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The EPA wants your feedback on guidelines for promoting landfill solar projects.
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"Rock the Boat" chronicles the kayaking adventures of George Wolfe and how the L.A. River began to be transformed.
Russell E. Train. | Photo: Courtesy The Heinz Awards
He was deeply engaged with some of the late 20th-century's most pivotal environmental issues, and did so as a Republican stalwart -- Richard Nixon, for example, appointed him as the EPA's second administrator.
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The state of California has a plan to burn forest waste for energy, but recent studies suggest that may make the climate situation worse rather than better.
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The outlook for the state's hydroelectric power plants in a warming world isn't rosy.
San Juan National Historical Park, shown here, is near land conservationists hope becomes a national monument, which could become reality under the Antiquities Act. |
Democrats -- and President Obama -- must stop Republicans from gutting the Antiquities Act.
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A recent grant aims to develop a comprehensive report card that can be used to measure progress and success of the different Urban Waters Federal Partnership agencies at the Los Angeles River watershed.
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L.A. River advocates shared the spotlight at the annual National River Rally, held in May in Portland.
"What CEQA is really good for and good at doing is giving communities and the public a voice in public process... it's been called a 'Bill of Rights for environmental democracy.'"
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Will the Mojave Desert, which is growing exponentially, have enough water to survive?
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Grass roots groups and city leaders are working together to eliminate horrible odors from the L.A. sewer system.
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"Smog in a Can" allowed everyone the chance to share the same genuine Los Angeles air as Hollywood stars.
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