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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 legislation would loosen protections on eagles and other raptors to make it easier to build new transmission lines for renewable energy.
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The Federal government must consult with tribes when a federal project runs the risk of affecting historic or cultural resources.
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A proposed $3.15 billion coal-fired power plant tops a list of five utility projects singled out for criticism by the Sierra Club.
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The company tested the effects of concentrated solar on dead birds. Now the company won't release photos of the birds.
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"Embedded carbons," the amount of CO2 produced by building renewable energy power sources, should be taken into account openly.
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Water made the west, and that's why Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell is promoting its protection.
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One Antelope Valley city may soon become the first in the nation to require solar panels on all new homes built in the city limits.
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Rooftop solar is a technology that's inherently destabilizing to utility companies. One energy exec agrees.
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After controversy was sparked in Joshua Tree, a bill has been introduced into the state legislature that would end the California's nearly unregulated bobcat trapping season.
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Pumping water with renewable energy isn't green if the water shouldn't be pumped anyway.
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A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed two lawsuits against the Ocotillo Express Wind project in Imperial County.
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About 10 years ago the fuel cell buzz started to die down a bit, but the technology hasn't gone anywhere
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