Category: California
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A Last Look at California’s Glaciers
Beyond the world we know, in the shaded recesses of our highest mountains, lies another California. It’s a world of…
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KBHome Unveils ZeroHouse 2.0 Which is Both Water and Energy Efficient
The builder KB Home just unveiled their newest project, the ZeroHouse 2.0, which is located in Los Angeles County, CA. The home is also called “Double ZeroHouse” since it is both water and energy efficient. This home is the first built by this contractor to have both net-zero energy status, and zero freshwater irrigation. According…
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Salvage Logging Near Yosemite?
Though the Rim Fire of 2013 was the third largest conflagration in California’s history, it has improved the…
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Energy Harnessed From Waves Could be on the Horizon
A team of researchers at UC Berkeley is developing a hydraulic seafloor ‘carpet’ that could be used to harvest the energy of ocean waves and convert it to usable clean energy. Since waves are constant, as opposed to sun and wind, this could prove a viable source of carbon-free energy for coastal regions. Wave energy…
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California Senate Disappoints by Rejecting Fracking Moratorium
With fracking bans or moratoriums in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Santa Cruz County, California seemed prepared to put a halt to the dirty energy practice across the state…