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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.