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    Now Is the Time to Fund Stormwater Projects in Los Angeles County

    Now Is the Time to Fund Stormwater Projects in Los Angeles County

    By Corinne Bell This November, voters in Los Angeles County will have the opportunity to help address the largest source of pollution to surface waters in our region: stormwater. Measure W would finally create a funding stream to pay for projects necessary to address stormwater pollution and flooding. These projects would also increase local water […]

    How Did Farmer Brown Bring His Dying Land Back From the Brink?

    How Did Farmer Brown Bring His Dying Land Back From the Brink?

    By Jeff Turrentine Sometimes enlightenment arrives as a flash of epiphany: a gravity-obeying apple that falls from a tree, for instance, or a blinding light that freezes you in your tracks on the road to Damascus. Other times, though, it’s more of a process. That’s how Gabe Brown came to regenerative agriculture. About 20 years […]

    New Report Highlights Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

    New Report Highlights Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

    By Anna Reade A new report by the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) details findings from product testing they performed on beauty, personal care and cleaning products, with an emphasis on products often marketed to vulnerable populations, such as children and women of color. The report focuses on the identification of chemicals used for fragrance […]

    World Peace Requires Access to Safe Water

    World Peace Requires Access to Safe Water

    International Peace Day is Sept. 21. Mekela Panditharatne, attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, submitted the following op-ed to EcoWatch in commemoration. In drought-ravaged East Africa, the cracks in the plains echo the fault lines splitting tribes. Across the globe, the devastation of deadly brawls is being exacerbated by tensions over access to water. […]

    Ethereal Fog Sculptures Are Rolling Through Boston’s Parks

    Ethereal Fog Sculptures Are Rolling Through Boston’s Parks

    By Clara Chaisson What do you call a sculpture that weighs nearly nothing, never looks the same twice, and vanishes into thin air? Artist Fujiko Nakaya has built a storied five-decade career out of the answer to this seeming riddle: a fog sculpture. The Japanese artist has presented her atmospheric works more than 80 times […]

    5 Products Improved in 2018, Thanks to Obama-Era Efficiency Standards

    5 Products Improved in 2018, Thanks to Obama-Era Efficiency Standards

    By Lauren Urbanek Hotels, offices, stores and other commercial spaces across the U.S. are reaping benefits from new energy efficiency standards taking effect this year, one of which is the largest ever set by the Department of Energy (DOE). Consumers will see lower bills from these efficiency efforts, which were finalized during the Obama administration, […]

    Street Art and Augmented Reality Get Real About Climate in Miami

    Street Art and Augmented Reality Get Real About Climate in Miami

    By Patrick Rogers After South Beach, Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood is the city’s epicenter of color and creativity. The low-slung postindustrial landscape just north of Miami’s downtown is an Instagrammer’s paradise—block after block of warehouses covered with vivid murals by some of the world’s greatest street artists, among them Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey and Maya Hayuk. […]