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100 years later, Channel Island wetlands to be restored
L.A. NOWA major restoration project could bring back a long-degraded wetland to one of the remote islands off the Southern California coast. Workers have broken ground on a $1-million project that will cut down 1,800 nonnative eucalyptus trees and scoop out...... -
Wangari Maathai dies at 71; Kenyan environmentalist
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist who made it her mission to teach her countrywomen to plant trees and became Africa's first female Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died. She was 71.
One of Kenya's most beloved figures, Maathai died Sunday after...Tags: Prisons, Natural Resources, Nobel Prize Awards, Civil Rights, Awards and Prizes
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Secluded park threatened with closure
GreenspaceSeclusion is threatening Henry W. Coe State Park near Gilroy. Light visitation and low revenues have made California's second-largest park a target in the state's budget battles. In May, California officials announced plans to close this rugged expanse... -
$44.4-million settlement reached in San Francisco Bay oil spill
GreenspaceLocal, state and federal officials on Monday announced a $44.4-million civil settlement with the owners and operators of a container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay after striking a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay... -
The Siren's Call: Step right up!
The novel "The Night Circus" (Doubleday: 387 pp., $26.95) is receiving a good deal of attention, and it's rightly deserved — even though some comparisons of Erin Morgenstern's fable to other popular books seem sky-high and unfair (to her). Does...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Circuses, Entertainment, Fiction, Book
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Federal biofuel mandate flawed, report finds
GreenspaceA National Research Council report Tuesday said a federal requirement to add some 16 billion gallons of cellulose-based ethanol to the nation's fuel supply by 2022 won't be met unless innovative technologies are developed or policies changed. The report... -
Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
L.A. at HomeHome and garden events are listed below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions should be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please....... -
Rick Perry talks energy, slams Herman Cain's '9-9-9' plan
Friday marked the day Rick Perry finally tried to go on offense.
First he blitzed the network morning shows, then he delivered a detailed speech on energy policy in Pittsburgh. All before lunch.
It amounted to what felt like a new chapter in the Texas...Tags: Energy Saving, Regional Authority, Natural Resources, Energy, Polls
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A new map to Björk's music
It's a sad irony: The digitization of music has impoverished the average listening experience. Not only do compressed files sound meager compared to the sonic prowess of good old vinyl, but buy an album on iTunes and you also don't even get production...Tags: Apple iPhone, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie), Scientific Exploration, BBC, Arts
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Proposed Keystone XL oil project draws a divisive line
Reporting from Atkinson, Neb.
Some might have been surprised to hear that plans to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline through the Midwest to the Gulf Coast — a source of new oil and thousands of jobs — would drive an emotional fault line down...Tags: Unions, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, TransCanada Corporation
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ISRAEL: Natural gas deposits stir waters with Lebanon
Babylon & BeyondIsrael and Lebanon are fighting a different kind of war -- over maritime borders and economic issues. If past maritime disputes were mostly about fishing rights, today's squabble concerns a far bigger matter -- billions of dollars worth of natural gas.... -
Fracking: Monterey shale exploration draws protest [Updated]
GreenspaceEnvironmental groups filed a formal protest this week with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management calling for a halt to the leasing of 2,600-acres in California's Fresno and Monterey counties for oil and gas shale exploration. They said future drilling......
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