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KCET's award-winning environment news project Redefine ran from July 2012 through February 2017. For ongoing environmental coverage please visit our show Earth Focus, or browse Redefine's archives below for historical material.

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A leading energy analyst says that grid parity will be a fact of life around the world by 2018.
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Jewell will inherit an Interior Department with a much sharper focus on aggressive energy development than the one her predecessor took on.
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A leading utility trade association recommends that power companies push for a clampdown on energy democracy.
The Forest Service will not have to rebrand and use the USDA logo (right)
The Forest Service's pine tree logo is now safe from the USDA's rebranding effort. Its historic emblem should never have been attacked.
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Industry giant First Solar is acquiring a little-known startup so that it can increase the efficiency of PV cells.
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20 California counties have endured serious weather-related disasters since 2007, affecting two-thirds of Californians.
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The criticism that it can take more energy to make solar panels than the panels produce over their usable lifespan is no longer true.
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More wind power than ever has powered the state in the last few days.
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Finding out whether your home, workplace, or the school your children attend is vulnerable to oil spill damage is harder than it should be.
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A memoir from September 2007 of butterflies, and night skies, and coming to terms with loss in the Mojave desert.
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Do yourself a favor, and go to the Owens River Valley to see where your water actually originates.
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Researchers claim a breakthrough in producing hydrogen fuel from a common plant sugar.
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