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Death Valley's protected wilderness is spectacular but its protection has cost its original inhabitants.
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The EPA has released a series of videos on everyday actions you can take to slow down climate change, aimed at those of us who haven't yet devoted our entire waking lives to worrying about the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.
Students from John Marshall High School remove invasive Smilo grass as part of the watershed restoration project in Big Tjunga Canyon. | Photo: Courtesy Edward Belden
The Angeles National Forest is L.A.'s biggest playground. We all need to pitch in to restore it.
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Gina McCarthy, the incoming Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), delivered a video address to EPA staff Monday that leaves no doubt addressing climate change will be a priority on her watch.
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The U.S. Senate voted today to confirm Regina "Gina" McCarthy as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The long-delayed confirmation had been a bargaining chip in a partisan battle over the Obama administration's energy policy.
A section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall along the Imperial Dunes.
The U.S. Senate thinks the "Border Surge" will make the country more secure.
Protestors at a No on Keystone pipeline event in November 2012.
It took him awhile to get to the point, showing how tentative his proposals are, how carefully couched his prescriptions.
The palm is definitely found; CEQA is severely questioned; Proposition 13's doubters have their own. And "where we are" gets a bit clearer.
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Imperial County is the California desert's toxic capital, with places like the east Coachella Valley and a few other spots not far behind.
An alphabet soup of the promoters, players, and policies are shaping Los Angeles. It's not an appetizing mix.
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When the Army Corps sent bulldozers crashing through Sepulveda Basin it damaged nature and the civic arena
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Every congress since 1964 has designated new wilderness areas, often drawing support from both major political parties, except the one currently enthroned.
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