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CSU-Northridge Still Well Ahead of the Fuel Cell Curve
Faced with a growing population and evolving energy needs, Cal-State Univeristy: Northridge located in suburban Los Angeles built the world’s largest on-campus fuel cell plant. Read More
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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure : Turning Old Tires Into New Homes
Every so often, people decide that just talking about the problems and challenges they face in their daily lives is no longer enough.... Introducing 4 Walls International, the group that's pulling old tires out of local estuaries and turning them into houses. Read More
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60% of Americans Breathe Polluted Air, Says New Report from American Lung Association
"Unhealthy air remains a threat to the lives and health of millions of people in the United States, despite great progress," says American Lung Association. Read More
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Blue Skies On The Horizon: Appeals Court Delivers Decision
The California State Court of Appeals handed down their decision regarding the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the expansion of the Chevron Corporation’s refinery in Richmond, California on April 26, 2010, and it’s good news, at least for now. Read More
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To The Father Of Our National Parks
We staunch patriots who enjoy the company of forests and mountain rivers over the urban zoo, celebrate the birthday of a man who made it all possible...John Muir. Read More
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Seeing Smokestacks, Dreaming Of Blue Skies!
People are fighting back rising up against big oil, fighting their own city to win the right to control their environment and gain the breathing room they need to restore their polluted air, land, and water. Read More
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The Kelp Project is Restoring Our Oceans
Nancy Caruso is a marine biologist who is on a two-fold mission: to restore the kelp forests that once flourished in Southern California, and to foster a connection to the ocean while doing it. Read More
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Restoring the Alameda Naval Air Station
At it's peak in 1945, Alameda was a bustling Naval Air Station that had a military and civilian work force of over 18,000. There were 1,513 housing units, berthing space at two piers for aircraft carriers, and a Seaplane Lagoon. Today, habitat restoration group Friends of Alameda Wildlife Refuge works… Read More
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EPA to Add 16 New Chemicals to Toxic Release Inventory
The EPA wants to inform communities about chemicals that may increase the risk of cancer. Will they next "attack" industries with new standards, like some say they just did to coal? Read More
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Toxic Coal Ash: Not Just An Appalachian Problem Anymore
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you - complete with arsenic, cadmium, and mercury. It gets into your water supply, and your kids will be breathing it. Even so, the EPA isn't sure it should be regulated. Read More
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Ocean Dead Zones are Spreading
A new type of dead zone is growing off our coasts - low-oxygen regions that kill fish. Scientists aren't sure why this is happening, but they're concerned that this is one more manifestation of climate change that nobody anticipated. Read More
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The Role of Archaeology in Restoration
Every branch of science brings important aspects to the restoration table, and archaeology is no different. This is what great archaeological research is doing to rebuild an ecosystem near you! Read More
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Klamath: Saving Salmon by Fixing Fire
Colossal wildfires don't just destroy forests, they also kill salmon runs that feed American hill folk. Read More
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The Klamath Basin Agreement - A Model For Restoration
We've got a lot of cleanup work to do, and it's often hard to get everyone on the same page. The Klamath Basin straddles the border of California and Oregon, and also straddles the worlds of farmer and fisherman, natives and whites, rednecks and environmentalists. If they could all work together here,… Read More
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Air Pollution from Cruise Ships Harms Coastal Cities
If you live by the sea, you might think you're breathing in fresher air than, say, someone living in downtown Chicago. But you'd be surprised at just how dirty it can get - and where that pollution is coming from. Read More
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War of the Waters 2: The California Front
Everyone needs water. How do we balance the needs of cities and country, of farmers and fishermen, of big agribusiness and tiny smelt? It's getting dry in here, and we're going to need to answer that question in a way that gets beyond the usual "might makes right" equation that has dominated our politics… Read More
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War of the Waters 1: Lessons from Klamath Basin
The debate over water use often gets oversimplified to "Farmers vs Fish", but it's really a lot more complex than that. Read More
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To The Gyre
The North Pacific Ocean is a giant graveyard of plastic - a Texas-sized dump that will never go away... unless we make it go away. TENTHMIL says "It's Time... we cleaned up this tragedy". Read More
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Water, Water - NOT Everywhere
What's a water footprint? We take a look at yet another resource in shrinking supply, and suggest it's time we all walked a mile in a watery moccasin. Read More
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