ARC Geol 300, CRC Geol 300: Physical Geology

ARC Geol 301, CRC Geol 300: Physical Geology Lab

Geol 305: Earth Science

Geol 306: Earth Science Lab

Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.

2011 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 2011

· Study – fish unharmed at Battle Creek

· Calif flood plan calls for up to $27B in repairs

· (column) A test of science in a San Luis Obispo playground

· (comment) Even the Warmist don’t believe in global warming

· Artic that’s warmer, greener with less ice becomes ‘new normal’

· Breakthrough could double solar energy output

· Cleaning up California’s wild west

· Debris from Japan tsunami washes up on B.C. shores

· Drilling to tell a tsunami tale on California coast

· Fukushima earthquake moved seafloor half a football field

· Geo-engineering – a bad idea whose time has come

· How a Mt. Shasta eruption may occur

· In role reversal, U.S. on track to be an oil exporter

· Incremental makes it six in a row in San Joaquin basin

· Investments in N. American oil and gas exploration will hit record

· Is ozone gas an earthquake precursor?

· Japan quake-tsunami recast undersea terrain

· Molycorp gets BLM approval for rare earths drilling in southern California

· Researchers find high levels of mercury in California’s coastal fog

· Sacramento supervisors give tentative OK to mining proposal in east county

· Saltwater affects earthquake on San Andreas fault

· Study links tropical cyclones to earthquakes

· Two centuries after New Madrid quakes, what’s next?

· Weekly U.S. oil and gas rig count up by 32

· November 2011

· CSU Fresno study disputes need to conserve farm water

· Earth’s climate sensitivity to CO2 may be lower than IPPC says

· Huge solar plant proposed in Fresno County

· Redding rock plant sparks debate

· Rock out – Canadians to ship aggregate as L.A. grovels for gravel

· San Joaquin Basin Paloma Deep shines for Neon

· SoCal Molycorp announces high-tech magnet venture

· Water pollution traced to La Brea tar pits

· (column) State’s big water deals look shaky

· Ballot measure would shut California’s two nuclear plants, analyst finds

· (column) Global warming skepticism is a virtue, not a vice

· Fusion power for the Planet

· Russian Mars probe failure

· Russian Soyuz launch

· Santa Barbara Planning Commission Oks fracking permit ordinance

· ‘Solar gold rush’ invades San Joaquin farmland

· Sonoma County Supervisors approve $700 million Calpine plan to expand the Geysers

· Big quake follows increase in Oklahoma rumblings

· Geothermal wants a level playing field

· Biggest-ever jump seen in global warming gases

· Cancers from Fukushima disaster may be hidden

· UT review finds no direct link between fracturing, tainted water

· The plutonium problem

· Four solar projects get Kings County OK

· Oasis or mirage – company wants to tap Mojave water

· Calif report blames roads, not clear-cuts, for erosion in Sacto Drainage

· Whittier council poses many questions about oil-drilling project

· Calif farmers face off on new delta water system

· Work crews hustle as San Pedro bluff slides slowly into the sea

· Calif oil producers cheer firing of top State regulators

· Work crews hustle as San Pedro bluff slides slowly into the sea

· The foundation for a fight (Santa Clarita mine)

· State professor apologizes for Berkeley quake email that went viral

· Smelt Supreme Court ruling foes against central valley farmers

· Recipe for disaster in Turkey’s quake zone

· Panel – carbon dioxide capture, storage still too costly

· Pace of U.S. offshore drilling approvals picks up

· Geologists eye new well after 7 quakes in NE Ohio

· Earthquake science takes to the air to look for faults

· California rail project to cost $98 billion

· Alaska’s billion dollar mountain

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· October 2011

· (editorial) California’s water Delta plan must ensure supply

· Homemade computer sets records in the trillions

· (comment) Delta is key to California’s economy

· Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris headed for U.S. shores

· (column) San Francisco’s South of Market is slowly sinking

· Turkey earthquake – why the country is such a hot spot for seismic activity

· State officials say old West Marin mercury mine finally stabilized

· Rescind Sacramento Delta plan oversight agreement, U.S. lawmakers demand

· Provoked scientists try to explain lag in global warming

· Pros and cons of California high-speed rail discussed

· Obama administration announces desert ‘solar energy zones’

· North Dakota’s great oil rush

· Mapping project reveals vast untapped geothermal energy sources

· Los Gatos Union School District board approves geological work

· Imperial Valley, largest geothermal potential in the world

· Geothermal still out powers wind, solar in California

· Expert says quakes in England may be tied to gas extraction

· County proposes to shut Ojai mine after owner refuses to pay up

· 4.7 magnitude quake near Truckee was ‘pretty normal’ of region

· 3.6 quake hits Berkeley

· (Q&A) What to make of the recent Hayward fault jiggles

· Undersea quake evidence found off West Coast

· SoCal’s Lake Gregory dam could slip

· Scientists to develop deep ocean seismic network

· San Francisco Bay enacts sea-level rise policy

· Sacto Valley high-speed rail route to be revised

· Report spotlights Pentagon’s critical mineral worries

· Pinpointing geothermal energy’s water needs

· New energy storage methods may overcome solar energy’s flaws

· (comment) Handle CEQA with care; it safeguards the environment

· Alaska may become Silicon Valley of rare earths

· (comment) The lessons of Malakoff Diggins

· As fold prices soar, Bodie ghost town is thrust from the past

· (editorial) California must boost water storage

· California congressmen express concern over peripheral canal

· California’s underground hot rocks probed for energy of 100 nuclear power plants

· Can earthquakes be predicted?

· The facts vs. the Frackivists

· Earthquakes generate big heat in super-small areas, study says

· Geothermal companies investigate water injection

· Health concerns grow over little-known mineral

· House Majority Whip seeks to block Calif high-speed rail money

· Landslide on Sunset Boulevard

· Massive Japanese earthquake altered Earth’s gravity

· Molycorp announces 4 new Calif mining projects

· New Calif law reduces local role in solar projects

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· September 2011

· UCR professor granted $4.6M for quake study

· Water use and shortage article

· Spin overtaking facts in East Coast Marcellus Shale debate

· Small earthquake rattles Hayward Fault

· Scientists on trial in Italy after failing to predict earthquake

· Sacto supervisors give first OK to 20,000 acres of new growth areas

· Reno earthquake test has vehicles on bridge

· Oil economist says fracking fears are unfounded

· Minidomes in Mount Diablo hills come with volcanic past

· Mill Valley told to pay in mudslide death

· Kings Co. farming giant jumps into high-speed rail fray

· (column) When will the next one happen in Calif

· ‘Fracking’ wastewater floods Ohio

· (comment) Cheap, safe power from Diablo Canyon

· Abandoned Siskiyou mine among nation’s most hazardous

· Arctic ice hits near record low

· By storing more heat, oceans create ‘hiatus periods’ in rise of warming

· Calif scientists test early earthquake warning systems

· China consolidates grip on Rare Earths

· Earthquake early warning system tested by U.S. scientists

· Eroding walls in Goldfields along Yuba River a flood threat

· Evacuation of smallest Canary Island begins after earthquake ‘swarm’

· Farmers flee as world’s deadliest volcano rumbles, Indonesia

· Geologist’s research predicts large SoCal earthquake

· Gold mining threatens Yosemite, group says

· Lakeport Agencies studying geothermal gas releases

· 4.2 earthquake rumbles through L.A. region

· 1st T-Rex Discovery Story, NPR

· A Final Smash For America's Collider near Chicago

· A Stellar Explosion (super nova) In The Big Dipper

· Nearing Satellite Fall

· Arctic sea ice is at or close to new record low, scientists say

· Bodega Bay radar used for salmon but detected tsunami

· BP at fault for 21 of 35 factors in Gulf spill, panel finds

· Calaveras Dam replacement to begin amid retrofit

· California releases new 'Totally Unprepared' video

· Caltech scientists developing early quake warning system

· CGS Anniversary California Facts 150yrs

· SLO County seeks seismic expert

· (column) Volcanoes shaped California's landscape

· Crews burying Stanislaus mine's toxic past

· Despite fines, illegal gold mining persists in El Dorado County

· Earthquake Experts Encourage SoCal Desert Residents To Prepare

· Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists

· Illinois Ethanol carbon sequestration plant holds lessons for coal

· Global warming effect seen in pole-to-pole data-gathering flights

· Laser flashes expose Oregon earthquake faults

· Local oil industry wary rules protecting underground aquifers

· Mercury mine in Central Valley named one of most toxic sites in U.S

· New report maps remaining asbestos deposits in Calaveras

· Panel Nixes Proposed Temecula Quarry

· Quake risk to VA reactors greater than thought

· Remote Alaska Volcano Resumes Dome Growth

· Rising sea levels could take economic toll on California beaches

· Risk of death from CO2 leakage appears to be remote – study

· Stanislaus panel OKs 155-acre solar project

· State grants will clean up 2 old mercury mines

· Toxins in San Francisco Bay could increase with Delta water plan

· Winters project restoring Putah Creek's natural flow

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· August 2011

· A Sneak Peek at “World’s Biggest” Solar Project in Ivanpah

· Clearlake facility closes due to geothermal gas issue

· Vallejo Earthquake simulator gives model levee a big shake

· (comment) What do we do when the Santa Ynez Valley well runs dry

· California asbestos deposits mapped

· Early Life in Australia

· Earth May Have Had 2 Moons

· First Private Moon Landing

· Fracking in Sacramento – “Gasland” cometh

· Hunt For Signs Of Dark Energy, NPR

· Oil majors to share environmental data with NOAA

· Seafloor sensors listen to quake zone rumblings

· SF Bay Area prepares rules to cope with sea level rise

· 'Solar trees' sprout up in Santa Clara County-owned parking lots

· CGS Anniversary California Facts 150yrs

· Teichert sues Folsom to protect quarry project

· Why A Quake In Virginia Isn't Rare, NPR

· Why Early Cells Banded Together

· (comment) Evidence warming is caused by cosmic rays, sun — not human

· That CO2 warming the world - lock it in a rock

· UCLA scientists attempt to rupture levee in test

· USGS geologists map Lassen's volcanoes

· Data shows El MayorCucapah earthquake was complicated at depth

· FERC pulls plug on Northern Calif. wave power project

· Gold mining method barred in Calif

· California Citizen Seismologists Become Volunteer Quake Catchers

· California utilities get 17 percent of power from green sources

· Carbon Storage Drilling Underway in Wyoming

· China looks to tighten rare earths export regulations

· Scientists perform quake research on Carrizo Plain

· Sun-drenched Calif. desert also ripe for big wind development

· The rise, fall, then rise again of a powerful global warming gas

· There's a limit to earthquake 'domino effect'

· U.S. Can Try to End New York Fracking Lawsuit, Judge Rules

· Gold price tops $1,700 as investors seek refuge

· (column) Solar power is the threatened species

· (editorial) In search of answers at Diablo

· Alaska officials watch volcano as lava dome grows

· Arctic ice melt could pause, then resume, study finds

· Oil pipeline wins Santa Barbara county approval

· Ranch East Bay acquisitions add 5 square miles to Black Diamond Mines Preserve

· Relicensing for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is on hold

· Remote Alaska volcano begins erupting

· Santa Barbara County studying delay of all ‘fracking’

· Worries Over Water As Natural Gas Fracking Expands

· Japan Earthquake Generated Waves in Higher Atmosphere

· Japanese towns reconsider sea walls after deadly tsunami

· Judge has 60 days to make decision in Hollister solar case

· Landowners, experts facing Delta standoff

· Molycorp reaches profitability in desert

· New seismic safety code rattles Peninsula school budgets

· New York State’s Fracking Lawsuit Barred by Law, U.S. Say

· State, feds to move aggressively on Delta plan

· Bay Area cement company given deadline to fix safety violations

· Bringing carbon capture to a rock near you

· Colorado plans disclosure rules for fracking fluids by end of year

· July 2011

· SF Bay Water tunnel project set to begin soon

· (comment) The fate of the peripheral canal

· California has record year for rooftop solar

· Nuclear Waste Storage NPR Story

· Large rare earth deposits found in Pacific

· Debris from Japanese tsunami steadily drifting toward California

· 2011 already the costliest disaster year on record

· West Coast erosion - A sign of warming

· Short on Cash and Know-How, U.S. Geothermal Industry Stumbles

· Undersea rare earth metals too difficult to get, say analysts

· Analysts -- underwater rare earth metals likely inaccessible

· UC Davis students win geothermal energy contest

· Giant Undersea Volcanoes Found Off Antarctica

· Technologies multiply to put CO2 to work -- and make money

· Researchers to test underground sequestration at Mont. site

· Calif. lawmaker floats bill to fund desalination efforts

· (comment) New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism

· Offshore fault near Diablo Canyon a 'significant unknown

· (comment) The politics of earthquakes

· Radon regulation varies widely from state to state

· Comprehensive Calif groundwater rules are needed

· Surplus water flowing to state's farms, reservoirs

· EPA Proposes New Rules on Emissions Released by Fracking

· June 2011

· (comment) Drilling down deep on fracking and our energy future

· (comment) Let's stop the quarry together, San Diego

· Appeals filed against SLO Topaz Solar Farm

· Argentine towns suffer under falling volcanic ash

· Berkeley Earthquake Centered on Panoramic near Berkeley. Stadium

· Bill meant to ease fears over fracking in Texas

· Calif. water groups want conveyance in delta plan

· California mines reap $3.4 billion in 2009

· Fracking rules for diesel likely to spread nationally

· Fracking Takes Flak as Santa Barbara County Sups Explore Drilling Regs

· Judge denies request to step up delta pumping

· (comment) When wind and solar power don't add up

· (comment) Without strategic plan, Sac Delta continues to be at risk of disaster

· (editorial, Santa Maria) get answers on `fracking'

· (rare earth minerals) The Secret Ingredients of Everything

· 2 more DOE loan guarantees awarded to Calif. solar projects

· China plans restructure of rare earths industry

· Cupertino Lehigh Cement announces reduction in mercury emissions

· DOE to provide $70M to spur geothermal development

· Duarte vows to fight Azusa Rock Quarry mining plan

· Engineers' tour - Japan takes earthquakes more seriously than U.S

· Proposed bill would open more desert lands for off-roading, mining

· Researcher says climate change may be cooling California

· San Diego Beach-goers on the lookout for tar balls

· San Mateo County begins review of quarry expansion

· Santa Barbara County looks at 'fracking' for oil

· Santa Barbara County planners OK mining plans

· Tenacious neighbors delayed quarry in Santa Margarita

· Thick Sierra snowpack holds water — and potential peril

· tracking the fracking in Santa Barbara

· Value of Nevada gold mine production up 33 percent

· Volcano billows giant plume for 2nd day in Chile

· West Sac Firm, Quake danger is his calling

· Judge rules on Petaluma Roblar quarry legal counsel

· Lawmakers seek to compete with Chinese over key resource

· Maryland's executive order that halts fracking seen as political maneuver

· Mojave solar project resumes after reassessment of tortoise impacts

· Murrysville near Pittsburgh, crowd attends meeting on shale ordinance

· New nation wide watershed map step in improving conditions

· New online tool allows users to see climate change in California

· Newly Discovered Fault Could Shake Lake Tahoe

· Obama Admin outlines critical minerals efforts, push against China

· Obama moves to increase domestic oil production

· Pact paves way for first new plant at Geysers in 20 years

· Plumas Dredge miners hear giant sucking sound

· Potential for volcanic activity in Salton Sea

· Scientists track motions of shifting plates using GPS sensors in NW

· Seattle launches effort to better prepare city for big earthquake

· Secret fracking chemicals in Texas might be revealed

· Windsor, in Sonoma, now sending its wastewater to The Geysers

· Solar plants pit green vs. green in desert

· ‘Slow’ quakes can travel backward – with gusto

· Republican bill sparks war of words over Calif. Water fight

· New Congress bill touts ‘market-based’ approach

· Cobb Mountain group files suit against geothermal expansion

· ‘Fracking’ for oil prompts questions about local oversight, contamination

· (rebuttal to 5-31 comment) A new golden age for fossil fuels – huh?

· May 2011

· Stanford research finds ‘two-faced’ rupture caused Japanese destruction

· Italy seismologists tried for manslaughter over 2010 quake

· Scientists study ‘slow’ earthquakes

· Santa Barbara County balks at an oil company’s use of hydraulic fracturing

· PG&E abandoning wave power off Ca coast

· Lake Perris repairs are part of state budget debate

· Japanese superquake moved ocean floor 79 feet sideways and 10 feet up

· Industry and lawmakers, citing rare earths, demand less red tape

· Hundreds evacuated from Nicaraguan volcano area

· Google invests $55 million in Mojave Desert wind farm

· Goleta begins work on Ellwood Mesa well abandonment project

· Global carbon output spikes to record high

· Geophysicist laments loss of satellite fault line data

· ‘Fracking’ raises hop[e for onshore oil boom

· Frack study’s safety findings exaggerated, Bush EPA official says

· Finding the right fix for Isabella dam

· Fighting back the waves of rising seas

· Delta’s winter surge undercuts rationale for diversion of Sierra water

· Calif. Can meet 75% of its clean energy goals with existing technologies

· BP, Rio Tinto back off proposed Kern hydrogen plant

· BLM approves Newmont gold mine project north of Carlin NV

· Big, shallow quakes have a warning signal, say researchers

· After a quake, what will happen to the Bay Area’s water supply

· Abandoned mines are polluting the West, but groups fear cleanup liability

· 500-megawatt plant to join Calif. Solar complex

· (letter) The Cal Berkeley stadium renovation will not make the stadium safe

· (editorial) Now is the time to talk about oil drilling, Arroyo Grande

· (editorial) fact checking fracking

· (comment) Exaggerating the dangers of natural gas drilling

· New spillway increases Folsom Dam flood protection

· Valley west side farming making a comeback

· Three big US gas producers face fracking disclosure resolutions

· Napa’s Thompson opposes off-shore drilling move but is voted down

· Stone Lakes refuge among wetlands being assessed nationwide

· Mississippi flood

· (column) Cutbacks in solar rebates cast shadow over green power

· World may draw 77% of its power from clean sources by 2050

· Waiting to battle warming imprudent, NAS warns Congress

· USGS examines earthquakes triggers

· U.S. climate action urgent report

· SLO Topaz Solar Farms placement is debated

· Tidal gate across San Francisco Bay proposed to manage sea level rise

· Duke study finds methane contamination rises near shale gas wells

· State cracks down on Lake Elsinore’s lax mining oversight

· Sierra snowpack reading promise abundant water

· Second solar plant on SLO Carrizo Plain is approved

· San Francisco seismic retrofitting mandate still a ways away

· Remodeling Cal’s Memorial Stadium is a bear

· Rare earths seen growing less rare

· Quarry lawsuit is filed by Riverbank

· Quake shifted Japan, towns now flood at high tide

· Proposed SLO quarry stirs up more controversy

· Pennsylvania well blowout tests industry on voluntary fracking disclosure

· House oversight panel to probe r3gulation that slow drilling

· Making waves under Long Beach

· Leave fracking rules to states, Anadarko CEO

· Distant quakes can trigger the San Andreas Fault, new study finds

· Highway 1 repair begins at Alder Creek

· Sonora group appeals rock quarry

· Geopolitics key as U.S, weighs critical-mineral needs report

· Geologist cleared of negligence in Healdsburg’s Saggio Hills plan

· Fracture on fracking

· Experts, early warnings mitigated Japan disaster

· Experts tell South County residents what to do during a tsunami warning

· Diablo Canyon, how safe is safe enough?

· Santa Barbara County curious about Venoco’s oil-extraction techniques

· Congress considers west coast oil drilling

· College of the Redwoods acquires tsunami siren, is searching for funds to install it

· Climate cycle shift may accelerate west coast sea level rise

· California mine to compete with China in rare-earth metals

· Brown administration looks at smaller water project to bypass Delta

· Bay-Delta plan lacks scientific justification, National Research Council says

· Baffled about fracking?, you’re not alone

· Gravity study satellite

· April 2011

· Midwest Tornados news video

· (comment) Approve environmentally friendly quarry near Riverside

· (column) Water, water everywhere, but not enough is saved, LA Times

· (column) Finding a better location, Escondido

· (column) California’s water flow squandered, Sacto. Bee

· New genetic study helps solve Darwin on flowers

· Caltrans optimistic U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville will open

· Why state redrew quake hazard maps in San Mateo County

· US emphatic – no dial to let BP resume drilling

· Tuolumne Supervisors approve rock quarry project

· Tuolumne Count Supervisors approve Cooperstown Mine

· Three quarry info sessions schedules next week near Temecula

· The Summerland seepage mystery near Santa Barbara

· The hill that ate Highway 101 near Garberville

· Supervisors OK west county rock quarry near Sonora

· Study – gas from ‘fracking’ worse than coal on climate

· State schools scramble to ensure buildings are safe

· Stanford study says deeper emission cuts will take more than efficiency

· Seismologists say Bay Area is due for earthquake that could cripple region

· Seismic series prompts review at community colleges, calls for change

· Seismic safety delay OK’d by legislature

· Seeing and hearing the landslide up close, near Garberville

· Second solar project gets first look in San Luis Obispo

· Scientists map volcanic plume under Yellowstone

· Scientists explore if we’re in ‘age of great earthquakes’

· Santa Barbara Supervisors pave way for solar, van pool projects

· San Luis Obispo quarry quandary

· Riverbank seeks to block planned county quarry by Tuolumne County

· Requa area still cut off by Del Norte landslide

· Republicans propose massive change in California water regulations

· Report on Temecula-area quarry details monitoring programs

· Rare earths mining company in Mountain Pass, DOE lab tam up

· Public turns out for San Onofre meeting

· PG&E delays licensing to study Diablo Canyon fault

· Opponents unswayed by Liberty Quarry data, studies near Temecula

· One of two road closures on Hwy 1 north of San Simeon is open again

· New solar panel system largest in Alameda County

· More solar farms coming to San Diego County

· Monterrey County landslide repairs to take longer

· Molycorp celebrates ‘resurgence’ at San Bernardino mine

· Mercury in light bulbs not being recycled, escaping to environment

· Making the best of it in Crescent City

· Lax oversight of school construction raises doubts about earthquake safety

· Landslide on private property endangers Humboldt Dobbyn Creek bridge

· Kern politicians push to revise oil project review process

· Japan raises nuclear crises rating to highest level

· House passes anti-EPA bill, but it faces an uncertain future

· House Dems float new rare-earths measure

· Home destroyed by landslide near Watsonville

· Hollister Clear Creek study – asbestos dangers

· Hearing on Lake Elsinore mining rescheduled

· Hawaii will absorb brunt of Japan earthquake debris

· Governor Brown signs law requiring 33% of energy be renewable by 2020

· Fracking with diesel violated law, EPA says

· Fracking shale for gas brings wealth, concerns

· Flotsam from Japan’s tsunami to hit US west coast

· Federal oversight of fracking in dispute

· Experts heat up over UC Berkeley scientist’s quest to calm climate debate

· Excavation begins on new reservoir link to Bay Area

· Early warning for earthquakes on West Coast possible

· Dueling dim views of solar sites

· Delta’s survival more important than fish

· Delta diversion plan takes a hit when judge sides with farmers

· Debate stirred over 1^st major US tar sands mine

· County tweaks code to allow solar projects near Santa Barbara County

· Council takes anti-quarry stance near Riverside

· Clearing Nelson Road rockslide near Scott’s Valley will take months

· Cemex Santa Clarita bill will have another go in Congress

· California public schools not meeting seismic standards

· Body of California man killed by tsunami found in Oregon

· Another slide closes Highway 1 south of Big Sur

· 12 Napa schools on report’s seismic list

· 2 men die in diving accident in Jamestown mine

· (letter) Darrah issue looked into in Siskiyou

· (editorial) Drought may be over, but California still has to solve water woes

· (editorial) Checking a nuclear fault line at Diablo Canyon

· (editorial) Auburn Dam, earthquakes shake canyon decisions

· (comment) What California can learn from the Chile, new Zealand, and Japan quakes

· (comment) Emgold moves forward with Grass Valley Idaho-Maryland project

· Are solar farms compatible with ag land?

· 3,200 Gulf wells unplugged, unprotected

· (editorial) Mining law must change

· (comment) The importance of oil – and of our topsoil

· (column) Thompson’s North Coast oil well ban

· Wolk bill to reduce reliance on freshwater from Delta

· Wind power surpasses record peak in California

· US gas well contained, but concerns rise on ‘fracking’

· Unstable soil could mean more quake damage

· Study says rising temperature put Western water supplies at rick

· Two solar projects are ready for service

· Treasure Island – stabilization could protect soil

· Supreme Court indicates it will dismiss 6-state warming lawsuit

· Solar project would disturb thousands of tortoises

· SLO County’s first large-scale solar project approved

· Slide may take month to clear

· Sierra Nevada – geologists explore hills for gold

· Report tallies U.S. ‘fracking’ toxins

· Rare-earth mining company celebrates ‘groundbreaking’

· Rain causes second landslide near Requa Inn

· Proposed quarry elicits protest in Santa Margarita

· PG&E canal break forces call to conserve water

· More than 1,000 argue of SoCal quarry proposal

· Liquefaction after Japanese Earthquake larger than expected

· Lawsuit has broad implication for fracking

· Japan quake, tsunami provided valuable info for scientists

· Greenhouse gas emissions drop in short term, rise in long term

· Fracking is normal and safe, BLM, oil and gas reps say

· Forest Service seeks comment on geothermal plans

· EPA starts work on diesel fracking guidance

· Earthquake preparedness lacking at Tahoe, researcher warns

· DOE offers loan guarantee for another California project

· Doctors concerned about proposed quarry’s health risks

· Deadline extended for comments on Lehigh quarry expansion

· County report recommends approval of Liberty Quarry

· Climate change may not dramatically affect California’s precipitation

· New particle maybe discovered

· Seafloor drilling at mid-ocean ridge near Costa Rica

· Atlantic crossing on raft

· New genetic study helps solve Darwin

· Cursor control by thought

· New engine sends shock waves through auto industry

· Liquefaction in Japan quake

· March 2011

· Supermoon to make closest pass by Earth

· (column) Our ocean backyard – tsunamis and California

· Moby Duck, lost bath toys follow ocean current

· Radioactive iodine high in sea water

· Plutonium found leaking out of Japan nuclear plant

· Peat and CO2, EOS article

· Outside Japan’s evacuation zone

· Movie mutants give a face to our nuclear fears

· Japan plant grapples with contaminated water

· US rig count up by 18 this week

· Two-thirds of oil & gas leases in Gulf inactive

· Tucking carbon into the ground, NY Times

· Tsunami prep all wet, Santa Barbara

· Tourist trapped in Big Sur between highway 1 closures

· Too many rules & regs, Sacramento Bee

· Third mudslide closes highway 1 on Big Sur coast

· Temecula, councilman pushing for changes in quarry hearing format

· Talks between enviro justice groups, Calif regulators break down

· Slides continue to threaten Bay Area homes, Morgan Hill

· Slides cut off residents in Morgan Hill Uvas Canyon

· Santa Cruz harbor director plans post-tsunami town hall meeting

· Santa Barbara gets ready for the ‘Big One’

· San Pablo landslide victims ponder options

· San Pablo landslide damages six homes

· San Pablo declares emergency due to severe landslides

· San Onofre wave farm idea churns up concerns

· San Onofre nuclear plant operators propose seismic study

· San Diego SU ‘fault finder’ reveals the hidden history of quakes

· San Diego lake Wohlford Road closure could last a week

· Pacific Northwest deemed unprepared for megaquake or tsunami

· Oozing hillside threatens 8 homes in Hercules

· Oil well appeal delayed in Monterrey

· Officials watching 6 San Pablo homes after slide

· Mudslide traps west Morgan Hill residents

· Mudslide in Tiburon, tree blocks road in Corte Madera

· Mudslide forces road closure in Hillsborough, near SF

· Lawmakers send Jerry Brown bill on renewable energy requirements

· Landslide risk forces evacuation of San Pablo home

· Industry sends regulatory wish list to US Interior Dept

· Homes damaged by large slide in Hercules

· Hillsborough road expected to remain closed two more days

· High water, slides abound in North Bay counties

· Greka settles for $2M after oil spills, leaks

· Final report on Escondido quarry details new air quality, traffic measures

· Erosion, mudslides in South Bay, Peninsula worst since 1998 El Nino storms

· Costs of world disasters tripled in 2010, per insurer

· Canadian oil bottleneck means cheaper gas for some

· Calif assembly OK’s increased renewable energy requirement

· Calif Highway 1 rainy weather plays havoc, on Calif coast

· Big Sur sky taxi

· Big Sur ‘scenic nightmare’

· Big quakes don’t set off others far away

· Berkeley scientists’ climate data review puts them at center of national debate

· As Canadian oil moves south, Americans push back

· 160 homes lose water after landslide in Pleasanton

· (editorial) Cooperstown Quarry, near Sonora, a project deserves approval

· (comment) Humboldt professor surviving by learning from experience

· (comment) Bureaucrats stand in way of low gas prices, investment

· Rockies formed by suction

· Scholarships/internship announced in class on March 29, 2-11

· United States Forest Service

· Women in Science

· GenCorp

· Radioactive Japanese milk only a danger after 58,000 glasses

· Japanese radioactivity in food is of little concern

· Early radiation data from near Japan plant eases health fears

· Crippled Japan reactors, Is time on our side?

· Tracking the latest at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant

· Decontamination after radiation exposure easy

· Airborne radiation poses minuscule risk for U.S.

· Japan radiation reaches California

· California seeing no radiation level increase from Japan

· How risky is infant formula made with Tokyo tap water?

· Japan radiation harmless due to half-life

· Size of Japan’s quake surprises seismologists

· Did ancient eruption form life?

· United States Forest Service internship information

· San Benito County New Idria finally might make cleanup list

· (letter) Our Riverside County valley deserves a hearing on quarry

· CA moratorium on suction fold dredging likely to end

· U.S. hydraulic fracturing bill could force disclosure

· Public invited to comment on Santa Barbara pipeline proposal

· SoCal Gas to start extracting natural gas from storage facilities

· Buckled pipe hindered last ditch effort to stop Gulf gusher – Federal probe

· Interior issues 4^th deepwater permit

· Greka and Santa Barbara County reach historic settlement

· Greka Oil settles with Santa Barbara County for $2 million

· Judge’s ruling puts CA global warming law on hold

· National lab challenges skeptics of carbon capture and storage technology

· Judge suspends Calif. ‘cap-and-trade’ program

· Environmental impact report released for second Carrio Plain solar project

· San Juan Capistrano mud slides shut down Ortega (74) highway

· Big Sur – slide cuts off Hwy 1 to south

· Santa Clarita, it’s a high school site only a contractor could love

· USGS on why can’t we predict the next big quake

· Los Angeles downtown’s big fault

· Santa Cruz, Highway 9 blocked by mudslide

· (landslide) coping along the coast in Monterrey County

· Judge likely to shoot down most of Duarte’s case against Azusa’s mining plan

· Final Riverside County environmental report on quarry released

· Final Riverside County Liberty Quarry environmental study released

· Experts downplay rare earth ‘crisis’

· Oakdale mine project battle galvanizes cities

· China raising taxes on rare earth mining

· (Column) Nuclear power is here to stay in U.S.

· Radiation by the numbers – isotopes to watch in Japan

· At risk…Japan nuclear workers

· Why iodine tablets come out in a nuclear emergency

· Sizing-up Japan’s nuclear reactors

· Nuke-o-Noia in Japan

· House panel approves bill stripping EPA regulatory power

· U.S. solar capacity doubled in 2010

· Lawmakers question USGS spending on climate programs

· California will launch emissions trades with at least one partner

· 60-megawatt solar project planned in Kings County

· California bill aims to speed up renewable energy approval

· SoCal coastal cities prepare for rising sea levels

· State has tools to balance water needs

· New drought water supply on line for East Bay

· Fracking blowback spooks energy industry

· A fear of fracking may slow natural gas trend in U.S.

· (Q&A) Former Bush EPA official says fracking exemption went too far

· BLM chief says fracking is safe but wants disclosure, blowout regs

· Companies send workers to Hill to make case for fracking

· PA. – no red flags over radioactivity in 7 rivers

· Interior considers fracking regulation

· Fracking has added another problem

· Radiation-fracking link sparks swift reactions

· Interest in renewable energy may stick as oil prices surge

· House bill to end EPA’s climate change rules could have a short life

· (comment) Clear-cutting forests is wrong way for state to lead

· Japan’s strict building codes saved lives

· U.S. offers condolences, assistance to Japan

· Coast residents evacuate; boats, dock destroyed at Santa Cruz harbor

· Japanese nuclear reactor in peril

· Japan warns of small radiation leak from quake-hit plant

· Japan’s quake toll set to exceed 1,000, world offers help

· Tsunami waves hit Humboldt

· Coast Guard searches for north coast man swept to sea

· Ventura tsunami surges continue into afternoon, no damage reported

· Boats, docks damaged in tsunami surges at Santa Cruz harbor

· Indonesia volcano erupts, spews lava and gas

· Fault in central Ark., site of hundreds of quakes, is longer than thought

· Recalling the Long Beach earthquake of 1933

· Explosive earthquake experiment this week in Coachella Valley

· Seismologists map earthquake faults near the Salton Sea

· 10,000 homes in Christchurch will have to be demolished due to liquefaction

· Picturing southern California’s faults below the surface

· Kilauea volcano in Hawaii sends lava into air as new vent opens

· Long Beach considered fairly quake-safe

· N. coast counties to conduct tsunami warning test

· SoCal’s inland empire quake conditions different from New Zealand

· Molycorp rare earth mine near Mountain Pass still in the red

· The race to make the world’s strongest magnet using rare earths

· Temecula City approves resolution opposing liberty Quarry

· San Joaquin River polluter may be named superfund site

· Proposed California gold dredging regulation affect vacuum size, bank alteration

· Temecula report blasts Liberty Quarry study

· Called-off rescue in Nevada mine death sparks questions

· Rescuers – Remo mine shaft too dangerous to rescue trapped man

· Gold mine near French Gulch to begin operations soon

· Developer travels to muster regional Temecula quarry support

· Sacramento County limits on development criticized

· BLM chief promises to defend leaseholders’ drilling rights on public lands

· Industry frustration, permission linger in wake of deepwater drilling ban

· Rep. Mack joins call for new Ca offshore drilling, Boxer pushes for West Coast ban

· Ventura Beach reopened after oil spill

· Oil spill north of Ventura estimated at 210 gallons

· Crews clean up oil spill reported along PCH north of Ventura

· Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake

· Tsunami kills at least 1 in California, swamps Hawaii’s beaches

· Tsunami damages NorCal harbors, one man missing

· Man swept out to sea as California coast weathers tsunami waves

· Crescent City harbor destroyed; 4 people swept into sea, 1 feared dead

· (column) Is California building wrong kind of solar?

· (editorial) A way to revamp California’s water policy

· Ancient rocks hold climate forecast

· Arkansas suspends drilling of injection wells after earthquakes

· Brown admin pushing ahead with Sacramento delta plans

· Sierra snow level is better, wetter than expected

· Congressmen call for more Central Valley water storage

· Sacramento Delta Conservancy names first executive officer

· Dems, GOP fight over EPA climate rules

· Earthquake risk slips for some Californians

· Firms hope for more oil from Coalinga-area field

· First deep-water drilling permit issued for gulf since BP oil spill

· Fracking – The great East Coast Gas Rush

· Lake Tahoe fault overdue for big quake

· Bakersfield area oil field steam project resumes after cash shortfall

· Palos Verdes approves San Ramon Canyon stabilization

· Quarry approval could impact Oakdale

· Radiation in fracking fluid is a new concern

· Rockies formed by suction

· Short on stone, Half Moon quarry seeks expansion

· Desert solar permitting staying the same for now

· State could cut permits for gold dredging in rivers and streams

· February 2011

· Groups sue over desert solar plans

· Life from outer space?

· (editorial) Time for a new era of governing water statewide

· Volcanic calderas globally, EOS

· California’s giant carbon sponge

· Chilean quake caused several California quakes

· Christ Church February 2011 quake

· Christ Church earthquake leaves third of city facing demolition

· Fremont-based GlassPoint Solar uses the sun’s heat to extract oil

· New Zealand quake raises questions about L.A. building

· New Zealand Sept 2010 quake discussion

· Regulations lax as east coast gas well’s tainted water hits rivers

· State asks district for more details on Romero Canyon high school property

· State cites problems with mine oversight in Lake Elsinore

· U.N. leader asks Hollywood for help in global climate change

· Environmental justice lawsuit may delay California Cap and Trade

· Current California water policies all wet, book says

· China slashes exports of rare earth elements, U.S. mine digs for more

· Danger pent up behind aging California dams

· California desert solar energy faces tests on greenness

· New business eyes Davenport (on coast) and as Cemex, county talk

· The evolution of U.S. and California earthquake safety, preparedness

· New Zealand earthquake offers lessons to U.S. West Coast

· Governor Brown tells legislators he will push for a $25 billion cut

· California Senate OK’s renewable energy bill

· New Zealand earthquake death toll climbs to 98

· Christ Church earthquake – liquefaction 300 percent worse

· Manage California water for today, new study says

· Solar oil project debuts in Kern County

· Berkeley robotic submarine built for Antarctica expedition

· (blog) San Diego could be hurt by New Zealand type of quake

· (comment) Solar goes Hyper in the U.S.

· Panel rules against Colorado homeowner who said fracking fouled well

· New Zealand aftershock proves more deadly

· In DC, scientific groups call for new sources of rare earths

· (column) Piece of mind – worrying about the California ‘Big One’

· Settlements seek to protect Sacramento Delta fish, water flow

· (comment) Open letter on Los Altos Lehigh quarry

· (column) U.S. has cut emissions – without cap and tax

· (editorial) In Redding area timber case, court rules for balance on CO2

· Planet could be ‘unrecognizable’ by 2050, experts say

· New Zealand – an earthquake hotspot

· Iceland volcanic magma could become power source

· Settlement may temporarily ease conflict over Sacramento Delta water supplies

· Davis bill in Texas w2ould require ‘tracer’ fluid in fracking

· New Zealand quake sends 30 million tons of ice loose from glacier

· National call for proper assessment of ‘fracking’ chemicals

· Researchers link extreme rains to global warming

· Third of Russians believe the sun spins around Earth

· Comet Tempel 1 spaceship flyby

· Know your soil – Sacramento County is a mixed bag

· Old mines reopen in a revival of California gold rush

· Lake Elsinore’s supervision of local mining under scrutiny by State officials

· Salton Sea, lake-effect theory sinks, but quake timing questions go on

· War on coal – EPA warming plan under fire in House

· Brown’s water chief wants Delta water diverted to Southern California

· New drilling method opens vast oil fields in U.S.

· The changing Delta – will fixing the system ruin the Sacramento Valley?

· Toxic diesel fuel used without permits in fracking operations in U.S.

· Stress of sliding plates builds near Chile

· U.S. to study water pollution in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

· (column) An uphill battle for Santa Clara cement plant opponents

· KQED wind farm forecast – More & Bigger

· EPA launching probe into Sacramento Delta water quality, water use

· Live near southern San Andreas – look out

· Black Butte gravel removal case grinds on near Redding

· Board of Supervisors says quarry in Cupertino still has vested rights

· Coso Inyo County groundwater study completed

· Analysts – Don’t expect ‘fracking’ standards until after 2012 election

· (blog) Federal offshore wind plan - $50 million in research funding

· U.S. EPA releases draft plan for fracking study

· U.S. experiencing oil drilling boom

· (letter) No evidence of Escondido silica dust

· Tools never die

· California challenges China in rare earths mining

· Mar’s moving sand dunes

· Big Bang (collider) machine to run in 2012

· Climate change will bring more monster winter storms

· (column) Peering into a post-petroleum world, LA Times

· (column) No Petaluma Dutra asphalt, no Barella Roblar quarry

· Gas drilling technique is labeled violation, N.Y. times

· The myth of the Sacramento Delta’s ‘Earthquake-Prone’ levees

· California’s promising wet season may go dry

· Large Jamestown-area rock quarry proposed

· California waterway cleanups may do more harm than good – USGS

· California state lawmakers promote clean energy standards

· California cap-trade plan dealt blow by S.F judge

· CSU Northridge implements new safety measures after 1994 quake

· Cemex Santa Clarita legislation to be carried by Boxer

· Residents worry about plans for old Carlsbad quarry

· Dumbarton Bridge lanes to be closed for earthquake retrofit

· California legislative change streamlines process and grows development

· Jamestown quarry vote postponed

· Government finds diesel use in fracking for natural gas

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· January 2011

· Northern California Mercury study by the USGS

· Natural Gas Association counters gas movie

· New Prairie Dog language discovered

· Sierra snowpack good, but dry spell still a threat

· Plutonium shortage, ‘Physics Today’

· Hubble telescope detects oldest known galaxy

· Study searches for answer to why northern California plants have been moving downhill

· Was past mass extinction fueled by coal?

· Oldest galaxy yet discovered

· Scripps Ocean Research deal could change climate policies

· Climate benefits of natural gas may be overstated

· ‘Blue carbon’ peat initiatives emerging as promising carbon sinks

· Sacramento delta may be site for carbon storage

· Colorado part of ‘new gold rush’ for rare-earth metals

· Fracking companies injected 32 million gallons of diesel, House probe finds

· Oil companies face double dip in Beverly Hills

· State – Elsinore failed to regulate mines owned by developer

· (Editorial) Harvesting the sun in the San Joaquin Valley

· Lake Elsinore to respond to mining concerns

· California’s ‘big one’ might be a megastorm

· U.S. Administration seeking momentum for Clean Energy Standard

· Earthquake risk identified in apartments, but not released to residents

· County leaders get quarry hearing moved to Temecula

· Jobs vs. environment debate heats up in mining, oil

· Natural gas industry blasts Oscar nod for ‘Gasland’

· Second lawsuit filed to stop Roblar quarry near Petaluma

· California challenges China in rare earths mining

· Cold winters don’t mean global warming’s not real, scientist say

· (landslide) FEMA funds to become available, Laguna Beach

· In highlighting radon gas

· California panel signals ‘viable’ path forward for carbon capture projects

· Azusa residents approve Vulcan mining plan by 2-to-1 margin in election

· Dig deep to learn about early Oregon earthquake

· A carbon storage leak – not so fast, experts caution

· 2010 deadliest year for global disasters in two decades

· Cost of natural disasters $109 billion in 2010 – U.N.

· USGS estimates higher risk to Sacramento delta levees from quakes

· Santé Fe dam deemed potentially unsafe by Army Corps

· Report – Suction dredging in northern California would increase mercury levels

· Environmental lawsuit can halt two major San Bernardino county projects

· Public weighs in on solar plant in California valley

· Area for possible Temecula annexations to exclude quarry

· California, EPA to work on joint automobile greenhouse standards

· Molycorp Mining – stock sales, increased output for rare earths mine

· Liberty Quarry hearings moved to Temecula

· Energy firms queried on gas-extraction technique

· (Editorial) Ready for the (wet) Big One in Sacramento Valley?

· California doubled pace of renewable last year

· Plumas-Eureka State Park to close for hazardous waste cleanup

· West coast democrats float measure to block new Pacific oil wells

· BLM announces BOF Groveland open house

· One of imperial County’s largest solar projects moves forward

· Sinkhole found as work begins on Drew Road in Imperial County

· In highlighting radon risks, context needed

· The Neanderthal nose enigma, why so big?

· ‘See into the future’ experiment – Can We?

· 9 Billion global population

· Scientific shifts go beyond the Zodiac

· Students lack science literacy

· Climate changes tied to fall of Roman Empire

· NRC to discuss shoreline fault near Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

· La Canada Flintridge mudslide threat flattens home values

· Trinity County slide closes part of Route near Willow Creek

· House threatened by land slide in Chollas Creek area

· Residents forced out of San Diego home after landslide

· Lawsuit – environmental groups fighting Syar Russian River gravel plant

· Plan to mine gravel in Russian River draws fire

· Report – China preparing new rare earths standards

· 100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

· (editorial) Time to break China’s monopoly on rare-earth elements

· Global mining firms dig deeper to lure scarce workers

· Soledad Canyon Cemex bill gets buried again

· Bacteria devoured methane from Gulf oil spill, study shows

· Bacteria ate most methane from BP well

· IID’s Imperial Valley geothermal parcels present potential

· White House probe blames BP, industry in Gulf blast

· U.S eases up on deepwater drillers in Gulf

· 10 barrels of oil spill at Greka Santa Maria Energy facility

· Deepwater drilling is stalled even after ban is lifted

· Boxer promises GOP a fight on climate change

· Coalition declares Sierra, Delta habitats threatened by climate change

· Growing California solar industry faces green backlash

· Political battle brewing over the EPA’s new greenhouse emissions regulations

· California’s Sacramento Delta water blues

· World natural disasters ‘killed 295,000 in 2010’

· Loss of reflectivity in the Arctic

· Global Temperature record for 2010

· Mammoth resurrection by cloning on the way

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