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Solutions proposed to save California state parks

07/18/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Among the creative solutions proposed to save state parks are non-profit management, volunteer rangers, and corporate sponsorship. Angel Island brought to you by Coca-Cola?
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Tags: , , china camp, state parks funding cut
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Shells of California mussels weakening

07/15/2011
By Alison Hawkes

A UC Davis study shows that rising acid levels in the ocean are weakening the shells of California mussels, which provide critical food and habitat to many species.
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Tags: , mussels, ocean acidification
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California panel rejects boulder rampart on Ocean Beach

07/15/2011
By Alison Hawkes

A California panel has ruled that San Francisco can't use boulders to defend Ocean Beach from pounding waves and must instead find a long term solution.
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Leatherback sea turtles win critical habitat

07/06/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger
Leatherback sea turtles win critical habitat

The endangered leatherback sea turtle enjoyed a huge conservation victory this week. The hulking, jellyfish-eating reptile will be protected in ocean waters off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington due to a settlement filed by the National Marine Fisheries Service and conservation groups.
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Climate change is making California coast cooler, rainer

07/06/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Yearly rainfall has increased 6 percent in San Francisco over the last 30 years, a trend that matches climate change predictions. Inland, however, is heating up.
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California hits record in solar power installations

07/06/2011
By Alison Hawkes

In 2010, California increased its solar power installations by 46 percent over 2009. It's now halfway towards state 2016 goals for the solar industry.
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PG&E plans for ‘smart grid’

07/01/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Northern California's largest utility submitted $2 billion plans outlining a 20-year roll out of smart grid technologies.
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Tags: , california public utilities commission, , renewable energy,
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Calif. carbon trading to proceed

06/30/2011
By Alison Hawkes

A lawsuit by environmental justice advocates still hangs over California's cap-and-trade program, but a court says it can proceed.
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Tags: , california air resources board, cap and trade, environmental justice
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Beaches getting more polluted

06/30/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Eleven percent of California beaches had elevated levels of bacterial contamination, the largest amount in five years.
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Tags: beaches, , pacific, pollution
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California expands solar power tax incentives

06/29/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Freestanding structures and sale-leaseback arrangements will pass less in taxes for the solar power they install.
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