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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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The story of whitebark pine should not be overlooked.
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The Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating System, which would have put two 750-foot-tall power towers on a bluff in view of the Colorado River, had attracted criticism for its effect on fossil resurces and wildlife, as well as the cost of the power it wou...
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California Energy Commission staff say they need a lot more information from a builder on a large solar project's impacts to wildlife, archaeology, and other resources before they can sign off on the project.
A section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall along the Imperial Dunes.
The U.S. Senate thinks the "Border Surge" will make the country more secure.
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The company shut its solar thermal division in late June. Now, the head of Siemens' wind division is leaving "by mutual agreement to pursue new career challenges."
Mojave County Wind Farm
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has signed off on a wind power facility that would cover almost 60 square miles of public lands in Arizona near the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Things have been getting worse for the Townsend's big-eared bat in recent decades.
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A rare bird that had attracted a number of British birders was struck and killed by wind turbine blades as the onlookers watched in horror.
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For the uninitiated, "wetlands" might seem like a mere eco-buzzword, but up until nearly a century and a half ago, coastal and inland wetlands were common features in the Southern California landscape.
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Sabretooth cat fossils have been found during construction of the Desert Sunlight solar project in the California desert, and some feds seems pretty happy about it.
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An unpleasant aspect of shutting down Southern California's only nuclear power plant started Monday, as plant operator Southern California Edison (SCE) laid the groundwork to begin laying off about 600 plant workers.
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L.A.'s Feed-in Tariff program, in which rooftop solar owners can make money selling unused energy to the LADWP, launched today.
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