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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 Ivanpah solar project's owners reported seven birds found dead at the plant in August, at least one of them with burn injuries that may have been caused by the plant's concentrated solar energy. More such injuries have reportedly been occurring thi...
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Four new California lizard species have been described in a new scientific paper.
The Great Hall at the newly-expanded Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX.
It's impressive for such a large and prominent public structure to go after LEED Silver certification. But is it sustainable enough?
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The Palm Springs City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to hire a consultant to craft a city-wide solar plan, with the goal of generating at least 5 megawatts of power to offset energy use in the city's municipal buildings.
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San Francisco is the most energy-efficient city in the state, according to a new ranking by a national energy efficiency advocacy group. But the rest of California's cities didn't do so well in the ranking.
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The Bureau of Land Management is forming a task force to investigate a spate of unexpected deaths of water birds at remote desert solar facilities.
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A planned 300-megawatt solar facility to be built in Utah will likely provide power to LADWP.
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With the help of some clever engineering, Stanford engineers have harnessed tiny microorganisms that give off small amounts of electrons as they digest organic matter in sewage and other wastewater, hooking them into a circuit that charges a battery.
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Google will buy all the power generated by the 270-megawatt Happy Hereford Wind Farm in the Texas panhandle near Amarillo. No, we're not making that name up.
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The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service confirms that a protected peregrine falcon was found severely injured on the site of BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah solar facility in September. It died shortly after. Solar flux is being eyed as a possible cause of de...
The land in Culver City that borders the Inglewood Oil Field is thickly populated with homes, businesses, and schools. | Photos: Rachel Samuels
Culver City, home to NPR, Sony Pictures, and a hopping restaurant and gallery scene, is getting nervous.
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An indie band crowdfunds to solarize a popular non-profit working to change lives in Los Angeles, and promotes its new album along the way.
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