Environment

Spotlight: Environment

Volatile weather creates dramatic changes for California farmers

On the front lines of climate change, the state’s agriculture industry faces a new landscape with less water, warmer winters, unexpected rain and rising salinity. + read more
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Spotlight: environment

The hidden costs of hamburgers

Americans love hamburgers – we each eat an average of three a week. But there are hidden costs. Livestock threaten to mess up our climate, land and...
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It's business vs. wilderness in oyster farm's fight to extend federal lease

Along the Point Reyes National Seashore, California’s last remaining oyster cannery has attracted powerful allies – and scrutiny from...
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Calif. cement plant has one of nation’s highest mercury emission levels

Built in the Central Valley town of Tehachapi in 1908, the Lehigh Southwest Cement plant has emitted high levels of mercury compared with other...
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Environment
March 15, 2013

Stories to make you rethink your relationship to water

We drink it, we bathe with it, we even swim in it – but we may not often think about water....
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Environment
March 4, 2013

How NASA scientists are turning LA into one big climate change lab

Southern California’s Mount Wilson is a lonesome, hostile peak – prone to sudden rock...
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Environment
February 4, 2013

National Green Week makes a splash on The I Files

National Green Week is upon us, offering an opportunity to explore the ways we can make our...
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Environment
December 5, 2012

PetSmart selling unregistered pesticide products despite state order

About two months after the state’s environmental agency ordered a major pet products retailer...
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Environment
November 9, 2012

Air Force ships Calif. radioactive waste to Idaho landfill

After California regulators refused to allow the U.S. Air Force to label residue from radioactive...
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Environment
November 8, 2012

Facebook gives cash to N. Calif. town over traffic concerns

Facebook’s move to Menlo Park late last year has created a small windfall for one of the...
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Environment headlines from the Daily Report archive.
Environment | October 29, 2012

New environmental curriculum corrects plastic bag information

Environment | October 9, 2012

Matches made in food heaven get scientific explanation

Environment | September 28, 2012

Big earthquakes can trigger temblors across globe, USGS says

Environment | September 27, 2012

Biofuel startups turn to cosmetics, health supplements for profits

Environment | September 25, 2012

Avian malaria marches north as climate warms

Environment | August 27, 2012

Scientists stage earwig battles to see asymmetry's advantage

Environment | August 8, 2012

Bills to limit genetically modified fish struggle

Environment | August 7, 2012

Boom-and-bust salmon catch is booming again

Environment | July 26, 2012

Sitting vs. hunting: Both use same amount of energy, study says

Environment | July 23, 2012

'Green' homes sell for 9 percent more, study says

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Susanne Rust
Environment Reporter
E-mail | Tel: 650-804-6790
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There's a wide range of important environmental issues facing Californians. I'll be looking closely at water quality, dangerous chemicals, lax regulatory practices, corporate polluters and lots more.
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