Geology 300: Physical Geology

Geology 301: Physical Geology Lab

Geology 305: Earth Science

Geology 306: Earth Science Lab

Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.

2010 Earth Sciences topics/events making news… ...with emphasis on California news

Remember the principles of the scientific method when evaluating news stories!

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· December 2010

· Invasive species may cause extinctions

· Solar fuel machine

· ‘Sailing stone’ on a Nevada playa

· Stanford University finds carbon sequestration may be earthquake hazard

· New Zealand earthquake victims better off than Californians

· Baja earthquake puts strain on Los Angeles

· Antarctica-bound submarine to get Lake Tahoe test

· Laguna Beach animal shelter smashed by mudslide

· 2010’s world gone wild – quakes, floods, blizzards

· (Q&A) Sutter Creek gold Mine – where you can learn about mining

· (Editorial) A rare-earth venture in San Bernardino County

· (Comment) Cleveland water on fire – time to put this on ice

· Wet December brings nearly double the mountain snow pack

· San Joaquin west valley hope for more irrigation water

· Two approaches to shale gas drilling near Pittsburgh

· Study – enough water to serve Temecula-area quarry

· California storms fill reservoirs, snowpack

· Storms trigger Riverside freeway mudslide, accidents

· Storms cause hillside collapse, flooding in SoCal

· State warms of mudslides if rain is heavy

· San Diego – soggy ground gives way, more slides are possible

· Small landslide, two fires in Pasadena

· Houston – Shale drilling is going greener

· Rock slide closes Clark Road near Paradise

· Residents voice concern over cement plant near Cupertino

· Researchers find way to minimize mercury in SF Bay

· Rare-earth mine company pairs with Hitachi Metals in San Bernardino County

· Rancho Cordova lawsuit aims to block quarry plan

· Poll – Fracking for natural gas is no longer obscure in the US

· Planners certify final EIR for Bottle Rock Power expansion in Lake County

· PCH in Dana Point closed because of mudslides

· Niles quarry to be restored

· Mudslide in La Conchita, battered boats wash ashore

· Mudslide causes North Tustin road closure in Orange County

· Most excavations lifted in mudslide-damaged Highland in LA

· Mining demand for rare-earths in Mountain Pass

· Mexico-US agree on Colorado River allotments

· Medicine Lake geothermal issue goes back to BLM

· Lehigh Southwest Cement discharges worry neighbors in south SF Bay

· Laguna Beach sets flooding, mudslide damage toll at $10 million

· Laguna Beach man escapes injury after mudslide traps him in home

· La Conchita keeps eye on impending storms

· Los Angeles -- In a region that imports water, much goes to waste

· Highway 1 reopens near Devil’s Slide following mudslide

· Geologist says small La Conchita landslide will likely move further

· LA Evacuation orders remain in areas devastated by mudslides

· EPA’s CO2 rules old-hat for California

· EPA issues timetable for greenhouse gas emission rules

· Crude oil, water spill at Greka facility

· Crews clean up mudslides after rainstorm near Santa Cruz

· Concord accepts $860,000 grant to create environmental plans

· Central Valley farmers take issue with high-speed rail route

· North Coast Journal -- Carbon trapper keepers

· Here comes cap and trade, California style

· Clean-energy policy debates heats up in U.S. Senate

· USDA announces new steps to meet climate change challenges

· (comment) U.S. must act on climate change

· Poll – Californians still support cap-and-trade

· Tulare County OK’s first solar farm projects

· Supreme Court set to review CO2 suits

· As California prepares Cap&Trade fears of energy price spikes mount

· Energy Department – U.S. could store CO2 underground for the next 5,700 years

· Panel calls Sacramento Delta recovery plan woefully incomplete

· (editorial) Can’t walk away from the Sacramento Delta

· CO2 leaked from carbon capture sequestration sites may impact groundwater

· Scientist – Baja quake lowered mountains

· Easter Sunday quake may have put SoCal at greater risk of future temblors

· Study – Baja earthquake sign of a bigger one to come

· Palmdale Bulge was a mountain of mystery

· Tulare Supervisors drag water decision

· U.S. rare-earth mining urged

· U.S. at risk of rare-earths supply disruption

· Go ahead for Dutra plant near Santa Rosa

· Roblar Road quarry near Petaluma gets final OK

· (comment) Proposed Escondido quarry will bring a host of ills

· Duarte submits evidence to refute claims council misused public funds

· New timeline for Truckee Martis Dam project

· Officials sign SoCal earthquake plan into effect

· Placer supes OK $65 million in Foresthill Bridge contracts

· California and Feds sign earthquake plan

· Buying a hillside LA home – be careful

· EPA finds drilling contamination in Texas; NY halts all ‘fracking’

· Industry, enviros praise NY gas-drilling time-out

· Congress restores geothermal royalties for another year

· California Air Resources Board OK’s can-and-trade rules

· (comment) San Luis Obispo, Carrizo solar projects are environmentally sound

· Stanford Scientist warns of quake rick from ‘carbon capture’

· (editorial) Bay - Sacramento Delta plan faces stormy seas ahead

· Californians who rely on Sacramento Delta at ‘sever risk’

· (comment) State faces pivotal point in water (Sacto Delta) future

· Judge dismisses Sacramento Delta smelt protections

· Effort falters on San Francisco Bay Delta

· Cholame project will monitor tremor activity beneath San Andreas Fault

· Mystery of slow earthquakes solved

· Auburn man finds beauty in huge collection of ‘ordinary rocks’

· New Spanish method predicts earthquakes with 80 percent accuracy

· Sonoma Supervisors OK land deal with Roblar Road quarry developers

· Syar Russian River gravel mining approved

· Russian River plan to mine gravel, restore habitat

· Stockton shake rattle and roll filming

· (editorial) where’s the urgency on Bakersfield dam repair

· Bakersfield dam repairs could take many years

· Truckee residents skeptical of dam’s safety concerns

· (comment) Diablo Canyon is on top of recent seismic issues

· Leaking Ventura County oil facility remediated

· BP official – effort to shut Gulf well was ‘late’

· U.S. gov’t, Halliburton reach deal on fracking info

· Beyond Fracking – experts challenge safety of exploratory wells

· Oil and water don’t mix with California agriculture

· UN IPPC climate change chief sees huge gaps in research

· (comment) BDCP best way to meet states important goals

· Killer confesses to Pluto

· Shuttle images reveal ancient Egypt lake

· Anesthesia gases contribute to greenhouse effect

· Beyond Cancun

· Is this newly found planet a diamond?

· Owner of Ojai quarry appeals decision on alleged violations

· Major quake could shake SoCal schools off their foundations

· LA earthquake symposium on risk of collapsing buildings stirs controversy

· Scientists at University of Jerusalem discover ways to predict earthquakes

· Tulare County OK’s first 6 solar farms

· Enviros challenge another solar project near Hollister

· Groups sue San Benito county, Solargen to halt approved project

· Will congress ban oil drilling off the Sonoma coast?

· NY lawmakers pass temporary ‘hydrofracking’ ban

· U.S. drilling decisions ripple on two coasts

· Interior Dept may force drillers to disclose chemicals

· U.S. weighs disclosure rules for natural gas drillers

· Alaska oil resources assessment dramatically lowered

· Exxon Mobil, working on fracking fluid disclosure policy

· Natural gas drillers feeling pressure from Washington

· Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum releases CCS technology roadmap

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· November 2010

· Sacramento County supervisors approve historic mining project

· (Editorial) California Health challenge – climate change

· (Q&A) Where is LA earthquake fault?

· Cancun climate summit calls for rationing in developed world

· Global disasters cause losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010

· Drilling for knowledge on huge SoCal regional aquifer

· Experts stress danger of life near Indonesia volcano

· Maine firms see tidal energy as wave of the future

· Indonesia volcano

· Japan earthquake

· Japan says China to resume exports of rare earths

· Los altos Hills city council could monitor quarry

· LA bridges receive grades

· Sacramento delta’s ecological decline is breathing new life into proposals

· What to do with all that carbon

· Why gold became popular

· (Comment) Apocalypse Not – Study says cool down the climate message

· (Comment) Public needs flood safety, Davis area Conaway Ranch

· (Comment) Unbreakable – building disaster-proof cities

· (Letter) Paso Robles shook to its historic roots in 03

· 20-megawatt solar farm proposed for Sacramento city landfill

· Amador County fold mine closer to production

· Bay Area coalition calls delta plan a water grab

· Campaign contributions in Azusa give insight into who is fighting in mining battle

· Cap-and-Trade exchange in Chicago calls it quits

· Could an oil production technique be causing problems in Kern County?

· Engineering panel has harsher words for BP in Gulf oil spill

· EPA launches hydraulic fracturing study

· GOP victory could boost east coast natural gas drilling

· Idaho scientist find new seismic fault in Rockies

· Indonesian rescuers find more bodies in ash-buried villages on volcano slopes

· Japan says China to resume exports of rare earths

· Japan, facing similar challenges, embraces geothermal & issues

· Kern County OKs huge solar project

· Los Altos council digs into quarry controversy – officials defend operations

· Malibu forgoes tsunami warning system

· ‘Mega-quake’ would likely spare B.C., study says

· Monterey Shale in central California gets new look

· Sacramento delta canal agenda put off again

· Underneath Haiti, another big quake waiting to occur

· Venoco abandons Santa Barbara expansion proposal

· Anti-mining group angry with Azusa council’s wording of referendum

· BLM sets meeting on mining claims

· Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics

· Deadlines set to get Idaho-Maryland Mine plan moving in Grass Valley

· Environmental groups appeal Solargen decision, Hollister

· EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking

· Gulf oil spill investigation a ‘High Priority’ for Justice Dept.

· Gulf Spill Panel – risks taken, bad calls made before rig blast

· Gulf testimony indicates poor cementing of drilling rigs is widespread

· Los Altos jumps into quarry debate

· Moderate earthquake injures 100 in western Iran

· My Grandson the Rock – Did pre-Cambrian life create most of our Earth’s minerals?

· Oil companies increasingly eye natural gas

· Philippine’s Mt. Bulusan emits ash; quake rocks Bicol

· Quake centered at CSULB jolts Long Beach

· Report – China may tighten controls on rare earths

· Retrofitting begins on North Torrey Pines bridge

· Sacramento delta plan may do more harm, biologists find

· Schwarzenegger to host global climate summit at UC Davis

· Seismic work on historic SoCal coastal bridge to begin

· State doing little to track hospitals with severe earthquake safety risks

· Vast ocean of stories by geologist/author

· Space shuttle Discovery on its last mission

· Balloon-head found in fossil record

· (comment) Carrizo solar plants near San Luis Obispo would harm California

· Abandoned mine discovered at Calaveras Park

· California voters overwhelmingly reject proposition 23

· Calaveras County abandoned mine discovered under baseball field

· Center to explain Sacramento Delta’s rule in region and beyond

· Indonesia volcano blasts searing gas, 122 now dead

· Proposition 23 defeat energizes backers, opponents alike

· SF earthquake safety bond measure narrowly defeated

· Solar farm sparks heated debate in California’s Panoche Valley

· Solar project in east San Luis Obispo County dimmed by planners

· Two companies seek trade secret status for fracking fluids in Wyoming

· World’s thirst for oil leads exploration companies into riskier ventures

· October 2010

· Neanderthals were compassionate and caring

· Earth’s magnetic field instant flips

· San Andreas fault captured in 3D

· Summary of recent global climate change conferences

· (column) Mining booms and busts in Orange County

· (column) The final nail in the California LNG coffin

· Barge spills crude off Santa Barbara’s coal point

· Culver working to settle costly lawsuit against L.A. County

· Measuring speed of mantle flow, University of Bristol

· State releases landmark global warming rules

· State unveils new rule for battling climate change

· Syar project gets Sonoma Supervisors straw vote OK

· China says rare earths are not a ‘bargaining tool’

· In Washington – Gordon is talking with senators on Rare-Earths bill

· Russian River gravel mining approved

· (editorial) China digs in on rare earths

· Temecula’s smaller quarry called precedent

· Japan plans to mine rare earth metals in Vietnam

· Warning systems often don’t help tsunami victims

· La Canada Flintridge city hall hosts mudslide seminar for hillside residents

· 320,000-acre 3-D shoot under way for Miocene oil in California

· Tests warned of cement troubles before BP blowout in Gulf

· North Dakota eclipses oil record

· Alaska reserve holds one-tenth of oil scientists had estimates

· East Coast shale – Tapping natural gas could unleash uranium

· Ventura County – 63 gallons of oil spilled off Platform Gail

· In Washington – CO2 storage technology crucial

· First solar plant on federal land breaks ground in San Bernardino County

· Largest-ever solar project approved in Mojave Desert

· Sacramento Delta water report unpopular upstream

· Indonesia tsunami hit like a runaway train, shaking 3-story building

· Death toll from Indonesian tsunami & volcano tops 400

· Southern California private homes sought for earthquake monitors

· Experts puzzled over rare quake in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

· Haiti may face more major earthquakes

· Mudslide closes portion of Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point

· LA Dana Point landslide fears force multiday closure of a portion of Pacific Coast Highway

· Magnitude-6.7 earthquake hits northern Mexico

· 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Baja California, latest in cluster of temblors

· No worries of major quake in Midwest ‘New Madrid’ fault – scientist

· In studying Haiti, a new angle on an earthquake’s intensity

· Sacramento County’s first hard-rock quarry mining project nears OK

· (column) NY Times – foolish response to rare earth crisis

· China to reduce rare earths exports

· Sonoma Roblar Road rock quarry approved

· Jurors award $3.2M in deadly San Bernardino mudslide lawsuit

· Northridge – experts predict major earthquake to hit

· Mumbai – earthquake counts go up as moon comes closer to Earth

· Radio-equipped sensors advance Yellowstone volcano research

· Researchers now say San Andreas could see 8.1 quake

· Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits northern Mexico

· 50mya Amber found in India

· Antarctica fossil mountains

· Haiti quake has surprising lesson about Earth

· UC Riverside ‘Snowball Earth’ article on evolution

· S California water agencies in fight over water to Salton Sea

· (Q&A) what fills the empty space underground created by oil extraction?

· Gilroy Water District dam repairs needed

· Redlands locals learn about quake preparedness, survival

· (comment) Dutra still wrong plan, wrong place, for Petaluma

· Owner of Amador gold mine looks to start digging again

· Alaskan volcano ‘blows hole’ in global warming fight

· Earliest land plants discovered

· EOS publication – Student summer research opportunities

· Petaluma Council debates Roblar rock quarry

· Study – Santa Clara Anderson Dam at risk of collapse in quake

· 17 Ventura hospital buildings in county on list of seismic risks

· How cheap US natural gas is pushing other sources to sidelines

· Fed commission is stumped on future of offshore drilling

· Maldonado, acting as governor, signs offshore oil drilling order

· Obama administration lifts 6-month oil drilling freeze

· US rig count up 12 this week

· US solar industry shows it is gaining power

· State’s anti-global warming effort at crossroads

· (column) Behind California’s global warming restrictions

· Proposal to restore Sacramento Delta bogs down

· Building a better battery in China

· Verdict reached in 2003 San Bernardino mudslide deaths

· Finding a fault in Parkfield

· Jury to determine Caltrans payment in San Bernardino mudslide lawsuit

· Exploring a new take on earthquakes

· California earthquake experts see the ‘Big One’ getting bigger

· Chilean mine rescue has vital lessons

· Dutra Petaluma project moves forward

· Japan – no improvements in China rare earths ban

· Experts see parallels in effort to stop mining in Azusa

· Santa Rosa decision time on big asphalt, mining plans

· (comment) A ‘new positive era’ for San Rafael quarry

· (comment) Dutra speaks out about its Petaluma revised plan

· Global geosciences meeting summaries in EOS publication

· Research vessel studies San Andreas off Fort Bragg

· Bluebird Canyon, Laguna Beach, restoration wins award

· Two more solar power plants, Imperial & Riverside, get the green light

· Future of nation’s offshore drilling ban remains unclear

· California’s clean-tech industry is booming but threatened

· Green tech, AB 32 a major economic driver for state

· Methane has closes Culver City dog park

· The Geysers at 50 year old

· Underground gas fields revived near Mendota

· Whittier hopes to profit from oil from land preserved with taxpayer funds

· Revamped US tsunami warning system unreliable, report finds

· (letter, Napa County) Take seismic renovation seriously

· 100-year-old Covina stone church struggles to meet seismic retrofit requirements

· Prop. A seismic retrofit bond would aid some

· Army Corps to raise profile of Isabella Dam

· New mudslide evacuation rules in place for LA foothill residents

· BLM testing of silver-mine-era hazards near Calico

· Azusa Rock Quarry referendum passes first test

· Historic homesteads in Colusa County Sulphur Creek offer insights into the past

· Nations, manufacturers wary of dependence on China’s rare earth metals

· LA Rolling Hills Estates holds hearing on Chandler development project

· Comet may not have rocked Stone Age world

· Trio wins chemistry Nobel price for carbon bonding

· USGS Sacto Valley groundwater model fact sheet

· Nobel awarded for graphene

· Distant planet Gliese 581g may have life

· Large asteroid determined to have dusty surface

· Global streams runoff increases over last 15 years

· Dems Costa and Miller spar over Central Valley water

· Environmental group files lawsuit to stop Rialto project

· PG&E will provide detailed maps of gas pipelines to Bay Area fir departments

· US Energy Dept finds geologic formations for carbon storage

· Study – genetically altered trees could help climate

· Threat of global warming sparks US interest in geoengineering

· Global warming – a rise in global river flows raises alarms

· (comment) The atmospheric carbon dioxide precipice

· Two SoCal solar projects on California public lands get federal OK

· September 2010

· Cal Poly Pomona wants to raze seismically unstable building

· Quick flip of magnetic field evidence found

· Princeton global ‘Shake Movie’ now available online

· Carbon capture workshop set for Bakersfield

· Oaxaca landslide

· Ancient volcanic field re-awakens in Saudi Arabia

· Construction crew unearths fossil treasure trove near LA

· Delta changes could prove irreversible

· (Q&A) Will LA lose its cool? – An optimistic look at global warming

· (HECA) A new idea for clean energy in Kern County

· (editorial) Solar sensitivity in Riverside

· (comment) Burning our own home-grown fuels

· California – the solar Saudi Arabia

· First solar projects on ag land approved in Tulare County

· BrightSource Energy gets OK for 370-megawatt solar plant in Mojave Desert

· Report – chemicals found in NE Pennsylvania water wells

· Report – fracking chemicals in Pennsylvania water wells

· Optimism, worries amid new rush to tap oil in West

· EPA requests fracking chemicals from nine companies

· Commission approves geothermal testing wells SW of Brawley

· Regulators, oil firms still in uneasy alliance

· Sellers of earthquake kits cut costs, seek their niche

· (editorial) Marin supervisors face delicate decision on quarry’s future

· Temcula annexation back before panel

· Sonora mine’s success written in stone

· (comment) Sonoma aggregate anyone?

· Your computer as an earthquake sensor

· Scientist contemplate earthquake prediction

· The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, remembered

· Arctic tern is 30 years old?

· (column) Chaos kills renewable-power measure in legislature

· (Q&A) EPA – fracking study is a challenge

· 300 attend Marin County quarry permit hearing

· Actions taken to replace Holtville’s earthquake damaged water tank

· Another solar project approved near Avenal

· Area’s oil firms’ safety records given, US agency vows to beef up policing

· Climate change law’s suspension slammed by UC Berkeley study

· Whittier council supports delay of greenhouse gas laws

· Dangers of storing natural gas underground near Colusa always present

· Palm Springs Earthquake simulation shows shaking of seismic proportion

· EPA seeks info form gas drillers on chemicals used in fracturing

· EPA told gas drilling does, does not taint water

· FEMA, CalEMA approve $3.9 million for Imperial Valley earthquake repairs

· Fight over bid to suspend California’s global warming law gets ugly

· Marin County approves San Rafael quarry permit

· (editorial) Compromise hopefully will end long battle over quarry’s future

· Work begins on water pipe tunnel under SF Bay

· Governor signs bill to aid Humboldt property owners from quake damage

· Mining plan near Sequoia Park divides region

· Azusa mining project analysis cost more than doubles its budget

· (Q&A) Earth Talk – why hasn’t solar caught on more?

· 1,000 megawatts of solar power approved for SoCal desert

· Tulare County’s first commercial solar projects gain OK

· Test water wells before fracking starts, experts say

· Ca State air board OK’s 33% renewable energy rule

· Meadow Vista River’s mercury removal project seeks gov’t dollars

· House may vote on Rare Earths Act this week

· Red Sea ‘Parting’ by wind article

· Dinosaurs on lost island

· Out of Africa (homo sapien’s migration)

· NASA rail gun launch system

· New temperature probe for volcanoes

· Moon as a Rosetta Stone

· Rare sky show – Moon and Jupiter

· Fight over Arctic resources

· Celestial event week

· Neanderthals more intelligent than thought

· ‘No fracking way’ serves as theme for anti-drilling faction

· New lawsuit filed in fracking country

· Mendocino County sued over gravel mine

· Mining left legacy of Mercury at Putah Creek

· Impact of BP’s oil spill still linger in the Southeast, and Monterey County

· Strong positions on either side of ‘fracking’ at EPA hearing

· Senator Wolk’s bill ensures local participation in Sacramento Delta conservation plan

· Seismic safety at Diablo Canyon discussed

· Scientists – desert energy projects should tread lightly

· Salton Sea Authority wants answers from state on dam construction

· Marin County Roblar Road quarry comes before planning commission

· Report – fracking chemicals in NE Pa. water wells

· Planning for the Big One

· Oil industry trade group chief rips governor on Prop 23

· NRC workshop turns into Diablo Canyon debate

· Lawsuit –‘Fracking’ fluid from gas drilling in Marcellus Shale tainted water wells in NE Pa.

· Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared

· Industry – no need for EPA to regulate gas drilling

· Orange County hospitals could get extension on earthquake rules

· Hollister council to support Panoche solar farm

· Grant made to help restore Yuba watershed

· Governor ponders bill to rescue oil spill fund

· Fracking Study sees public health risks

· Fight over bid to suspend California’s global warming law gets ugly

· FEMA, CalEMA approve $3.9 million for Imperial Valley Easter earthquake repairs

· EPA told gas drilling does, does not taint water

· EPA seeks information from natural gas drillers on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing

· SoCal earthquake simulation shows shaking of seismic proportions

· NorCal – dangers of storing natural gas always present

· Wittier city council supports delay of greenhouse gas laws

· Climate change law’s suspension slammed by UC Berkeley study

· Carbon capture workshop set for Bakersfield

· Ventura area oil firms’ safety record given.doc; US agency vows to beef up policing

· Another solar project approved near Avenal

· Actions taken to replace Holtville’s earthquake damaged water tank

· 300 attend Marin quarry permit hearing

· (Q&A) EPA – fracking study is a challenge

· (column) chaos kills Calif renewable power measure

· Studying, and big wave surfing, the oceans

· X Price for 100mpg car

· 2010 seeing global hot temps

· Underground gas storage plan puts Sacramento residents on edge

· Shasta Truck Village appeal hearing set for December

· Salazar – New inspectors headed to drilling agency

· BP report on well disaster faults mechanical, human failures

· Gas drillers in Wyoming must come clean on fracking fluid ingredients

· Chevron seeking exemption from laws for Richmond rebuilding project

· US oil rig count decreases by 3

· State OK’s big solar project in Santa Barbara County

· U.S. – storing greenhouse gas

· DOE giving $575 million in carbon capture grants

· ‘Chinatown II’ – Kern County water bank sued as wells go dry

· Hunchbacked dinosaur strengthens bird hypothesis

· Underground column of molten rock found at Yellowstone

· BP report blames multiple companies for gulf spill

· Wind power wanes with fading federal incentives

· Spaceship to sun

· Big Bank Chaos mathematical hypothesis

· UC Davis geologists look at earthquakes in 3D

· Volcanic ash cloud – Global warming may trigger more volcanoes

· Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest one yet

· Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful New Zealand quake

· Earthquake in New Zealand causes devastation, no deaths

· Mining left a legacy of mercury at Putah Creek

· Twisted history of the Mississippi & map

· Wind, solar farms OK on some Williamson Act lands

· State DOC accepting proposals for watershed coordinator grants

· Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash

· 3.1 quake strikes near Richmond (Hayward fault??)

· S. California’s SCAG rejects air pollution reduction targets

· Ventura – Builders, environmentalists split on emissions reductions

· (comment) Meltdown of the climate ‘consensus’

· Kern hydrogen power plant clears one hurdle

· Diablo Canyon’s earthquake safety is topic of workshop

· Gulf oil rig explodes, burns off Louisiana coast

· Bill seeks to boost state’s safeguards against oil spills

· 18-foot sinkhole opens up in Long Beach backyard

· ‘Fracking’ yields fuel, fear in Northeast

· Fracking hazards obscured by Halliburton loophole

· Is fracking poisoning our food?

· 11 mallards mired in Placentia, Orange County oil spill

· August 2010

· Governor in Afghanistan is a geologist

· 50 years of space elevator dreams

· (column) Geothermal hot in sustainable world

· BP managers had little experience supervising Deepwater Horizon

· NY – Is fracking even worse than drilling?

· Villagers evacuated from slopes of Indonesian volcano return home

· Indonesia volcano calmer after sudden eruptions

· Deal ends LA’s Rolling Hills landslide dispute

· El Centro sinkhole filled, capped, finished Saturday afternoon

· California should reform its water management, study says

· Sac County’s Van Vleck ranch to add big solar power plant

· (editorial) No spin – windmills fail

· La Conchita grading project may be too risky

· Perception, fact-finding has come at a cost in Azusa rock quarry battle

· Backlash over China’s curb on metal exports

· Redding – inside a toxic hellhole, Iron Mountain Mine

· Shasta – meeting on Black Butte gravel business postponed

· Science after an Alaskan island apocalypse

· Indonesian volcano eruption forces people to flee

· Two meteors struck when dinosaurs went extinct

· What killed dinosaurs?

· Danish amateurs aim to rocket themselves into space

· More U.S. coal plants being installed in face of green movement

· Computers take closer look inside the Earth

· Plans for manned asteroid mission gains ground

· More prehistoric quakes on San Andreas fault found

· New San Andreas fault study released, shows that ‘major’ quake is overdue

· (editorial) When the Big One comes to call

· Coachella Valley new business prepares residents for ‘The Big One’

· SDSU earthquake video simulates the ‘Big One’

· (letter) Why the Ukiah Harris Quarry is a bed idea

· Petaluma – Dutra quarry hearing now set for October 12

· Azusa anti-mining referendum could qualify for Nov ballot

· 320-acre solar farm receives Imperial County solar farm proposal

· Controversy over San Benito County solar farm proposal

· Obama environmental advisers had limited role in plan to expand oil drilling

· ‘Fracking’ fractures N.Y. County

· US oil rig count rises this week by 11 to 1,651

· Microbes consumed gulf oil plume

· The gulf was sick before the oil spill, …and how to make it well again

· Carbon capture has a ways to go

· Big California solar energy push moves forward

· Bacteria eating gulf oil

· No stopping global sea rise

· Aquanaut (grad students) living on ocean floor off Florida

· US Space Agency’s Kepler Telescope

· Soviet’s Chernobyl site DNA study

· Colombians evacuated as Galeras volcano erupts

· (opinion) Earthquake report missed the mark

· Southern California warned to prepare for major earthquake

· (editorial) Paying for a slippery slope in Ventura County's La Conchita

· Study shakes up scientists’ view of San Andreas earthquake risk

· After devastating mudslide, La Canada Flintridge resident rebuilds

· Scientist – the Big One still coming

· Stigma of the serpentine

· New San Andreas earthquake study underscores need to prepare

· Diamonds could store more information

· Chilean mine rescuers face daunting challenge

· Rare double quake blamed for Samoa tsunami

· Imperial Valley Irrigation District board of directors examines renewable energy potential

· US oil rig count increases by 35

· NY governor – No gas drilling unless fracking is safe

· (blog) Frack attack in NY

· State global warming measure could suspend other landmark rules

· The green-energy landscape just keeps changing

· (column) Something’s not right about this California water deal

· (comment) Science finds water exports are harming delta

· Mexico, US talking about Colorado River water

· Santa Barbara communities get rolling on developing sustainable transit

· Solano water officials bring ‘laundry list’ to Delta bargaining table

· (comment) State should look before it leaps on renewable mandate

· San Luis Obispo approves bike recreation in asbestos-rich soil

· Earthquake ‘double whammy’ caused 2009 Tonga tsunami

· Two previously unknown Northwest quake faults ID’d

· Seismic activity at Iceland volcano begins to peter out

· Paso Robles’’ stinky sulphur groundwater is closer to the drain

· (column) State rock controversy enters new phase

· (editorial) Stop ridiculous debate over state rock

· Local widow fights to repeal asbestos-ridden state rock

· Group aims to preserve Coachella Valley history after earthquake or fire

· $50 million grading project would make south coast la Conchita safe

· (column) San Rafael a good model for local emergency preparedness

· Los Altos quarry opponent monitors methane levels

· Santa Barbara County supervisors urge halt to Diablo nuclear relicensing

· Big plans for Jamestown gold mine

· Tuolumne County to look at mine site plan

· Housing coming quickly to old Dutra mine site near Petaluma

· 2 missing miners feared dead at Nevada gold mine

· New deal for Willits’ Harris Quarry

· Fracking linked to water contamination, health problems in Eastern states

· Flood in Pakistan

· Experts say heat killed Mount Vesuvius’ victims

· ‘Big Solar’ struggles to find home in California

· Ancient humans drove turtles extinct on island of Vanuatu

· Tidal power generation in UK

· Sponges identified as oldest animal life

· Resolving the paradox of the Antarctic sea ice

· Open pit mines in UK

· Massive coral die-off in Indonesia

· Increase in dolphins in NE of England

· Foresthill bridge above Auburn to undergo major seismic upgrades

· Housing approved at old Dutra mine site near Petaluma

· Haiti quake caused by previously unknown fault

· Greka leaks more oil near Santa Maria

· Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact

· Environmentalists call for more ‘fracking’ hearings on east coast

· Diablo Canyon, near San Luis Obispo, nuclear plant workshop to focus on earthquakes

· California’s future land use about to be reshaped by SB 375

· A green idea for brown farm fields in California, Lemoore

· (letter) La Conchita slide prevention on south coast

· (editorial on state rock) Serpentine politics

· (column) Would Temecula-area quarry help or hurt economy?

· (column) Water bond violated unwritten Capitol rule

· (column) Can gas ‘fracking’ pollute groundwater – unlikely

· (blog) 8,000 people – E.P.A. defers hearing on fracking in New York

· US oil rig count increases by 19

· State’s heavy polluters also biggest donors to Prop. 23

· Solar power steps up to the starting line in Mojave area

· Nichols – No solo cap-and-trade position in panel discussion

· New appeal in San Luis Obispo Mastagni quake case

· Legislature delays water bond to 2012 ballot

· Tar balls on south land beaches probably a natural occurrence

· (letter) Drop the rock

· (column) Why California is between a rock and a hard place

· Caught between the state rock and a hard place

· (column) MJC teacher on a mission to vindicate state rock

· Feds urged to halt Diablo nuke plant re-licensing

· (comment) What will you do when disaster strikes

· San Bernardino, no reservoir draining planned

· (comment), Torrance, now we’re getting somewhere on Peninsula landslide work

· Questions raised about Azusa mining referendum’s impact

· Duarte files lawsuit against Azusa, mining company Vulcan Materials

· Hollister BLM closes off 29K acres to mining claims

· Proposed Lake Berryessa conservation area stirs debate

· Environmentalists call for probe of diesel use in fracking fluid

· Can injecting carbon emission underground really be safe

· Ownership change could lead to expansion at Mammoth geothermal plants

· N.Y. Senate approves fracking moratorium

· Santa Barbara Greka Oil reports 40-barrel spill, cleanup underway

· Coastal Commission to review renovation of closed oil operation

· N.Y. Senate approves drilling halt on gas from shale

· (radio transcript) Looking back on the Bakersfield gusher of 1910

· Avoiding America’s next drilling disaster, fracking

· (comment on Sac general plan) bad development

· Minor earthquakes rumble through Elk Grove’s Laguna West

· Earthquake-damaged Imperial County roads to be restored

· LA mud-damaged home up for bid

· Midwest seismic zone became frozen in time

· State’s updated earthquake map looks at seismic faults in new detail

· Oroville remembers 35-year-old quake

· Despite dam-building, enviros pump money into governor’s water bond

· (comment) Oroville quake killed Auburn Dam

· Study – cut in delta water use needed for fish

· Legislature must decide whether proposition 18 stays on the ballot

· Delta water users dismiss call for steep cutback

· (editorial) What’s good for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is good for the state

· Ca water demand could exceed supply by 2050

· Wind power picks up nationally, California lags

· Climate initiative biggest draw among Ca ballot props

· To seal or swell – BP has options on remaining oil

· Scientists think Gulf can recover

· Doubts arise that Gulf crude is subsiding

· BP jams gulf well with drilling mud

· Why the well in Gulf oil spill is no longer a threat

· Looking for the Gulf oil – NOAA says it’s mostly gone

· Where has the Gulf oil gone?

· July 2010

· Controlling 3^rd world soot might quickly reverse global warming

· Exploratory drilling quickly after earthquakes

· Mendocino, Masonite’s appeal over mining denied

· House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate

· China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods

· Asteroid could threaten Earth in 2182

· Life on Titan

· Quake-damaged swimming pool in Calexico slated for demo

· Students get an up-close look at a quake fault in Riverside

· Scientists to create the detailed map of California coastline

· (blog) odd aftershock sequence to recent 5.4 SoCal quake

· (editorial) the California State Rock

· (editorial) Some bad chemistry in California, i.e. statewide chemical monitoring

· Mammoth area quakes are not of volcanic origin

· 1,200 hear Marcellus Shale (natural gas) debate

· (comment) Delay California water bond but don’t rewrite it

· Nunes bill may stir debate on California water

· California water bond proposal uncertain for November ballot

· Californians should use less delta water, report says

· Stop draining the Sacramento delta to save it, says report

· (comment) Intensive farming and global warming

· (column) California’s proposition 23 is a good idea

· California delays fee tied to climate change law

· Governor seeks delay in renewable energy rule

· Natural gas company’s decision could change fracking debate

· (editorial) A good time to rethink reusable energy requirement

· U.S. Senate halts effort to cap CO2 emissions

· US rig count increases by 4

· Tar balls wash up in Oceanside, Encinitas

· Sun Cal Energy buys San Joaquin oil lease

· U.S. EPA takes new look at gas drilling, water issues

· Offshore oil drilling support erodes among Ca voters

· Pipeline repaired as China works to contain spill

· Research key to fracking future

· Most speak out against shale gas production at Pennsylvania forum

· Locals speak out on Petaluma-area quarry proposal

· Group wants to put Azusa Rock Quarry mining plan on ballot

· (letter) Now’s the time to fight Temecula quarry proposal

· Temecula annexation decision could be reconsidered

· (comment) There’s still time to save the ridge near Azusa

· (letter) Bad air and asthma

· (column) Probe but don’t be distracted, in Temecula

· Temecula Commission could reconsider city’s annexation bid

· (column) Take that ‘fork in the road’ now, in Temecula

· State’s official stone serpentine under fire

· Temecula’s annexation of land near quarry reconsidered

· Landowner may challenge Temecula’s annexation attempt

· (comment) rocky stance on serpentine status as state rock

· Temecula’s annexation, quarry price tag - $644,000

· (column) A pet rock(serpentine) bill and other pebbles of wisdom

· (editorial) Between a rock and a hard place

· Geologists protest bill to remove California’s state rock

· (editorial) State stone will break your bones

· High gas levels found in soil at LA Hull Middle School site

· Four barrels of polluted water spills at Santa Barbara Greka site

· California may drop its official state rock

· California may dump ‘state rock’ that contains asbestos

· CA lobbyists heat up over climate law

· Boundary-setting panel questioned by Temecula

· (letter) CA legislature debating rocks

· (editorial) Ensure Azusa mining mitigation as advertised

· (editorial) Don’t let lobbyists love Calif AB 32 to death

· (comment) We are a nation of oiloholics

· U.S., Dash for gas raises environmental worries

· U.S. rig count increases by 10

· U.S. EPA seeks comment in Denver on fracking study

· Upcoming Montreal Energy Congress still likely to love oil

· The lasting impact of mercury mining in Lake County

· Suit to get Kern Water Bank returned to state

· State water bond supporters want delay

· S.F. Board gives earthquake bond initial OK

· San Luis Obispo new Times investigates world of oil leasing

· Proposed quarry upsets Santa Margaritans

· Proposed CA law making it harder to sell water rights gets new life

· More hearings ordered on Sacramento underground natural gas site

· Mesquite Mines near Imperial Valley makes some changes

· Leaving drilling-rig pieces in the ocean has support in CA legislature

· Indonesia’s mud volcano flows on

· Inactive Kern County fault may trigger big quake after all

· Dutch agency admits mistake in U.N. climate report

· Can dirty air intensify a drought?

· British panel clears climate scientists

· Azusa Rock Quarry mining proposal gets council’s approval

· Australian earthquake equation cuts out guess work

· ARB moves to limit CA greenhouse gas

· A fracking first in Pennsylvania – cattle quarantine

· 3M’s decision will benefit Shasta County

· (Q&A) Orange Co., questions about aftershocks answered

· (Q&A) Borrego-area fault poses most trouble

· (editorial) Wind, solar can leave you broke, and in the dark

· Why some earthquakes unleash tsunamis and others don’t

· U.S. fracking regs may boost costs $500,000 per well

· Tulare County farms could become sun & wind energy producers

· State rock stuck in a hard place

· SoCal quake likely related to Mexicali temblor, scientist says

· SoCal 5.4 quake creates ‘very scary’ event

· Should CA’s state rock be changed?

· Santa Clarita claims at state

· San Jacinto quake was triggered by Baja Ca temblor

· San Jacinto Fault is state’s most active seismically

· South Sacramento gas storage plan to have ‘significant’ risk

· PG&E opposes initiative to block state climate law

· Older Enloe building is strengthened to meet quake rules

· Ojai quarry is a regulatory minefield

· Oil-soaked soil and its cleanup worry Carson residents

· Los Altos Hills Quarry’s emission don’t cut it

· Hearing date set for Mt. Shasta Truck Village appeal

· Earthquake warning for California fault line proves accurate

· Earthquake upgrades force temporary move for Sacramento school

· Budget cuts caution on UK nuclear waste plan

· Black hole blows huge gas bubble

· Asteroid flyby

· Aging research

· 2 billion year old fossils

· Truth behind lunar eclipses

· Solar plane completes historic 24 hours

· Recalling the life of Benjamin Franklin, scientist

· Melting ice reveals ancient North American atlatl dart

· La Nina’s affect on gulf oil spill

· Earliest Brits

· Controversial Sacramento natural gas storage plan goes to PUC

· Fiorina says California climate law is killing jobs

· Long Beach oil islands shown safe, sound

· Sacramento underground natural gas project running on empty

· Station to monitor air pollution in the Temecula Valley

· Survey looks for fault lines beneath Cascades

· Tiny clays tame earthquake faults, scientists say

· Scientists seek clues in Mexicali earthquake

· June 2010

· Archimedes Steam Cannon

· Kern county’s gusher tops Gulf oil spill – so far

· Italian scientists investigated for manslaughter for failing to warn city before earthquake hit

· 7.2 quake shifted Imperial, Mexicali valleys, not just Calexico

· (blog) California’s state rock raked over the coals

· A colossal fracking mess

· Lake Arrowhead church hazards claimed, refuted

· Irvine Company gives 20,000 acres of open space to Orange County

· Appeal lost in Paso Robles quake deaths

· In fracking debate, ‘disclosure’ is in the eye of the beholder

· (blog) HBO documentary ‘Gasland’ covers fracking

· Azusa council will reconsider new rock quarry proposal

· How did Mexicali earthquake affect SoCal fault lines scientists seek answers

· (blog) How California is killing us

· Hollister city supports county’s reopening of Clear Creek roads

· California Energy Commission approves $114.3 million for electric and ethanol vehicle infrastructure

· San Diego County water authority prepares for major quake

· Schwarzenegger calls for $11 billion water bond to be pulled from November ballot

· Scientists begin sweeping project to study California redwoods

· Scientists named to Sacramento Delta panel

· Several Sierra trails are toxic, group says

· State increases water allotments to cities & farmers

· California lawmakers debate golf and rocks

· US oil rig count increases by 13

· What the frack – is pumping glass cleaner into the Earth okay?

· Who’s watching the oil industry in Los Angeles?

· Wyoming fracking rules solidified

· Report – mining-era toxins along Nevada County trails may pose threat for locals

· Half Moon Bay main street bridge at risk of collapse

· (blog) Maybe the stop-serpentine crowd has a point

· Study paints grim picture of aftermath of New Madrid earthquake

· Temecula annexation gets green light

· Thousands of acres of Sierra conserved in new deal

· Gulf oil spill worsens – but what about the safety of gas fracking?

· Cemex lobbying trip from Santa Clarita said to be a success

· (blog) Official state rock is bad for your health, state senator says

· Robert Dunlap dies at 87; one of the last of the Death Valley prospectors

· Cupertino quarry plans emission cuts

· Michel Mann says hockey stick should not have become climate change symbol

· (blog) Oil company initiative qualifies for California ballot

· NASA unveils ultra-precise tsunami predictor

· Gold price sets another record amid recovery uncertainty

· (blog) SDSU won’t release public earthquake video

· Giant blobs of magma rippling Earth’s surface

· Pacifica cliff property owners hatch plan

· Plans for mine cleanups in Lake, Sonoma counties

· Potentially harmful chemicals being used to drill for gas in Pennsylvania

· Quake experts say ‘don’t run’

· (blog) Sonoma quarry quandary

· U of Reno 110-foot concrete bridge survives 8.0 earthquake simulation

· US oil rig count increases by 12

· Long Beach seismic pounding seeks oil deposits under city

· Newcomer to Bakersfield oil industry has big plans

· (column) Could Gulf of Mexico spill happen here?

· Nevada County Blue Lead Mine gets appeal hearing

· Economic initiative makes the California ballot

· (editorial on California state rock) Why rock this boat?

· New HBO documentary on fracking exposes gas drilling hazard

· ‘Drop the rock’ bill to strip state rock of its title advances

· (editorial) California state rock is both toxin and natural wonder

· New method boosts oil yield from Oxnard-area tar sands

· Dredge miner refund dies in committee

· (editorial) Voters can chill state global warming law

· New technology could one day lead to an earthquake prediction system

· Dems, natural gas lobby negotiating fracking disclosure plan

· (letter) No vested rights for Nevada County Blue Lead Mine

· 3.3 quake on San Andreas fault shakes Bay Area

· Solar power struggles for U.S. market

· SF, more bay, less water

· Stanford survey finds more doubt global warming

· Obama launches BP oil spill offensive

· BP oil rig missed inspections, records show

· Newest oil spill total bad news for BP, wildlife

· Just like pelicans, people can’t avoid oil either

· Work bill for Sacramento Delta levees funding gets Schwarzenegger’s approval

· California’s legendary oil spill of years ago

· Carpinteria voters say no to new oil-drilling project

· Trails may yield 1,471 homes in SW Manteca

· Calif rancher protects rangeland from ‘leapfrog’ development

· (blog) SDSU heads to Solomons for earthquake study

· California earthquake prediction a hoax

· Chimps kill chimps

· Canyons can form quickly

· Sub makes unexpected find under floating Antarctic ice shelf

· Judge blocks moratorium on Gulf offshore deep drilling

· Brentwood measure to expand urban growth line

· Study ties 1811, 1812 Missouri New Madrid quakes to Illinois fault

· A new dream for Naples on the Gaviota Coast of southern California

· Arroyo Grande modifies definition of ‘agricultural land’

· RRG, SunPower woo Kern County community

· Wyoming approves ‘fracking’ disclosure rules

· Oil exploration heats up in San Benito County

· Carpinteria voters give resounding no to Venoco’s Measure J

· Huntington Beach neighbors want to shut smelly oil facility

· US oil rig count decreases by 29

· Whittier hires consultants to study drilling in habitat area

· California utilities crank up the power in race to be green

· Warming threatens state’s coast, scientist say

· Urban Land Institute backs California sprawl-limiting law

· (Comment) will Sacramento pin water bill on north?

· Lawsuit seeks return of millions for failed Delta protection plan

· Initiative to repeal AB32 pits oil companies vs. clean-tech

· Travelin’ in time-north state town rose and fell with mining

· Lake Berryessa’s mercury levels a concern

· Prop. 13, a seismic upgrade measure, passes by wide margin

· In SF, not a loan for seismic upgrades, but a ‘deferred loan and grant program’

· Proposition B – new bond boosts quake safety

· American Canyon City gets OK for expansion

· Rialto planners ignore lessons of unchecked growth

· Shasta Truck Village mine issue may go to vote June 16

· Temecula to try annexing land near quarry

· (Editorial) Mexicali quake victims need our assistance, too

· Azusa council fives rock quarry plan a second chance

· Slide sends silt down Bayside’s Jacoby Creek; north coast landslide is from failure of old road

· Scientist seek former students in toxic (asbestos) Montana town

· New conservation area proposed at Lake Berryessa

· Digital map of the world is the product of a large-scale volunteer effort

· After global warming study is questioned, lawmakers step in

· Californians willing to save water, poll finds

· Carpenteria, the long, strong arm of Measure J

· Legislature approves $344 million in US, CSU seismic-safety projects

· Massive solar power farm dedicated in Central Valley

· Obama calls for a price on carbon emissions

· Report finds Sacramento delta among most vulnerable rivers

· Rising odds for a great northwest quake by 2060

· (column) Environmental disasters seen and unseen

· San Luis Obispo study finds 15campus building to be quake hazards

· (blog) Quake spasm picks up in southeast San Diego

· Siskiyou man killed in gold mining accident

· USGS’ Julius Schlocker dies – axed Bodega Bay nuclear plant

· May 2010

· Lake Tanganika heating up

· (comment) Saving a California beach town on election Day

· Better late than never for the Salton Sea

· Climate change wiped out Woolly Mammoths

· Should geoengineering be used to address global warming?

· A passion to clean up the Pacific Ocean

· Congress, hydraulic fracturing chemicals found ‘under your kitchen sink’

· Cupertino council votes to install air monitor near Lehigh cement plant

· Haiti earthquake risk not over

· In reversal, Californians turn against offshore oil drilling

· LA station fire reports show key information on hillsides, mudslides

· Nevada County Blue Lead Mine denied in bed to reopen

· New Imperial County fault line discovered after April 4 earthquake

· Oil spills at Greka Energy facility in Santa Maria

· Oregon town plans first tsunami-resistant building

· Rush in on for desert solar project

· Sacramento delta water rivals to work on compromise

· Santa Maria - Greka faces massive fines

· Second oil spill in a week reported at Santa Maria Greka facility

· Settlement reached in Santa Maria oil spill clean-up violations

· Sonoma Geysers celebrate 50 years of energy production

· Stanislaus County supervisors hire Oakdale firm to quake-proof bridge

· State’s Farm Bureau sues Dept. of Fish and Fame

· Temecula annexation plan appears headed for June hearing

· UC Berkeley earthquake simulation shows off the potential for safer bridges

· Ukiah – Masonite appeals Granite mining permit

· Voters in SoCal beach town consider drilling plan

· Water users score victory in Sacramento delta legal battle

· US oil rig count increases by 12

· Major gas-producing states debating Colorado-style drilling regulations

· Old well plugged near San Luis Obispo

· (column) Time for governor to dust off oil severance tax

· Oil, produced water spilled at Santa Barbara Greka facility

· Over 250 barrels of produced water and oil spill at Santa Barbara Greka facility

· Oil spill at Santa Barbara Greka facility

· Proposed oil rig divides a quiet beach town of Carpenteria

· Measure J on Carpenteria ballot a source of heated debate

· (comment) Big oil takes on small town of Carpenteria

· Colorado lawmaker withdraws natural gas ‘fracking’ amendment to water bill

· (comment) Offshore drilling a mistake for California

· Hundreds of California hospitals at risk of collapse

· Berkeley quake trial shows bridge safety ideas

· Mendocino planners OK use permit for mine

· Public opinion sought on Omya mine expansion in Lucerne Valley

· (editorial) Azusa never-ending Vulcan spat

· New gravel pit approved along Russian River

· Man arrested in Merced County again for allegedly stealing gold dust

· Azusa councilman would reconsider mining plan if changes made

· Mine expansion proposed north of Big Bear, where endangered plants grow

· Judge – Chevreaux’s Meadow Vista asphalt plant permit valid

· Earth’s gooey insides moving faster than thought

· Ruling favors 6 families; Pomona ordered to pay $7 million

· Three decades later, Mt. St. Helens is wired with technology

· Geologist forecasts undersea Northwest quake in 50 years

· (blog) Quake activity might rise in San Diego

· Measuring the oil spill, NPR

· (column) Quixotic Californians’ water anxiety

· Judge orders California water pumping limits lifted

· Modesto Irrigation District to give farmers extra water

· Extra pumping starts in Delta a day after court ruling

· Push to delay emissions law; ballot proposal would suspend emission bill

· (asbestos) The Clear Creek dust-up

· US oil rig count increases by 14

· This year’s Proposition 13 stirs no opposition

· Spilling over – oil company says Hermosa using Gulf leak to fight claim

· Sonoma County remains far from greenhouse gases goal

· San Joaquin Delta decline linked to Sacramento sewage treatment in new study

· San Joaquin Valley growth woes intrigue scholars elsewhere

· Rush to find crude on land since Gulf oil spill

· Ruling may increase water for Southern California, San Joaquin Valley

· Revised plan to expand drilling off SoCal rejected

· Opposing forces collide at ag-water hearing in SLO

· New Madrid in Midwest – new take on a very old earthquake

· National Academy of Sciences urges strong action to cut greenhouse gases

· Mount St. Helens’ recovery offers lessons

· Large solar farms concern Farm Bureau near Visalia

· Imperial Valley Hudson Ranch geothermal gets financing

· Federal judge might revise California delta water restrictions

· East Bay housing groups plan cost, climate moves

· Debate on state’s climate change law hits home

· Cupertino council to install air monitor near Lehigh Cement plant

· Azusa rejects plan to let company shift mining to area that borders Duarte

· Azusa officials respond to critiques at review for mining proposal

· Azusa votes down mining proposal, but door for new plan remains open

· Army Corps unveils timeline for work on Isabella Dam

· 200 acres of N Coast redwood donated to BLM by Save the Redwoods

· (editorial) tolerance and policy on oil spills in Santa Barbara

· (editorial) Must it always be war in the Sacramento Delta?

· (column) Shale gas fracking opponents injured with facts in Texas

· (column) China’s green advantage with ‘rare earth’ mines

· (column) Are you ready to rumble Lake County

· April was warmest on record

· Strong quake aftershocks hit California

· Where did the oil spill go?

· Tougher environmental laws pose challenge for mining industry

· Japanese orbiter will take aim at Venusian mysteries

· A Kern County mining town feels hope leaching away

· Grass Valley Emgold at least 4 years from opening mine

· Groundwater flows increase at Mexican adobe ranch after quake

· Calif storm mudslide repair might be $45 million

· LA 10, 57 interchange to reopen this week following hillside repair

· Gold hits new high as investors seed safety

· New wells proposed to reduce earthquake risks in downtown San Bernardino

· (Editorial) Riverside sensible solar

· Measure J – On-shore drilling for off-shore oil near Santa Barbara

· Gulf spill puts Orange County crews on alert

· US oil rig count increases by 9 to 1,492

· Corning area residents raise concerns about gas storage project

· (Editorial) Climate change is the true danger

· Climate scientists decry ‘political assaults’

· U.S. senators moving forward with climate change bill

· Riverside, inland officials want state anti-sprawl law shelved until economy improves

· Coachella Valley cities have ‘opportunity’ to cut own greenhouse gases

· Napolitano – voters won’t support $11 million water bond

· Audit of Dept of Water Resources wins approval

· (Comment) Whittier Hills oil drilling questioned

· Santa Barbara Supervisors unhappy with on-shore oil spills

· (Column) Gulf of Mexico oil spill may scuttle California offshore drilling deal

· Richmond reaches tax deal with Chevron refinery

· Santa Barbara oil spills drop; Greka still main offender

· SF conference focuses on oil-spill preparedness

· Lawsuit filled in Yuba Goldfields dispute

· Proposed Petaluma quarry raises concerns

· Gold price strikes all-time high

· (Editorial) Prop. 13 a sensible change regarding seismic retrofitting

· President Obama issues Disaster Declaration for Imperial Valley

· Geologist study Nevada earthquake fault

· Ice crystals cause oil capture box problems

· We all were sure we were going to die

· Crews start to lower giant cap at oil leak site

· Old ship logs help scientists trace past ocean temperatures

· Methane gas bubble caused oil rig explosion

· Newton’s apple tree is going into orbit

· Neanderthal genes mixed with humans

· Death toll rises in Tennessee flood

· Relief drilling to take time to stop oil gush in Gulf

· Current could push oil up East Coast

· BP turns to plan B

· BP Gulf oil spill cheat sheet

· Carbon in Snowball Earth

· Plentiful Sierra snowpack boosts delivery forecasts for farms, but shortages may persist

· Feds set up California water task force

· Season’s final snow survey completed

· Newton’s apple tree goes into orbit

· Bond aims to strengthen quake-vulnerable homes

· Friday quake under Bering Sea posed no tsunami risk

· USGS to fund earthquake monitoring

· Containment box reaches oil leak site

· 5-acre solar project to boost farms in Sutter-Yolo

· Farr seeks permanent ban on offshore oil

· Lauded solar plan in San Bernardino County hits snag

· Schwarzenegger pulls support for coastal drilling in wake of oil spill

· Azusa to hold second public hearing on mining proposal

· (editorial) Governor gets it right on oil drilling

· (editorial) San Bernardino rare earth metals a national security issue

· Residents evacuate precarious Pacifica building

· Pacifica orders evacuation of apartments on crumbling cliff

· Two Bay Area faults do not exist

· Cracked rock and heavy clay caused second slide on LA 10 freeway connector road

· Irish, Scottish airports reopen as ash exits west, but trans-Atlantic flights face rerouting

· (column) waiting for the earthquake in Los Angeles

· (column) Time for some perspective on the oil spill

· Cement job at underwater well probed as possible cause of oil spill

· Gulf oil spill – two rigs shut down, one evacuated as a precaution

· (editorial) Calif voters could chill global warming law

· Battle against California’s landmark global warming law heats up

· (comment) Five myths about green energy, Washington Post

· (comment) New challenges require new thinking, Ventura County

· (comment) Does Calif climate legislation have merit?

· (comment) Sacramento delta’s problems are all Californian’s problems

· Water forecast boosted for west Valley farmers

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· April 2010

· Future scientific seafloor drilling

· Caribbean deep sea volcano

· Tougher environmental laws pose challenge for mining industry

· Anatomy of the Gulf oil spill

· How risky is offshore oil drilling?

· Underwater asphalt volcano near Santa Barbara

· Atmospheric effect on Earth’s surface (AGU article)

· Tropical Pacific climate change (AGU article)

· Melting ice causing Arctic warming

· Buying carbon offsets may ease eco-guilt but not global warming

· Tornado Alley

· Chimps face death in humanlike ways

· Experimental explanation for ‘supercooling’

· Weather delays oil cleanup at site of sunken rig

· 10 dead after tornado hits South

· Could cleaner air intensify global warming?

· First off-shore windfarm approved

· Quake fault runs right through Stockton

· Faults found near Salton Sea added to map

· Loose hillside again shuts down San Dimas freeway

· Station Fire provides opportunity to understand mudslides

· Dormant asphalt volcanoes found on sea floor off Santa Barbara

· Asphalt volcanoes discovered off coast of Santa Barbara

· Last home comes down on slide street

· Italy says Ischia volcano, near Naples, could blow

· Officials respond to natural gas well blowouts in Glenn County

· Eureka! 9-pound nugget tip of the iceberg

· Court rules Richmond refinery plan inadequate

· Indonesia to tap power of volcanoes to become geothermal energy leader

· US oil rig count falls by 9

· NY toughens rules on gas drilling in watersheds

· Carpinteria chamber backs drilling proposal

· Carpinteria Valley Chamber backs Venoco ballot initiative

· (editorial) Climate change bill will change shape of cities

· First offshore wind farm wins approval

· Greenhouse gas laws could bring more efficient plans

· Business groups say climate impasse undermines clean energy

· Region begins new drive to curb greenhouse gases

· Global warming ballot initiative – Teamsters and cities weigh in

· (Q & A) ‘This is brand new’… on fuel cells

· Cities back state’s emission-cutting law

· (comment) Stop blaming farmers for California’s water problems

· Huber’s delta canal bill goes down quietly

· (column) rain may actually hurt state water bond

· Toxic soil lurks beneath Carson neighborhood

· Gulf of Mexico oil spill creates environmental and political dilemmas

· Special Azusa council meeting for mining proposal canceled for further review

· Madera, Chowchilla clash with farms over rail project

· Hearing set on how California can help cities fight oil projects

· Florida declares state of emergency in 6 coastal counties

· Threat of landslides not properly evaluated in mining proposal, Duarte report says

· Blue Lead decision postponed until May by Nevada County Planning Commission

· Butte County supervisors comply with court order seeding to erase New Era Mine

· Gulf oil spill five times as large as earlier thought

· Butte County wants New Era Mine money

· New fault maps show 7.0 quake possible in North Bay

· California Geological Survey celebrates 150^th anniversary with new fault maps

· New quake map sheds new light on Bay Area faults

· US lawmakers resist call for natural gas drilling rules

· Experimental explanation of water supercooling

· Tracks of Dinosaurs reveals ecosystems the size of a continent

· (column) Fiery faucet is a symbol of fracking division

· U.S. oil rig count increases by 15

· Central coast oil platform sets new record

· Sierra Club suit against Cristallago developers

· (editorial) Elk Grove’s growth plans still unrealistic

· Iceland’s ash-kicking volcano reminds humanity of its limits

· Iceland volcano calming down

· Marysville high school site scrapped due to asbestos

· Capitol fight erupts over renewable energy

· Schwarzenegger urges valley CEOs to defend global warming act

· (editorial) Is climate change happening?

· (editorial) Proposition 13 – Vote yes for quake safety

· Folsom Dam gets $16.6M in earthquake improvements

· SoCal firms find cost of earthquake insurance too big a jolt

· New technique pitched in Asuza mining plan gets mixed reviews

· Nevada City lands $600K to mop up mine mess

· Future of operations at Nevada county Blue Lead Mine still uncertain

· City of Hope doesn’t see the benefit in Azusa Rock Quarry proposal

· Siskiyou supervisors discuss SMARA mining program

· Azusa staff to respond to mining proposal at special meeting

· Azusa Council Meeting – Consultants critique Vulcan mining proposal

· (letter) Sonoma quarry plan

· Vulcan refuses access for Duarte’s annual Fish Canyon hike

· Double jeopardy for Madera quarry

· (comment) Feds haven’t made case for oversight of fracking

· Gas drilling debate rages in Delaware River watershed

· Copenhagen greenhouse gas cuts inadequate

· Why space travel to an asteroid?

· Split over ash danger

· Poison gases hamper mine rescue

· Photos show ash impact on jet engines

· Iceland volcanic activity could go on for months

· A British Airlines flight 30 years ago flew through a cloud of volcanic ash off the coast of Indonesia. The Boeing 747's engines caught on fire and stopped, causing the plane to go down. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. Host Scott Simon talks to the retired pilot about the current cloud of volcanic ash drifting across Europe, and how airlines will have to cope (MP3 file)

· Iceland volcanic ash for 3^rd day

· Eruption is pipsqueak by Iceland standards

· Wyoming governor questions Haliburton on fracking chemicals

· Global scramble looms for vital ‘clean energy’ minerals, Mojave mine

· Duarte, new data increases concern regarding air quality impact from mining

· Duarte lawyer offered to recommend Duarte support plan if…

· Dems join Cemex bill to end mining

· City settles Mount Soledad landslide cases

· City in Oregon considers beacon for ‘the Big One’

· China earthquakes kill hundreds, injure 10,000

· California seen as poor for mining investment

· CA poised to advance novel carbon capture and sequestration project

· CA earthquake preparedness not top priority for CSU students

· CA cautioned against ‘misleading’ earthquake predictions

· Big-quake activity not unusual, scientist say

· (editorial) Mojave gold mine will leave lasting visual impression

· (comment) State’s water planning should begin at the source – the Sierra

· (comment on Azusa quarry) Between a rock and a beautiful place

· (column on Valero opposition to AB32) Don’t mess with California

· Why are volcanic plumes so dangerous?

· Volcanic ash grounds aircraft across Europe

· Spectacular meteor lights up the Midwest

· Science drone aircraft

· Plastic trash in Atlantic

· One mystery of sandstorm lightning explained

· Iceland volcano could mean cooling

· Half of global warming heat is missing

· Wyo. Fracking reg more ‘chicken soup’ than full recipe disclosure – regulator

· Weldon solar project comes under scrutiny

· USGS geologists say they’ve heard from earthquake forecaster before

· US DOE carbon sequestration test nears milestone

· US geothermal industry grew 26% in 2009

· US faces hurdles in rebuilding rare-earth supply chain

· Turns out it’s an average year for earthquakes

· Tuolumne County considers plans for old mine site in Jamestown

· Peat mosh mining

· Oil shareholders pressure industry on fracking’s impact

· Los Altos quarry, cement plan hit with more violations

· London Panel clears researchers in ‘climategate’ controversy

· Deepest hydrothermal vents (black smokers) found in Caribbean

· California coast spared in new drilling plan

· Aral Sea Disaster

· (column) How did California dodge Obama's offshore oil plan

· (analysis) Risk of offshore drilling is clear; payoff isn't

· Wyoming regulators caught in crossfire over fracking rules

· What caused W Virginia Mine Explosion?

· Warming likely to push Calif state's water systems to brink -- report

· W. Virginia Mine Explosion

· Strong Mexicali Quake Aftershocks Hit California

· Solar plane soars

· Planet Cooling Ideas

· No California offshore drilling for now

· US Hurricane Season Expected To Be Worse Than Usual

· China Coal Miners Freed

· (blog) Rural villages near Mexicali bear brunt of quake's damage

· (comment) California's AB 32 is a losing climate bet

· 7.2-magnitude earthquake deals blow to Calexico

· Azusa City Manager questions Duarte's motives, credibility regarding mining proposal

· Azusa seeks financial safety net for mining proposal

· Baja earthquake not likely to increase chance of Los Angeles area shaker

· Baja Quake - quake's epicenter, water gurgled from ground

· Baja quake more powerful, but caused less damage than Haiti temblor

· Baja temblor could disturb faults, scientists say

· Baker Hughes reports US rig count rises 69 rigs to 1,419 in March

· 'Big One' Quake Could Devastate California Despite State's Preparations

· Calif state increases projected water delivery

· California raises water allocations to 20% after measuring snowpack

· California shortages not over, water resources agency says

· Calif's LAO -- a heavy hitter in the fight over environmental issues

· Cornell Ecologist questions emissions from 'fracking'

· Culver City challenges new oil drilling

· Duarte seeks nearly $14M over mining plan

· Earthquake activity lessens below Alaska volcano

· El Dorado Hills -- Avoid naturally occurring asbestos

· El Dorado Hills asbestos levels don't warrant full-scale study, U.S. report says

· EPA advisory panel weighs expansion of fracking study

· Estimate puts Mexicali homeless at 25,000

· Germany - Frightened, furious neighbors undermine CO2-trapping power project

· Governor declares state of emergency in Imperial County

· LA county undertaking $4.7 million project to stabilize moving hillside in Hacienda Heights

· Mexico Earthquake Zone Linked to California Faults

· Recent quake frequency normal, scientists say

· Santa Barbara - (blog) oil drilling deal, act III

· Santa Barbara - Effort to reach California offshore oil drilling deal revived

· Sunday's 7.2 quake in Baja California may still pose a threat of large aftershocks

· March 2010

· Solar wind pressure drives away Mars atmosphere (AGU article)

· Average increase – biological response to climate change (AGU article)

· Budget increase for NOAA satellites (AGU article)

· City Managers in Azusa and Duarte spar via over mining proposal

· Big Sierra snowpack won't slake California's thirst

· Bakersfield Tri-Valley reports 9.8 Million barrels of oil reserves

· Azusa aims to make $3 million annually from mining operation

· (letter) Don't get under desk in earthquake!

· (editorial) Arnold's global warming ardor cooling

· Want a good look at Mars

· US rig count increases by 17

· US Companies scrambling for non-toxic 'fracking' alternatives

· U.K. lawmakers clear 'Climategate' scientists, but call for more openness

· U.K. - Study suggests toads can detect coming earthquakes

· Safety measures OK'd for abandoned mines at Mojave preserve

· Obama's offshore drilling plan seen as a political olive branch

· Obama Ends Ban On East Coast Offshore Drilling

· Obama clears way for oil drilling off US east coasts

· Nevada County Blue Lead Mine Vested Right May Be Granted

· H.B. oil spill cleanup cost Orange County $1.5 million

· Federal ruling slows San Joaquin delta pumping

· Super Collider will Smash on March 30

· New Human Species Possibly Found in Siberia

· Iceland volcano could have world consequences

· Asbestos abundant in Mother Lode, study says

· (editorial) Delta dying a death of unyielding spin

· (related to Diablo Canyon) Our own fault

· 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits west of Manila

· A look back – granite has a long history in Temecula area

· Azusa council hearing on mining proposal moved to April 19

· Calif bill to re-imburse miners given OK

· Calif. farm enjoys rare backing of enviros, farmers

· CSU Humbolt team to survey Chile earthquake zone

· CSUS dean, professor take heat for global warming study

· Damage gauge coming to SF Transbay Tube

· Decade ending in 2009 was Earth’s warmest – UN report

· Enviros, growers agree on farmland reuse for solar

· Hearings could set new course for Delta

· Iceland fears 2^nd, even larger volcanic eruption

· Industry supports push against hydraulic fracturing regs

· National Academics deliver mixed message on Calif. Delta drought

· Paso Robles from hot springs to big stink

· Pipeline will help guarantee Bay Area water supply after quake

· Portion of hillside collapses in Bonita

· Puente Hills fault focuses shaking toward downtown Los Angeles

· Report prompts Feinstein call to ease San Joaquin water restrictions

· Scientist find Earth’s carbon cycle accelerating

· Scientists’ report only intensifies delta debate

· Scientists side with Delta smelt, salmon protections

· Scripps team to finish Chile quake mapping

· Seismologists update model that shows where the ‘Big One’ could hit

· Tapping Goleta’s natural gas

· US Senate climate bill treads choppy water on offshore drilling

· Was L.A. earthquake a precursor to the ‘Big One’?

· (column) How to survive the Pretty Big One – Running, Screaming, and Praying

· LA quake magnitude was 4.4

· (blog) LA quake occurred on a fault ‘that could eat L.A.’

· (blog) Oddly, 4.4 LA quake isn’t producing aftershocks

· New research sheds light on Antarctic ice melting

· Iceberg threatens penguins

· Haiti’s geology

· Fossil pushes back the Age of Dinosaurs

· As Florida Keys residents confront rising sea levels…

· Mining proposal maddens City of Duarte

· No U.S. hardrock mining reform this year – Reid

· Azusa commission approves mining plan, final decision is City Council’s

· Elk Grove’s southward growth plan – three perspectives

· EPA begins study of fracturing’s effect on water supplies

· Lawmakers say Waxman-Markey fracturing inquiry overlaps with EPA study

· City of Carpinteria oil initiative duel

· San Joaquin farmers hail increased water allowance

· Dept of Interior opens spigots for San Joaquin Valley

· LA roads covered by landslide to reopen next month

· USGS discusses recent large quakes (video)

· East coast beach replenishment projects…too costly? (video)

· Carpinteria Council adopts resolution against Paredon project

· Schwarzenegger wants more Santa Barbara drilling, less greenhouse gas

· (comment) San Luis Obispo, how shaky is Diablo’s ground?

· San Luis Obispo Supes say, ‘Hold on, Diablo’

· Arizona votes to allow scrap tires in old mines

· Cupertino could start monitoring air quality near cement plant

· Are recent earthquakes connected?

· Azusa Planning Commission reviews Vulcan plan

· Study sheds new light on Mammoth Mountain’s age

· Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones

· Feds to trigger underground explosion to see what makes earthquakes tick

· The Obama Moratorium – no offshore drilling while he’s in office

· San Francisco’s Hunter’s Pt work stops briefly due to asbestos

· New vision for the Delta – a national park, perhaps

· (column) Feinstein says she’s no San Joaquin Westland’s ‘shill’, but…

· Another water project could divide the state

· Hybrid electric plant weds sun, gas

· Calif global warming law may lead to job losses, report says

· Texas oil refiners deep in the heart of Calif politics

· Jordan takes lead role in stand against Carpinteria slant-drilling operation

· State should restart Santa Barbara offshore oil drilling, analyst says

· Asteroid killed dinosaurs

· Controversial Pacifica quarry changes hands, future uncertain

· Quakes can lead to more quakes, scientists suggest

· Haiti, Chili, now Taiwan earthquake escalation

· San Luis Obispo Park Hill road slides away

· Recent quakes not likely to raise SoCal risk

· California water supply – so far, snow good

· Delta residents told to ready for water war

· State still stingy on water supply

· Calif Assemblyman Chesbro bill seeks to fight spread of ocean garbage

· Plastic is durable but damaging

· Bottled water everywhere, and all that plastic stinks

· Denver-based driller wants California voters to overrule city’s opposition

· Geothermal development possible for Inyo Benton area

· Texas-based refiners pledge to fund fight against California’s global warming law

· Scientists say tsunami models should be re-examined to weed out inaccurate assumptions

· 67 percent chance 6.0 quake will rock Reno-Sparks by 2060

· Quakes at center of nuclear debate

· In search of an earthquake-proof building

· Mining ban bill in both US houses

· US Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile

· Chilean earthquake may have shortened days

· California’s Lang Valley caldera

· Polar bears survived previous warming

· February 2010

· USGS Budget increase (AGU article)

· Hurricane impact on coasts (AGU article)

· El Nino means little relief is in store for California residents worried about mudslides

· Corps of Engineers to prepare Impact Report for Kern County Isabella Dam Safety

· Water agencies loosen taps for Central Valley – Feinstein backs off

· US drilling rig count increases by 28

· California’s parched farms, cities to get more water

· No major impact on air from SoCal Azusa mining, regulators say

· Venoco steps up defense of Carpinteria Slant-Drilling Initiative

· Calif $90 million earmarked for clean energy firms

· Seismic retrofit for Antioch Bridge starts Monday

· Gold Rush toxics in Grass Valley water – What can be done

· Heavy rains trigger Cambria landslide, plus water and sewer break

· Chilean quake similar to 2004 Indian Ocean tremblor

· Scientists defend tsunami warning

· Scientists defend tsunami warning

· Are quakes getting worse?

· Butte County Supervisors get an earful (New Era Mine)

· (Comment) Sonoma, A shaky new century

· Anaheim, bulldozers razing slide-prone homes

· (Comment) Feinstein amendment is a water grab

· Santa Barbara, Big oily wallet on Measure J

· Calistoga, Low geothermal sources found in Geyser area

· (Blog) LA, New storm evacuation guidelines issued for mudslide areas

· (Column) Temecula, Granite’s sleight of hand

· (Comment) Science and the questions of origins

· Drilling off Falklands

· ‘Whole Earth’ backs nuclear

· (Story) New Mars rover to land in 2013

· (Story) Elephant brain power

· Italian landslide video

· Santa Barbara internship, Summer 2010 (not interested this year, then make contact now to improve your chances next year!)

· Student summer 2010 research jobs (start now making contacts for the following summer!)

· Nunes to introduce water legislation for San Joaquin

· San Luis Obispo Council gives builders a stay from retrofits

· Santa Barbara shouting ‘no’ to oil

· Sinkhole work at Paso Robles City Hall to begin in April

· US mine deaths hit record low in ‘09

· Western Aggregates a formality away from Marysville Goldfields rights

· Earth First! Protests Santa Barbara environmental support of oil drilling

· Carpinteria Council opposes Venoco’s Paredon initiative

· (editorial) Feinstein offers an equitable water plan

· Calculating America’s earthquake risk

· (comment by Feinstein) Water is jobs

· (column) Orders of magnitude, earthquakes

· (blog) Secret offshore deal for Santa Barbara coast

· (comment) Getting the facts straight on water in the San Joaquin Valley

· Amador County company to increase trucking of quarried rock

· Duarte residents speak against mining plan during public hearing

· Evacuation lifted for LA-area foothills

· Governor’s plan would shield projects from environmental lawsuits

· Increased Sun activity may interfere with GPS units

· Is it time to throw out primordial soup idea?

· LA mudslides

· New Pluto photos show surface

· Offshore drilling project still alive for Santa Barbara coast

· Public questions Diablo nuclear plant renewal near San Luis Obispo

· Steak dinners go back 2 million years

· Strongest El Nino

· Underground coal fire in Pennsylvania

· Obama retreats from goal to Cap-Trade Bill

· (column) How climate-change fanatics corrupted science

· Eastern U.S., gas drilling below, water fears above

· How to survive an earthquake – two schools of thought

· NASA Moon Mission cancelled

· NASA to get hefty boost in proposed 2011 budget

· Scientist freeze water with heat

· Diamond under pressure

· Gorilla Glances

· Building houses to resist earthquakes

· Workers locked out at borax mines in Boron, CA in growing labor dispute

· Company proposing quarry near Temecula may not fight annexation

· Mining proposal puts Azusa, Duarte residents at odds

· NASA, Moon project cancelled

· NASA budget increases

· Scotland’s coldest winter

· Underwater ‘plane’

· January 2010

· Nitrogen threat (a growing problem)

· Laser fusion test results raise energy hopes

· San Joaquin Valley, Westlands asks to ease pumping limits

· California still in drought after storms

· U.S. drilling rig count rises by 35

· Ex-lawmaker Jackson to press for Santa Barbara oil drilling

· (column) Expecting the ‘Big One’

· (blog) US Irvine spots odd slippage in San Andreas

· Nitrogen a growing problem

· Chimps more like humans than apes

· Upper atmospheric dry spell eases global warming

· Fusion using lasers in Livermore

· Mars rover stuck in sand

· Haiti earthquake – why the Caribbean is a mini “ring of fire”

· Atmospheric dry spell eases global warming

· Planners OK Garey oil drilling plan near Santa Barbara

· NASA radar to study Haiti earthquake faults

· (blog) Global warming – ballot initiative would curb California efforts

· (comment) Will Berkeley be the next Haiti?

· (editorial) Southern California flood control averted disaster

· Amador joins push to restore suction-dredge gold mining

· Berkeley city council approves soft-story ordinance

· Climate change camp experiencing a cooling-off period

· Davenport’s Cemex plant near Santa Cruz shutters permanently

· Environmental group sues California to halt logging in Sierra & Cascade

· Feds give San Joaquin farmers good, bad water news

· Government to cut its emissions by 28%

· Growers farming the Sun near Marysville

· Public loses interest in warming

· Rains notwithstanding, State drought isn’t over

· Science chief John Beddington calls for honesty on climate change

· Senate bill gives State bigger role in LNG coastal facilities proposals

· The volcano underneath Berkeley

· Tobacco plants tapped to grow solar cells

· Yale finds climate-change concern wanes in U.S.

· Meteorite falls through doctor’s roof

· New black hole in distant galaxy

· Star’s death may explain universe

· Dinosaurs sported red feathers

· Meteorite threat

· Meet the creatures that live deep beyond the sea's abyss

· Sizing Up Seismic Activity In Latin America

· Hacked Emails add fuel to Climate naysayers Fire

· Skydiver Felix Baumgartner seeks to break sound barrier

· (Column) America awash in natural gas

· (Letter) Can’t lose the water due to mining - Fresno

· 2000’s warmest decade on record, government reports

· Business group loses ‘green’ members in global-warming fight

· Dinosaur tracks to be preserved – Great Britain

· City of Duarte not happy with review of Azusa mining plan

· Earth causes asteroids to shake

· Scientist warned in 2008 that Haiti was ripe for a major earthquake

· Emissions target set for delay

· Exxon Mobil, XTO face panel’s questions on ‘fracking’

· (Q&A) ‘Perfect storm’ of calamity, quake expert says

· Haiti poor construction

· The anatomy of the Haitian earthquake

· 5.9 aftershock rocks Haitians out of their sleep

· Aftershocks again shake devastated Haiti capital

· Experts – Haiti at risk for another big aftershock

· ‘Total disaster and chaos’ – huge Haiti quake

· Haiti hit by 7.0 magnitude earthquake, buildings leveled

· San Joaquin farmers demand explanation for Feds’ water turnabout

· Farmers plead to send water to California’s valley fields

· Foresthill bridge seismic retrofit will boost quake safety

· Giant crystals in Mexican cave

· IID votes 5-0 for geothermal water – imperial Valley

· Natural gas ‘mining’ – fracturing debate dominates Exxon-XTO hearings

· Oil drilling plan draws opposition – Santa Maria

· Power transmission from space

· Radon’s invisible intrusion

· Science panel’s review of California’s water woes prompts fight

· Scientist on Warming confusion

· Scientist close on S.F. earthquake warning system

· Secret agreement on T-ridge oil drilling revealed – Santa Barbara

· S.F Soft-story seismic retrofits to become mandatory

· Storm triggers mudflows, forces evacuations in LA Station Fire burn area

· Trembler tosses California’s north coast

· UC regents approve Cal stadium seismic retrofit

· UN climate report riddled with errors on glaciers

· Satellites to the rescue in Haiti

· California groundwater depletion

· Finding symmetry near absolute zero

· Mystery of the dimming star coming to an end

· Neanderthals wore makeup

· Work starts on gas fields near Mendota

· Will drilling more wells in California help or hurt

· Volcano erupts in Congo

· Supervisors postpone Dutra discussion

· State adopts greenest building codes in U.S.

· Solar showdown in California desert tortoises’ home

· Small-scale solar plan clashes with big energy

· Sierra’s current height goes back 50 million years, study finds

· Salazar announces tougher rules on drilling

· Sacramento vulnerable to earthquakes

· Quake leaves 20,000 homeless in Tajikistan

· Eureka quake illustrates force of plate movement

· Permit renewal withdrawn for Lehigh cement plant

· Oil producers line up against anti-spill law

· Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattles Eureka in Northern California

· Governor seeks new CEQA exemptions for construction projects

· Gold vs environment in Peru

· Federal agencies may have to consider climate before they act

· Experts urge officials to end mountain mining

· Experts – cold snap doesn’t disprove global warming

· Frozen in France, Arctic Oscillation

· Airport chaos as Europe freezes

· Record low temperatures as Europe freezes

· Effort to limit Valley sprawl hit crucial stage

· Drill baby drill - again

· Coldest night of winter

· 85% snowpack in Sierra Nevada

· Record low temperature as Europe freezes

· Record snowfall in China

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