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  • A citizens group fighting garbage privatization is putting off a lawsuit against the City of Fresno.
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fresno, environment, politics
  • A federal judge is giving the green light to a wind project in California.
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ag report, energy, kern county, bakersfield, environment, ag watch
  • A local company is now offering solar power with a unique look.
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coarsegold, madera county, energy, environment, technology news, dale yurong
  • Some farmers might have to re-adjust the way they plant their crops because of the warmer weather.
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ag report, farm, environment, ag watch
  • A new generation of young people in America wants to go "green."
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environment, state, amanda venegas
  • We're shooting down Herndon Ave. in one of the quickest cars in the world.
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energy, environment, consumer, gene haagenson
  • A Southern California based solar company is expanding. Sunday, hundreds of people showed up for a job fair held by Verengo Solar Plus.
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employment, environment, fresno, fresno county, fresno southeast, business, mariana jacob
  • A new state of the art "green" training facility opened in the South Valley on Wednesday.
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environment, visalia, tulare county, business
  • A local business is the winner of a national award for doing its part to protect the environment.
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fresno county, clovis, environment, business
  • Tapping the sun's power is seen as an energy source of the future, but in Coalinga it's being used for a more traditional energy source -- giant mirrors are helping to pump oil out of the ground.
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oil, environment, coalinga, fresno county, business, gene haagenson
  • The San Joaquin River is much cleaner, thanks to dozens of volunteers who hauled away other people's junk.
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san joaquin river, environment, friant, fresno county, madera county, local
  • A South Valley school district is hoping to save millions of dollars by installing solar panels at six different school sites.
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environment, tulare county, porterville, education, jessica peres
  • Mojave tortoise
  • At issue is a project backed by Gov. Brown in the Mojave Desert which is also home to the endangered desert tortoise.
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jerry brown, energy, environment, state, nannette miranda
  • The federal government is putting a new section of land in Fresno County up for auction for oil exploration.
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fresno, fresno county, oil, environment, economy, energy, local, matt keller
  • Tokyo Electric Power Co. says three workers have been injured and seven are missing after an explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
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japan, earthquake, tsunami, environment, nuclear, national/world
  • California is about to lead the nation again -- this time on the issue of global warming.
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arnold schwarzenegger, environment, state, nannette miranda
  • A national program that paid farmers millions of dollars for reducing greenhouse gasses has fizzled.
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ag report, environment, ag watch
  • Before lawmakers ended their legislative session, they did vote on a controversial bill that would have banned plastic bags around the state.
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environment, politics, christine park
  • Researchers say a lot of crude is lurking deep below the Gulf's surface and oil may be settling in an undersea canyon.
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oil spill, oil, bp, environment, national/world
  • Shrimpers out for the first season since BP's massive spill said their catch was plentiful and free of oil.
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environment, oil spill, oil, national/world
  • Fourth of July celebrations unfortunately often have a negative impact on our health and the environment. The Air Quality Control District tells us the drop in air quality last night was dramatic.
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fresno, fresno county, environment, local, graciela moreno
  • A man who has lived in the Arctic since he was four is now capturing a wild world that's changing fast as the planet warms up.
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environment, entertainment
  • The massive oil spill is having a devastating impact on coastal wildlife.
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oil spill, environment, national/world
  • Concerns over fuel costs and air pollution have more Valley drivers considering electric cars. Now a new dealership has opened up to help people make the switch.
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fresno, fresno north, environment, consumer
  • About one hundred people turned out Thursday night to hear state officials explain how they plan to conduct tests and do other research to determine if there are environmental factors leading to a high rate of birth defects in Kettleman City.
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environment, toxic waste, kettleman city, local, gene haagenson
  • Cash-strapped farmers in California's agricultural heartland and environmentalists at odds over water rights and wildlife protections finally agree on something: that thousands of acres of cracked, salty farmland is the perfect site for a sprawling utility-scale solar farm.
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leemore, environment, local
  • A Northeast Fresno Church hosted a presentation on sustainable living Sunday, and invited its neighbors to share their stories as one example.
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fresno, fresno northeast, environment, environment
  • We spoke to one woman who used to live in Fresno. She now lives in Eureka and said Saturday's quake was the biggest one she's ever felt.
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environment, earthquake, state, shannon handy
  • One Tulare landscaping company is expanding its business by using spray paint to transform yards into works of art.
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tulare, economy, environment, local, john-thomas kobos
  • Work continued in the bay area on a cliff that was crumbling right next to an apartment building.
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housing, environment, bay area, state
  • In the Philippines nearly 50,000 people have been told to evacuate because a major volcano has rumbled to life.
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environment, agriculture, national/world
  • Activists are opposing a proposed expansion to the largest toxic waste facility in the West after an unexplained spike in birth defects in a tiny San Joaquin Valley farming community.
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kettleman city, kings county, environment, local
  • Hundreds of recycling centers across California are shutting down, and it's all because of a cash grab meant to help bridge the state's budget gap.
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california budget, environment, politics, nannette miranda
  • Congressional Republicans are investigating e-mails stolen from a British climate change research center that they say show scientists attempting to suppress data that does not support man-made global warming.
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environment, politics
  • You can have more spending money if your energy bill is less.
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clovis, christmas, holiday, environment, energy, consumer, christine park