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Treated Wastewater Used for Drinking Supplies
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:10am EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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As water becomes more precious, suppliers are beginning to overcome public aversion to treating and reusing wastewater.
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Hybrid Owners Look to Extend Carpool Privilege
Posted: May 18th, 2011, 9:38pm EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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In 2004, California allowed 75,000 owners of the gas-stingiest hybrid cars access to carpool lanes, but on July 1, that privilege will end.
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California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle
Posted: February 4th, 2011, 11:00pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith of San Francisco Superior Court issued a tentative opinion saying that the rules creating a cap-and-trade system were adopted without proper analysis of alternatives.
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California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle
Posted: February 4th, 2011, 11:00pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith of San Francisco Superior Court issued a tentative opinion saying that the rules creating a cap-and-trade system were adopted without proper analysis of alternatives.
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Green: Are We Hard-Wired to Doubt Science?
Posted: February 1st, 2011, 11:00am EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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An author suggests that human evolution may explain why people reject scientific conclusions that counter their instinctive belief that someone or something is out to get them.
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Green: A Stubborn Link Between Jobs and Traffic Jams
Posted: January 21st, 2011, 1:28pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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A new report shows that traffic congestion and resulting fuel waste declined when unemployment rose to 9.3 percent in 2009.
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Green: U.S. Firms Up Polar Bear ‘Critical Habitat’
Posted: November 24th, 2010, 6:01pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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More than 95 percent of the Alaskan territory identified as crucial to the polar bear’s survival lies offshore, in areas where oil exploration is envisaged.
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Green: Farmers' Water Deals Stir Debate
Posted: November 12th, 2010, 4:59pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The latest transfer of water from farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley to nearby developers raises anew the issue of whether, and how, taxpayer-subsidized water rights should be sold.
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Where Dams Once Stood, Prospectors Spur Anger
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 4:28am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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While environmentalists wanted four dams in Oregon removed, they are not happy with the influx of people dredging the newly opened riverbed for gold.
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Delusions Abound on Energy Savings, Study Says
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 11:01am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Habits like turning out the lights when leaving a room may be virtuous but don't move the needle much on energy savings. Yet that action was cited by more survey respondents (19.6 percent) than any other method of saving energy.
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Fly Fishers Serving as Transports for Noxious Little Invaders
Posted: August 16th, 2010, 1:19am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Growing scientific evidence suggests that felt, which helps anglers stay upright on slick rocks, is also a vehicle for microorganisms that hitchhike to new places and disrupt freshwater ecosystems.
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Groups Seek U.S. Ban on Lead in Sporting Ammunition
Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 2:20am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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A petition argues that lead fragments in the bodies of animals shot with lead are “a serious source of lead exposure to scavenging animals” and a health risk to humans who eat hunters’ kills.
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Dollars and Daggers in California's Energy Battles
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 8:10am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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In California, a state where government-by-ballot-proposition has been raised to a high art, energy companies are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to protect their interests.
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Ban Set on Mining Claims Adjacent to Grand Canyon
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 2:38am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The Obama administration will place nearly one million acres of Arizona land near the Grand Canyon off limits to new uranium mining claims for two years.
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National Briefing | Washington: Mining Firms Could Post Cleanup Bonds
Posted: July 14th, 2009, 3:18am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The Obama administration signaled its determination to ensure that mining companies clean up their toxic debris.
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Analysis Finds Elevated Risk From Soot Particles in the Air
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 3:09am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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A review found that the risk of having a condition that is a precursor to heart attacks for people living in soot-laden areas goes up by 24 percent, as particle concentrations increase.
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In Areas Fueled by Coal, Climate Bill Sends Chill
Posted: April 9th, 2009, 2:34am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Missouri’s reliance on cheap electricity is deeply ingrained, but few pay attention to the origin of their savings: 21 coal-fired power plants.
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Santa Barbara Reshifts, Now Opposing Drilling
Posted: April 8th, 2009, 2:11am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Six months after it dropped its opposition to offshore oil drilling, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors reverted to its traditional stance against drilling in federal waters.
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Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
Posted: February 25th, 2009, 2:53am EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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California was one of the first states to enact legislation to tackle global warming. But the state is also proving how hard it can be to carry out such laws, especially now.
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Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces Hurdles
Posted: January 24th, 2009, 3:16pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Research has linked contaminants to diseases, but that often fails to help victims win worker’s compensation.
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A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 11:51pm EST by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Residents are forming associations to bargain with developers looking to buy land rights for wind farms.
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Yielding to Conservationists, eBay Will Ban Ivory Sales
Posted: October 21st, 2008, 12:39am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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According to International Fund for Animal Welfare reports, online auction sites have become a magnet for trading in items derived from endangered species.
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Green Policies in California Generated Jobs, Study Finds
Posted: October 20th, 2008, 1:52am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The University of California study comes as state and regional initiatives on climate-change policies have been gathering momentum.
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E.P.A. Toughens Standard on Lead Emissions; Change Is the First in 3 Decades
Posted: October 17th, 2008, 2:17am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday set stringent new standards for airborne lead particles, following the recommendations of its science advisers.
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On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 12:40am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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An emotional debate is raging in the West over whether to thin a captive herd of wild horses that numbers 30,000.
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Court Rejects Clean Air Rules
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 6:49pm EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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A federal appeals court struck down the regulatory cornerstone of the Bush administration’s efforts at controlling air pollution.
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White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 11:22pm EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The White House told E.P.A. officials that it would not open an e-mail sent in December that argued that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled.
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The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 9:00am EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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Homes are a new arena for LEED ratings, environmental badges of honor usually given to commercial buildings.
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The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 3:13pm EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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For LEED platinum certificates, a badge of honor for environmental building devised for the commercial arena, homes are the new frontier.
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Polar Bear Is Made a Protected Species
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 5:54pm EDT by By FELICITY BARRINGER
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The decision may be less of an impediment to oil and gas exploration in Alaska than environmental groups had hoped.