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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.
Thanks to this piece of legislation, many of the water bodies of the United States are by now, cleaner.
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Could we cap our state's hundreds of miles of canals with solar panels?
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Is L.A. County responsible for tainted stormwater runoff released into the L.A. River? Let Supreme Court decide.
With the Porter-Cologne act of 1969, the state gained all control of water use and quality. What did that mean for water-thirsty Los Angeles?
The wind blows a plastic bag around the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier | Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
The Sierras from Mammoth by  Clinton Steeds | Image via Creative Commons
In its final snow survey of the year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) trekked up into the mountains near Sacramento on Tuesday to check on our "frozen reservoirs."
Politics and unaccountable regional governments are a costly mixture for water consumers.
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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.
The Cadiz Valley | Chris Clarke photo
Is pumping water from the Mojave Desert a sustainable idea? A new scientific report says "no."
Firefighters battle a 1943 blaze in Topanga Canyon. Courtesy of the Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library
Southern California's photographic archives richly document the region's troubled relationship with the four classical elements.
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