October 27, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy has moved ahead with $4.5 billion in new loans for clean energy projects in California – despite the recent bankruptcy of Silicon Valley-based Solyndra. The new loans all were approved last month during the final days of a federal program created with stimulus money. Reporter Dan Goldstein has the story.
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August 19, 2011
Under pressure from a lobbying group, schools officials edited environmental curriculum to include positive messages about plastic shopping bags, interviews and documents show.
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July 15, 2011
After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially dangerous fault system near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California.
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June 16, 2011
The power company isn’t telling its customers one crucial fact: Three Mendocino County forests were purchased years ago by a Virginia-based conservation group that used nearly $50 million in loans and grants from taxpayers.
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August 3, 2010
A joint venture involving BP has been awarded one of the largest stimulus contracts in California, even as the oil giant faces intense scrutiny and a criminal probe into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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May 13, 2010
Millions of Californians have been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates in their water over the past 15 years. Many rely on private wells that have no public health oversight, while cities have spent millions on water treatment plants.
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January 16, 2010
The actions of a coalition representing some of California's biggest carbon polluters has some “green” companies on alert.
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January 10, 2010
Large corporations working in California have reaped tens of millions of dollars in new federal stimulus funds, despite previous pollution violations, criminal probes, and allegations of fraud, a California Watch investigation has found.
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December 6, 2009
When Stewart Resnick needed help, he turned to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a frequent recipient of his campaign contributions.
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