“The South Coast Air Quality Management District board fired Barry Wallerstein, center, the agency’s longtime leader, despite pleas from environmentalists and public health experts,” reports Steve Lopez.
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The Elwha River: Roaring back to life
In a special report for The Seattle Times, reporter Lynda V. Mapes tells the story of the resurgence of the Elwha River ecosystem, which is benefiting hugely from the largest dam removal project in human history, completed two years ago.
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Tribe: Armed right wing protesters are ‘desecrating’ Oregon land
Tribe: Armed right wing protesters are ‘desecrating’ Oregon land “The leader of an Oregon Indian tribe whose ancestral property is being occupied by a small,
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President Obama delivers Earth Day address from Everglades National Park
Excerpt from transcript: Here in the Everglades, you can see the effect of a changing climate. As sea levels rise, salty water from the ocean
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California drought tests history of endless growth
Mother Nature didn’t intend for forty million people to live here… This is literally a culture that since the 1880s has progressively invented, invented and
LaunchPresident Obama announces plan to protect Arctic Refuge
Great news from the White House: President Obama has announced that the Department of Interior has finished working on revised Comprehensive Conservation plan to better
LaunchGarlic injection could tackle tree diseases
Garlic injection could tackle tree diseases The BBC reports that a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the United Kingdom (and elsewhere)
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The above images are not satellite photographs. They show how much groundwater has been lost from central and southern California over the past decade, mostly due to agriculture. (Image: NASA, via the Los Angeles Times)
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The Ford Motor Company has produced a brilliant rejoinder to the widely-disliked ad created by General Motors’ Cadillac division for the 2014 Super Bowl. In
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Alaska wolf killings upset National Park Service The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s dumb decision to slaughter an eleven-member wolf pack in the eastern
LaunchEffort underway in California to ban wasteful plastic bags
It has become increasingly clear to the public the environmental damage that single-use plastic bags have reaped… This is the beginning of the phase-out of
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