Environment
Monday February 9, 2009 Updated 9:36 AM PST
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The new report "Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity" lists these "key actions" as necessary to preserve the...
PhotosMillions to fix damage from fence building
Development: An attempt to tidy up around the U.S.-Mexico border fence What it means: Too little, too...
Fishing and tourism in conflict in Galapagos
Fisherman Luis Enrique Bonilla just wants to make a living. Galapagos Islands conservationists, worried that the marine reserve is...
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Light pollution threatens to dim the starlight
This little town is in the dark and proud of it. Where other places greet the night by lighting up their streets and tourist...
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The Bay Area as an ecosystem
When it comes to development and preservation, Bay Area communities tend to be myopic and provincial. Some crave growth, others abhor...
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New Sausalito homes - green and good neighbors
Husband and wife Tim Rempel and Liz Miranda, who together design and develop new homes in the Bay Area, try to make as little impact...
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Administration aims for stricter mercury limits
The Obama administration signaled Friday that it will seek more stringent controls on mercury pollution from the nation's power plants...
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Obama team cancels oil and gas leases Bush OKd
In a clear signal that the Obama administration is shifting the government's approach to energy exploration on public lands, Interior...
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S.F. to convert guckiest cooking grease to fuel
San Francisco will become the first city in the country to convert large batches of "brown grease" - the smelly, mucky mess left over...
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Larger than some states, it collects an ocean's trash.
Watch What You Eat
Identifying sustainable seafood can be a fishing expedition
