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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.

Playa Racetrack, Death Valley
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California's only native species of freshwater turtle may actually be two species, according to herpetologists who've just published new work on the animal's genetic makeup, with a possible third species south of the border.
Who's your daddy? OR-7, probably. Wolf cubs in southern Oregon
It's a big day for gray wolves that might deign to visit California: the species has just been listed as Endangered under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), and there may be half a dozen wolf cubs in southern Oregon waiting to take advantage...
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As with any promise that sounds too good to be true, the Solar Roadways idea merits careful scrutiny.
Looking into the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico.
What do we mean by wilderness? The Gila Wilderness Area's history provides a complicated definition.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed as Threatened a low-growing wildflower known from just 16 scattered populations on the east side of the Sierra Nevada.
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The U.S Environmental Protection Agency issued its long-awaited plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants on Monday.
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A company that sells rodent poisons that have been implicated in the deaths of a wide range of wildlife is agreeing to remove some of those products from the over-the-counter market, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.
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More solar was installed on residential rooftops than in big commercial settings during the first quarter of 2014.
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That embarrassing thing where a major financial firm tells you your industrial sector might not survive if we save the planet.
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Imagine taking sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and turning them directly into fuel for our machines.
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We pride ourselves on hard-hitting analysis of wildlife issues here at ReWild, but sometimes a person just has to kick back and gawp over cute zoo babies.
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A year after the completion of a controversial restoration project that divided Los Angeles environmentalists, California State Parks says a fish species missing for decades has been spotted in the Malibu Lagoon.
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