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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 derailment that spilled crude oil in West Virginia is causing trouble for a similar proposed line near San Luis Obispo.
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A wind energy facility in eastern Nevada killed its second golden eagle in January.
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A test of a solar power tower project in Nevada resulted in injuries to more than a hundred birds.
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At 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, the state's solar plants pushed California's grid past the five-gigawatt solar power mark for the first time in history.
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A reptile whose decline has troubled conservationists for decades finally got a break.
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A bill that would protect the California desert is getting acclaim from conservationists, but one part of the bill isn't winning unanimous support.
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In the Interior Department's PR marking the launch of the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm,Interior never mentions Joshua Tree National Park, next door.
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California's only native pigeon species is dying, and CDFW wants you to help slow the spread of the disease.
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A bill that would seriously curtail the reach of two major federal bird protection laws has been introduced in the House of Representatives, and its sponsors clearly intend the measure as a boon to the renewable energy industry.
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Since 1850, there have been more than 220 campaigns to split up portions of California.
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The controversial coyote-killing contest that sparked the state's landmark ban is set to take place again this weekend.
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Californians are weighing in on how much smog is too much.
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