California - Environmental Problems and Protection

SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) - Shark fin soup will disappear from the Golden State's menu in January 2013 under legislation signed into law on Friday by California Governor Jerry Brown.Strongly supported by environmentalists, the bill bans the sale, purchase or possession of the ...

Regional agency charged with governing the lake is unwieldy, making it hard to get projects approved that would clean up Tahoe and the detritus of urban sprawlStatelineWe drive on U.S. Highway 50 toward Lake Tahoe, its surface shimmering with sunlight, the hillsides ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to the government's decision to allow California to cut greenhouse gas emissions from new cars sold in the state.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Automobile Dealers Association asked an ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's supreme court refused to consider a lawsuit filed by an influential environmental group seeking to delay construction of a solar plant because it might harm rare plant and animal species.The state supreme court said it would not ...

Millions of tons of low-level material are buried at the Nevada National Security Site - and the state can do little about it NUKE WASTE: Where & Why Every week, tractor-trailers deliver containers full of low-level nuclear waste to be disposed of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Philadelphia, Bakersfield and Fresno, California, are the most toxic cities in America, according to a new study that looked at air and water quality in metropolitan areas."Philadelphia doesn't have great air, but other cities have worst," said Morgan ...

EPA chief: Agency likely to tighten drinking water standards amid concerns about carcinogenThe head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it would likely tighten drinking water standards to address potential health risks of a carcinogen recently detected in the tap ...

Sens. Boxer, Feinstein call on EPA to set drinking water standard for hexavalent chromiumU.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have called on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from hexavalent chromium following a report that found the carcinogen in ...

The Nissan Leaf, an electric car aimed at attracting environmentally conscious motorists, will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, based on government testing.. Nissan has said the Leaf can travel 100 miles on a ...

It's almost unthinkable now that environmentalists and manufacturers once stood together as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill making California the first state to regulate toxic chemicals in consumer products.. The Department of Toxic Substances Control has revised the rules to address ...

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Topic: California

California shark fin ban signed into law

Preserving clarity of Lake Tahoe

Court rejects move to stop Calif clean car program

California tosses out solar power plant lawsuit

Yucca or not, nuclear waste RESIDES here Millions of tons of low-level material are buried at the Nevada National Security Site - and the state can do little about it Every week, tractor-trailers deliver containers full of low-level nuclear waste to be dis

Philadelphia tops list of U.S. most toxic cities

EPA chief says agency will deal with tainted water

Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standard

Nissan Leaf runs equivalent of 99 miles per gallon

California aims to remove toxins in products

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