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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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The campaign to wean ourselves off burning coal has caught on in California's neighbor to the east.
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The company cited scheduling issues and transmission obstacles as its reasons for the decision.
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Researchers in the Netherlands are developing bladeless wind power tech. While there are some persistent issues, the concept is promising.
Should the Forest Service shield be replaced with the USDA logo?
USDA is rebranding the entire department, forcing the Forest Service and other agencies to adopt its bland logo. This is a really bad idea..
BrightSource experts say that the California Energy Commission oversimplifies the issue of solar flux injury to birds.
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We can run our grid on renewable power effectively, say the authors of a study released this month, without massive storage capacity.
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The Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project would help build a renewable grid, but at what cost?
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Company wants to build two 2,250-foot wind generating tunnels in the Arizona desert that would use downdrafts to generate a gigawatt of wind power.
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Thompson Creek is a symbol of how much a creek can matter, to SoCal civilizations past and to the very real wildfires and floods of the present.
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The project will "almost certainly kill or injure" eagles and other special status bird species.
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A proposed utility-scale solar development that enjoys wide support among environmentalists is taking a step forward.
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A new study indicates that power storage may only become crucial as the grid approaches 80 percent renewable.
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