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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 last of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's old steam generators is about to hit Southern California's highways, headed for its long-term home in Utah.
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We're now emitting 2 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every second. Climatologists are starting to lose hope that we can keep global warming down to 2°C as a result.
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Businesses can save money by doing the right thing for the climate, according to a new report.
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How a crucial victory for preservationists and all things prehistoric gave future generations an invaluable view into the past.
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Renewable energy makes up almost half of the new electrical power generation installed in the U.S. in 2012 so far.
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A report released last week says smart meters, paid for in large part with Stimulus funding, have served mainly to kill American jobs and increase utility company profits.
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A controversial wind power project in Imperial County starts delivering power this week.
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A wind power expert with over 35 years of experience promoting renewables says the best, fairest way of promoting renewable energy is with a feed-in tariff like Germany's.
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Bay Area solar leasing company SolarCity has scheduled an Initial Public Offering of its stock for this week.
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Southern California Edison found what might be -- and might not be -- evidence of tampering at the San Onofre Nuclear Power station.
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The prospects for new solar in Imperial County just got a bit brighter.
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BrightSource Energy, developer of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System now under construction in the California desert, wants to change how it mitigates its project effects on the federally threatened desert tortoise
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