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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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Researchers find that a very large power grid could conceivably be run almost entirely on renewable energy, with fossil fuel backup for about a tenth of a percent of the power consumed in total.
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The cost of installing solar panels on your roof has dropped significantly, according to a report by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
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If you don't want a smart meter on your property, here's your chance to tell the CPUC.
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A manufacturer of a crucial component of electric cars gets carved up and sold off at auction.
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According to one group of industry analysts California is likely to regain its national solar lead in the next year, and the credit goes to our strong incentives.
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Photovoltaic panels at California water companies' facilities are putting out more juice than expected.
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West Hollywood is upgrading its existing electric car charging stations.
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In November, the California Air Resources Board ruled that according to data from lakebed monitors, the DWP was solely responsible for the horrendous air quality caused by dust blowing off Owens Lake. DWP's response? Get rid of the monitors.
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The United States is starting to curb its appetite for electricity.
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It's official: Los Angeles is buying solar electricity from the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians.
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That desert landscape we're bulldozing for solar power plants? Turns out it sequesters carbon if we leave it alone.
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California's energy policy is being managed by far too many agencies and departments, according to a new report.
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