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Small earthquakes still rumbling Southern California
L.A. NOWSmall earthquakes continued to rumble Yorba Linda early Thursday after a series of more than 30 quakes — highlighted by two 4.5-magnitude temblors — rocked the area in recent days.... -
California parks had $54 million hidden surplus, officials say
PolitiCalCalifornia's park system secretly stashed away $54 million even though it was cutting services and threatening to close parks, officials announced Friday, and the department's director resigned as the hidden surplus was revealed. The announcement means... -
California parks donors furious over hidden surplus
PolitiCalJohn Laird, who leads the California Natural Resources Agency, expressed regret on Friday for a sweeping fund-raising effort to preserve state parks even though the department responsible for them had socked away $54 million in unreported revenue.... -
Even as climate change turns up the heat, we go on fracking
In the midst of a broiling summer that is burning up crops and killing people, a lot of Americans, including most of the leaders of one of our two major political parties, do not think climate change is a problem. Like ostriches with their heads stuck...
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Human rights at risk as U.S. opens Myanmar investment, groups say
World NowAs the United States begins allowing new investments in Myanmar for the first time in nearly 15 years, human rights activists charge that the step will fuel abuses instead of rewarding its steps toward reform.... -
Elinor Ostrom dies at 78; first woman to win Nobel in economics
Elinor Ostrom, an Indiana University political economist who in 2009 became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics by demonstrating that local communities can manage imperiled natural resources as well as or better than the government or...Tags: Indiana University, Science, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Michael McGinnis
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Japanese more opposed to nuclear power a year after tsunami
World NowSeventy percent of Japanese surveyed by the Washington-based Pew Research Center said they wanted nuclear power reduced or eliminated, while a year ago the nation was nearly evenly divided on the subject, with 44% urging a phaseout and 46% backing... -
Protesters head to Culver City meeting to decry fracking
L.A. NOWDozens of residents and environmentalists demonstrated outside Culver City council chambers Tuesday night, calling on state lawmakers to ban fracking, a controversial technique used to collect natural gas and oil. Inside, a presentation on the practice... -
Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster
World NowAn independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged... -
Japan to restart nuclear reactors despite widespread fear
World NowIn a nation deeply scarred by nuclear disaster in both its military and civilian iterations, Japanese are deeply skeptical and resistant to government plans to take the first steps toward resuming nuclear energy production this weekend.... -
As lawmakers pursue fracking bills, report looks at water effects
PolitiCalA new report on hydraulic fracturing has taken stock of the controversial procedure's effect on water supplies in Colorado, echoing concerns of California lawmakers as they seek to regulate "fracking" here. Western Resource Advocates, an environmental... -
Russian President Putin to visit Israel, West Bank and Jordan
World NowRussian President Vladimir Putin will land in Israel on an official visit Monday, making Israel one of the first countries he will visit since his recent election. He will also visit the West Bank....
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