"Destined To Burn"
"From the Oregon border to the hills of San Diego County, California is a state that is destined to burn. Every summer brings new evidence of that in places like Paradise, Malibu and Santa Rosa."
Source: McClatchy/AP, 04/12/2019
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Styrofoam Container Bans May Be Trending
The first state ban on styrofoam food containers makes this a good time to see how things stand with styrofoam in your area, as the controversial plastic draws negative attention for overflowing landfills, causing litter and polluting waters. More, plus story ideas and reporting resources, in this week’s TipSheet.
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“Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration”
Does the military use ecological restoration as a means to “green” over the complex relationship between nature and culture, undermining the impacts of history and warfare? Our latest BookShelf review of the new volume, “Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration,” explores one author’s argument that it does.
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"LA County Halts Use of Popular Weed Killer on County Property"
"The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday directed all departments to stop using a popular weed killer until more is known about its potential health and environmental effects."
Source: City News Service, 03/22/2019
Poppy Apocalypse: Crowds Descend On California City To See 'Superbloom'
"Spring has arrived in Southern California and with it a crisis has blossomed in the small city of Lake Elsinore, where tens of thousands of visitors have flocked to see a “superbloom” of poppies in a desert canyon."
Source: Reuters, 03/19/2019
"Historic Oil Platform Off Santa Barbara Turns Into A Rusty Ghost Ship"
"The morning swell off the Santa Barbara coast is running high as the crew boat churns away from the pier west of Haskell’s Beach toward Platform Holly."
Source: LA Times, 03/15/2019
Can States Divvy Up the Shrinking Colorado River Water Supply?
The vast Colorado River, recently in the news over a troubled drought deal, is at the heart of numerous environmental problems in the American West, where water is scarce and the legal complexities of water rights voluminous. The latest Issue Backgrounder offers an explainer on the story, which involves at least seven states, the federal government, Native American tribes, a hornet’s nest of irrigation districts and even Mexico.
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"Energy Department, California Spar Over Nuclear Site Cleanup"
"California is battling federal authorities over how to clean up a contaminated former nuclear research site near Simi Valley that was also caught up in the flames of November’s Woolsey Fire."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/08/2019
Huge Mola Sunfish Washes Up In Northern Waters For 1st Time In 130 Years
"A giant sunfish has washed up on a beach in California, the first time this particular species of the animal has been sighted in the northern hemisphere in 130 years."
Source: Guardian, 03/04/2019
"Judge OKs Settlement From Nation’s Largest Natural Gas Leak"
"A $120 million court settlement from the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak was approved by a California judge Monday despite objections from local residents and criticism from environmentalists."
Source: AP, 02/26/2019
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