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California’s Vehicle Emissions Fight Continues a 50-Year Struggle

California’s resistance to federal plans loosening vehicle emissions standards is nothing new. Over the decades, the state has fought…

Oct 5, 2018

California’s Vehicle Emissions Fight Continues a 50-Year Struggle

Oct 5, 2018

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Strawberry Fields Forever? Thirsty Baja California Turns to Seawater to Grow Lucrative Crop

An arid region 180 miles south of Tijuana is the crossroads where strawberries, economics, and groundwater meet. Baja usually gets less…

Jul 13, 2018

Strawberry Fields Forever? Thirsty Baja California Turns to Seawater to Grow Lucrative Crop

Jul 13, 2018

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Under New Pollution Regulations, Milk Producers Seek Profit in Dairy Air

From tests on metal bovines to electricity-generating manure pits, California is experiencing a radical transformation in the practices of…

Apr 24, 2018

Under New Pollution Regulations, Milk Producers Seek Profit in Dairy Air

Apr 24, 2018

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Are Forest Managers Robbing the Future to Pay for Present-Day Fires?

In the federal government, wildfires have a lesser claim on disaster funds. As fires burn with greater magnitude and frequency, the cost of…

Mar 5, 2018

Are Forest Managers Robbing the Future to Pay for Present-Day Fires?

Mar 5, 2018

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Changing Currents: Picturing a Northwest Without Cheap, Public Hydropower

By Felicity Barringer

Jan 30, 2018

Changing Currents: Picturing a Northwest Without Cheap, Public Hydropower

Jan 30, 2018

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The Short Life of The BLM’s Master Leasing Plans

Master Leasing Plans were intended to manage resource conflicts on public lands that border national parks and monuments, contain popular…

Jan 24, 2018

The Short Life of The BLM’s Master Leasing Plans

Jan 24, 2018

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Painful Experience Helps to Chart the Future of Groundwater in Ventura County

The fraught statewide conditions that led to passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014? They afflicted Ventura decades…

Nov 6, 2017

Painful Experience Helps to Chart the Future of Groundwater in Ventura County

Nov 6, 2017

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By Treating Obstacles to Health, Community Health Workers Also Treat a Troubled System

Welcome to the world of community health workers. The job, part medical aide and part social worker, is a tradition in poor and rural…

Aug 2, 2017

By Treating Obstacles to Health, Community Health Workers Also Treat a Troubled System

Aug 2, 2017

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Decarbonizing California’s Energy Diet

California’s ambitious energy goals may lead the state toward an economy far less reliant on carbon-based fuels than ever before. But how…

Jul 6, 2017

Decarbonizing California’s Energy Diet

Jul 6, 2017

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Lower Basin States Work to Keep Lake Mead Afloat

Lake Mead on the Colorado River has become an hourglass of shrinking water supplies. Can lower-basin states turn back the clock?

May 31, 2017

Lower Basin States Work to Keep Lake Mead Afloat

May 31, 2017

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The Bill Lane Center for the American West is dedicated to teaching, research, and journalism on the past, present, and future of the North American West.

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