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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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California Governor Jerry Brown certified the 750-megawatt plant for analysis under a new legal loophole.
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A photo of the Ivanpah plant taken in late February points up a persistent problem with utility-scale solar in the desert.
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How to manage the national forests amid climate disruption? Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has some ideas.
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The California Solar Initiative has officially run out of rebate funding in much of the state.
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About 39 percent of L.A.'s power now comes from coal-fired plants.
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The single-atom thin sheet form of carbon may offer a way to squeeze a whole lot more power from solar cells.
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According to the February auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances, it would seem the price of polluting isn't going up by much.
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If the state wants to keep its rooftop and community solar lead it's going to have to get rid of limits on "net-metered" solar power.
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A 1.5°C temperature rise may trigger melting of permafrost, which holds twice the greenhouse gas now in the atmosphere.
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The owner of Clean Green Fuel LLC is heading to prison.
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So far in February, the Golden State has broken six all-time solar records.
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Ernest Moniz, likely to succeed Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, has a history of pushing fracking and nuclear power development.
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