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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 federal agency that regulates water releases from a Northern California dam drastically cut those releases last month, and one fisheries group is afraid that the move could have killed millions of eggs laid by fall-run chinook salmon.
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ReWire looked into the state grid's renewable energy numbers for the last 13 months, and what we found surprised us. It might surprise you, too.
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In a glance through a solar power tower developer's latest missive to the state agency considering it application for a Riverside County Project, ReWire spotted something interesting. The company seems to be throwing its solar industry colleagues under...
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A tiny Mojave desert fish that was once thought extinct is getting a bit more habitat near Death Valley National Park.
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The Santa Monica Mountains are now home to three brand new bouncing baby mountain lions.
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Hey, remember back in August when we last noted California having set a record for the amount of utility-scale solar feeding into the state's power grid? Well, the dark and shortening days of the coming winter haven't slowed the state's momentum, becau...
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The bill would add insurmountable hurdles to protecting new species.
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The science is still out on whether a proposed solar power tower plant in Riverside County would pose too much risk to wildlife to justify its renewable energy benefits, they say.
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Clark County officials are complaining about having spent around a million dollars a year since 2001 to protect the threatened species.
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It seems like a good opportunity for reflection.
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The discovery last week of a dead hawk in the hills between the Ocotillo Express Wind Facility and the Sunrise Powerlink has residents of the nearby town of Ocotillo concerned about how their local raptors are faring with more than 100 new wind turbine...
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The Bureau of Land Management is now looking for public comment on a proposed 4,397-acre solar facility between the Mojave National Preserve and the Soda Mountains Wilderness Study Area, in an area that some describe as "core" undeveloped Mojave Desert...
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