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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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An Eastern Sierra water agency will be filing suit over the approval of a geothermal power plant expansion, saying the project poses a threat to the local water supply.
A wild pig in Santa Clara County.
A program designed to control the population of wild pigs causing environmental damage by scrounging for food in San Diego's backcountry was unanimously…
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A Bay Area county not usually known as a hotspot for West Nile virus has undertaken a second round of pesticide spraying this year after finding mosquitoes infected with the virus, according to public health officials.
The Pacific Crest Trail, seen here in the hills between the San Gabriel and Sierra Pelona mountains, runs near the wildlife corridor in Agua Dulce.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to help fund the acquisition of 74 acres in Agua Dulce as part of a critical wildlife corridor connecting two major sections of the Angeles National Forest.
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The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a package of four bills that would drastically change the way the Federal government protects endangered and threatened species, but the White House has pledged to veto at least one of the four.
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The California Fish and Game Commission may decide soon whether to add a freshwater fish found in just one Northern California lake to the state's list of Threatened species.
Liberty Canyon in the city of Agoura Hills is a wildlife corridor between the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills.
Caltrans officials plan to build a bridge for mountain lions and other wild animals to cross the Ventura Freeway west of Los Angeles, officials have announced.
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The city has installed only two percent of the rooftop solar that's feasible in the city.
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The Santa Monica Mountains are once again home to California's official state amphibian. After a release of ready and willing tadpoles earlier this week, the mountain range that separates Los Angeles from the San Fernando Valley has a population of the...
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Federal scientists said they don't really have enough data to answer questions about solar deaths.
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California's part-time wolf OR-7 started a family this spring, and now there are baby pictures. Hang on to your chair and swallow that mouthful of coffee.
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The Federal agency that manages marine endangered species announced that it's considering a ban on recreational or commercial fishing of a species of tuna that's extremely popular among fans of sashimi.
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