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California Finds a Silver Lining at the 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day
California's beaches and inner waterways may be collecting spots for marine debris, but Californians have demonstrated their support for clean beaches by turning out by the tens of thousands at the 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. They ...
President Obama Honors IBM's Blue Gene Supercomputer With National Medal of Technology and Innovation
President Obama recognized IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement.
San Francisco Launches First Airport Carbon Kiosks
Travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport can be the first in the nation to wipe away some of the damage their flights wreak on the planet by swiping their credit cards.
Obama task force calls for National Ocean Council
SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration on Thursday released the first glimpse of a plan to strengthen the way the nation manages the oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes.
Angeles Nat'l Forest Fires Spur Phase II of the California Wildfire Restoration Initiative
The historic Angeles Forest Station Fire devastated more than 160,500 acres of forest lands, including the heart of Los Angeles' upper watershed and the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. TreePeople's California Wildfire Restoration Initiative, ...
UN announces ozone-killing sprays now completely banned worldwide
Consumers who want to be sure they are not buying aerosols that damage the ozone layer no longer need worry. Yesterday, the annual International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, the United Nations announced that the ban on using materi...
Obama Follows Bush on Salmon Recovery
SEATTLE — In its first major effort to address the plight of endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the Obama administration on Tuesday affirmed basic elements of a recovery plan set forth last year by the Bush administration.
NASA Concludes Robotics Tests for the Moon in Arizona
NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS -- or Research and Technology Studies -- in the Arizona desert at Black Point Lava Flow allow NASA to analyze and refine te...
California lawmakers pass tougher clean energy goals
A bill that would power up California's already ambitious effort to shift to cleaner, renewable energy has cleared the state legislature, but it was uncertain if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would sign it.
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
UN climate chief sees 'significant' Copenhagen deal
DALIAN, China — UN climate chief Yvo de Boer said on Friday he believed nations would sign a "significant" deal on how to reduce the effects of global warming at a conference in Copenhagen in December.
Big California wildfire 71 percent contained
IRWINDALE, Calif.—Southern California heated up Thursday under the beginnings of a mini heatwave, but anticipated winds did not immediately appear and a huge fire in the Angeles National Forest remained quiet.
U.S. calls for more action to restore Chesapeake Bay
Declaring the Chesapeake Bay a national treasure that needs urgent help, the Obama administration unveiled sweeping plans Thursday for jump-starting restoration efforts, including proposals to crack down on pollution from farming and development i...
Hurricane Fred strengthens to Category 2 storm
Hurricane Fred quickly strengthened into a Category 2 storm early Wednesday, after initially reaching hurricane status six hours earlier, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Climate bill needed for U.S. security, former officials insist
WASHINGTON -- America's national security is at risk unless Congress and the Obama administration end partisan wrangling and agree on legislation to reduce U.S. contributions to climate change, a bipartisan group of former presidential advisers, C...
Post-wildfire worries: floods, damaged ecosystem in Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Southern California's huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape of barren mountains looming above thousands of homes that now face the threat of flash floods and mudsl...
Tropical Storm Fred gaining strength in eastern Atlantic
Tropical Storm Fred, which formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean late on Monday, was strengthening early on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph), but did not immediately threaten any land.
South Korea demands North Korea explanation for deadly flood
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea pressed North Korea on Monday to explain a deadly surge in a river that flows across their border from the North that killed three South Koreans and left three others missing.
Crews contain 51% of deadly Los Angeles-area wildfire
LOS ANGELES — As crews contained more than half of a deadly wildfire near Los Angeles, authorities found two more burned homes amid a trail of destruction that has already included dozens of scorched residences and the lives of two firefighters.
Wildlife officials capture and release male cougar found in Seattle park
SEATTLE - A cougar that apparently lived in Seattle for more than two weeks and forced the city’s largest park to close was captured early yesterday and returned to the wild, state wildlife officials said.