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Fitting together the puzzle pieces will require doing things that seem politically impossible today.
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Monarch butterfly populations are endangered, to the point that the 1.2 million Western monarchs counted in 1997 plummeted to fewer than 2,000 by 2020. Here are ways we can help them survive.
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The new wave in landscaping is building habitat by growing native plants, but you don’t need a yard to promote biodiversity. Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators are happy to dine on native plants growing on balconies or patios.
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The promise of hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics have made cultivation of crops in controlled environments a growth industry.
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California Botanic Garden is the new name for the state’s largest garden of native plants. Virtual events show how to incorporate these plants into our daily lives.
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The proposed listing of western Joshua trees as an endangered species has some residents of Yucca Valley worried.
