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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...
Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Energy Saving, Keystone XL Pipeline, Alternative Energy
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Penguins' march from wings to fins saved energy
The march of the penguins seems to mock evolution. If Emperor penguins just got up and flew 40 miles, they could get to their mates in no time flat. Why would evolution abide a tedious waddle across the ice? It turns out there’s method in the...
Tags: Energy Saving, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diving, Science and Technology, Research
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Government, Conservation, Natural Resources, Politics, Barack Obama
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LED street lights installed throughout Long Beach in pilot program
Long Beach and City Light & Power have partnered with Southern California Edison in a LED street light pilot program to determine energy savings and receive input from residents. The project began a year ago, but it wasn't until last month that...Tags: Energy Saving, Lifestyle and Leisure, Southern California Edison Company, Lotteries
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Conservation, Nigeria, Los Angeles International Airport, Wildlife, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...
Tags: Justice System, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice, Highway Transportation, Trials
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: What about L.A.'s crumbling sidewalks?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Alissa Walker of Silver Lake, who asked: What do the candidates...Tags: Politics, Conservation, Elections, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel
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Thin snowpack, dry conditions bring early fire season to Yosemite
Los Angeles Times Daily Deal and Travel BloggerCampers and visitors are urged to take extra care with campfires when visiting Yosemite National Park because fire danger is higher than average for this time of year, according to a park announcement. Fire season in the park officially starts Monday....Tags: Conservation
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Road Transportation, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Yahoo, Tumblr take to social network to confirm $1.1-billion deal [video chat]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp both took to Tumblr Monday morning to confirm what we all suspected: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. Mayer's Yahoo will be paying $1.1 billion for Tumblr, most of it in cash, but the social network will continue...
Tags: Sociology, Conservation, Arts and Culture, Marissa Mayer, Corporate Officers
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Conservation, Yale University, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
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Justice for Carousel
Royalene Fernandez thought her dream had come true when she bought her house on Panama Avenue in Carson. Palm trees lined the street just a few miles from the beach. Royalene and her husband had saved every dime to buy their home and were thrilled when...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Leukemia, Birth Defects
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