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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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A bill the would close a loophole in California's ban on sales of ivory and rhinoceros horn is heading for the Assembly floor.
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Will this egg-shaped house let you live off-grid anywhere in the world? No. But it's kinda cool nonetheless.
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The Obama administration wants a revamp of the Endangered Species Act, and that has some environmentalists seeing red.
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A pipeline accident spilled an estimated 105,000 gallons of crude oil near Refugio State Beach. For California, that's business as usual.
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From the Tijuana River to Camp Pendleton, nature preserves on the San Diego County coast give wildlife a little breathing room.
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The Department of the Interior's new strategy to protect the sage grouse ignores the main threat to the rare desert bird.
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A startup says its new bladeless wind turbine design is quieter, cheaper, more efficient, and safer for birds. But is it?
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Another sensible argument for using less power.
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Faced with opposition from Landers residents, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors is telling a solar developer "not so fast."
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A project to widen Highway 1 has prompted a lawsuit from conservationists, who say the project would harm local endangered species.
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California's drought means a lot less power coming from dams, but the state has plenty of solar power.
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Al plan to open up hundreds of miles of dirt roads and city streets to off-road vehicles in Inyo County has been cut back by 95 percent.
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