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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Tunnel adding key link to MWD's Inland Feeder water project -

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A circular rock-chewing machine will punch out of the San Bernardino Mountains today after nearly five years, leaving in its wake a four-mile-long tunnel that is the last major piece of a $1. Read Full Artice...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Petitioners condemn Riverside County, Anheuser-Busch land swap -

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Riverside County officials say they have scrapped plans to trade conservation land with a beer company that wants to build homes near Menifee. Read Full Artice...

Monday, August 11, 2008

UC Irvine study: Some Inland trees, shrubs migrating to cooler elevations -

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Rising temperatures and extended droughts have killed thousands of trees on an Inland mountain range, pushing their habitat uphill to cooler elevations by an average of 231 feet in the past 30 years, UC Irvine researchers have found in a first-of-a-kind. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Salton Sea rescue effort clears key hurdle in state Assembly -

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A key legislative committee on Thursday approved a bill that would pump $47 million into jump-starting a long-awaited rescue effort for the Salton Sea, the ailing desert lake that is a nationally recognized refuge for more than 400 bird species. Read Full Artice...

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Visitors to Lake Elsinore unaware of boy's death -

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A day after Riverside County health officials warned the public that a 9-year-old boy who swam in Lake Elsinore died from a rare brain-eating amoeba, the lake still drew visitors. Read Full Artice...

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Trucking industry finds fault with state's air pollution plan -

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Proposed state regulations that would reduce harmful pollutants are drawing criticism from Southern California's trucking and logistics industries and other business interests. Read Full Artice...

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Preserving tortoises a team effort, wildlife officials propose -

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Federal wildlife officials propose assembling geographically focused teams of off-roaders, environmentalists and government land managers to figure out how to better protect one of the Inland region's most imperiled species, the desert tortoise. Read Full Artice...

Sunday, August 03, 2008

San Bernardino County gets EPA bill for radium cleanup at Chino Airport -

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is billing San Bernardino County nearly a half-million dollars to pay for removing vintage aircraft gauges adorned with radioactive-laced paint from a hangar at Chino Airport. Read Full Artice...

Friday, August 01, 2008

Inland growers moving quickly to prepare for Asian citrus psyllid -

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A tiny pest just south of the U.S. border with a taste for budding citrus trees has state agriculture officials and growers on high alert. Its arrival could mean doomsday for an industry that was worth $1.8 billion in California last year, they say. Read Full Artice...

Friday, August 01, 2008

EPA fines Chino firm over e-waste -

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A Chino company's failed attempt to ship hundreds of used computer monitors to China highlighted new controls federal authorities have placed on electronic waste such as computers and televisions Jet Ocean Technologies Inc. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

State launches new Web site with hiking trail guide -

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California state parks officials want you to take a hike, literally. The California Department of Parks and Recreation has assembled an online trail guide to help folks know where they can hike. Read Full Artice...

Monday, July 28, 2008

State's new plywood rule poses new challenge for lumber firms coping with Inland building slump -

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A new state law limiting a cancer-causing chemical from plywood and particle board -- products found in almost every home or business -- has lumber wholesalers worried that they will get stuck with millions of dollars' worth of products that can't be. Read Full Artice...

Friday, July 25, 2008

'Positively Green' to focus on eco-friendly choices for busy women -

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A new environmental magazine geared toward women, specifically those juggling career and family, will hit newsstands next month. Gracing the first cover of Positively Green is Rachelle Begley, wife of environmentalist-actor Ed Begley Jr. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Senator wants unified federal effort on quaggas mussel invasion of waterways including two Inland lakes -

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Federal agencies should take a stronger role in the fight against a species of mussel that has invaded Western waterways, including two Inland lakes, and develop a plan to eradicate the pest, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said. Read Full Artice...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

School districts seeing financial help in getting buses that cut down emissions -

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Rim of the World school officials have kept five 1970s-era school buses running for years in San Bernardino Mountains communities by replacing just about every part. No more. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

U.S. Forest Service report on 2007 Inland fires lauds dead-tree removal program -

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Removing dead trees and thinning out dense forest growth in recent years slowed the intensity and spread of wildfire and gave firefighters an advantage, according to a two-part U.S. Forest Service report released Tuesday. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Utility seeks Riverside's OK of plan to use treated wastewater for irrigation -

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In its quest to pursue a multimillion-dollar plan to bolster water supplies, Riverside's utility was granted state permission to keep billion of gallons of treated wastewater to irrigate parks, school grounds and cemeteries rather than dump it into the. Read Full Artice...

Monday, July 21, 2008

Inland water agencies getting $25 million in bond money for projects -

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The state will issue Inland water agencies from Chino to Yucaipa nearly $25 million to help fund projects that will stretch supplies in a region hit hard by drought and judge-ordered cutbacks on Northern California deliveries. Read Full Artice...

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Burying transmission lines of LA utility's proposed geothermal power project met with some skepticism -

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Los Angeles utility officials will consider burying some of the transmission lines for their ambitious renewable energy proposal that could run through desert preserves and the San Bernardino National Forest, the city's top energy officials told a. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, July 17, 2008

State to re-assess perchlorate levels using new data on risks to fetuses -

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Prodded by environmental groups, California health officials said they will re-evaluate the health effects of a rocket fuel chemical, taking into account research that wasn't completed four years ago when they decided how much is safe in drinking water. Read Full Artice...

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