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Sonoma Launches Green Job Youth Corps With Stimulus Cash

Ever wonder where all that federal stimulus cash is going? KTVU found an innovative program that is giving young workers special training for environmental work. Full Story ››

SANTA ROSA: Youth Green Corps Takes Root With Stimulus Cash [Jana Katsuyama]

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Public Lands In 6 States Set For Solar Projects

Analysis: Obama Scores Major Victory On Climate

Obama Wants You To Change Light Bulbs

California Weighs Global Warming Fee On Industry

Environmentalists Angered As Feinstein Sides With Oyster Farmer Over Park Service

White House Likes Chances On House Energy Bill

Enviros Try To Halt Chevron Refinery Upgrade

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Local Headlines

GREEN AND LEAN: Conference Focuses On Greener Products For Leaner Times

Three Bay Area Students Honored As 'Climate Champions'

SAN FRANCISCO: Redford, Gore Hail Eco-Activists At Goldman Prize Ceremony [Jana Katsuyama]

Mountaintop Mining Activist Wins Goldman Award

Endangered Butterflies Released In Twin Peaks

CLIMATE FIRE: UC Berkeley Report Links Wildfires To Global Climate Change [John Fowler]

Tesla Unveils Its All-Electric, Five-Seat Sedan

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Alternative Energy

Public Lands In 6 States Set For Solar Projects

The federal government's top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states. Full Story ››

Officials Vow Support For Renewable Energy In West

Study: Clean Energy Will Stimulate California Economy

Obama Promotes Clean Energy, Stimulus In Nevada

Newsom Approves Largest Municipal Solar Project In CA

DOE Chief Announces Billions For Clean Coal

Obama Calls For New Era Of Energy Exploration

House, Senate On Track To Pass Budget Plan

Unemployed Seek Training For 'Green Collar' Jobs

Electricity Providers Say Plan Would Raise Prices

Global Warming

EPA Approves California's Tough New Pollution Standard

The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward tougher reductions in greenhouse gas emission from cars and trucks Tuesday by giving California the green light to impose new requirements that could become the national model for combatting tailpipe pollution linked to global warming.Full Story ››

California Climate Change Portal

House Passes Major Energy-Climate Bill

Gov't: Carbon Pollution To Grow By 40%

State Officials Hail Obama's New Emissions Plan

Obama Set To Release Pollution Standards

White House Memo Challenges EPA Finding On Warming

EPA Urged To Act On Climate, Not Wait For Congress

Group Warns Of Risks From Oil Dependence

Survey Finds Sierra Snow Is 66 Percent Of Normal

Wildlife

White Sharks Hunt Just Like Hannibal Lecter

Great white sharks like those who roam the Northern California coast have some things in common with human serial killers -- they don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight. Full Story ››

JAWS OF DEATH: Marina Surfer Talks About Surviving White Shark Attack

SLIDESHOW: Endris' Shark Wounds (PLEASE NOTE NATURE -- GRAPHIC CONTENT)

An Interactive Look At The World Of Sharks

Feds Release Plan To Protect Chinook Salmon

Feds Broker Conservation Deal For California Wildlife

Enviros Sue To Protect Sea Turtles Off US Coasts

Wolves No Longer Protected In Northern Rockies

Pinnacles Condor Dies At LA Zoo Of Lead Poisoning

DC Firefighters Pluck Baby Ducks From Storm Drain

Feds: Mountain-Dwelling Pika May Need Protections

Study: Grazing Threatens Wildlife Habitat In West

US Biologists Say 3 Pesticides Harm Salmon

Alternative Transportation

Could Budget Issues Shelve "Hydrogen Highway" Project?

Bay Area drivers could soon be pulling up to a new kind of fueling station and pumping hydrogen into their cars instead of gasoline, but there are some concerns the state budget crisis could put a financial squeeze on the project. Full Story ››

SAN FRANCISCO: Promised "Hydrogen Highway" Could Be Threatened By Budget Cuts [Jana Katsuyama]

Biggest Mercedes SUV Is A Fuel Sipper

EPA: Ethanol Crops Displace Climate-Friendly Ones

Which Hybrid Vehicles Can Save You Money?

Obama Backs California High-Speed Rail Line

Tesla To Build Plant In Bay Area

Tesla Unveils Its All-Electric, Five-Seat Sedan

Obama Visit Juices Up SoCal Electric Vehicle Plant

High-Speed Rail Project Needs Injection Of Cash

High-speed Rail's First Leg: Bakersfield-Merced

Cox Conserves

Join the employees of Cox Enterprises in the company's environmental initiative Cox Conserves -- offering tips on how anyone can be more environmentally friendly. Full Story ››

Lifestyle

How Much Water Does Your Family Use?

A green lifestyle begins with conservation. Here's a calculator to help you estimate just how much water your family uses each day. Full Story ››

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Weird News

Bee Swarm Halts MLB Game

School Memory DVD Shows Teacher Having Sex

Rare Copy Of Declaration Of Independence Found

Va. Woman Rides To Landfill In Trash Bin

Police: Teens Mishear Sex Screams, Beat Man

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Do You Know What Alcohol Dependence Is?

There is no absolute number of drinks per day that defines alcoholism. Learn the behavior and body reactions that constitute alcoholism. Full Story ››

The Top 10 Hardest Jobs To Fill

Find out what a sputtering economy and an increasingly difficult to crack job market means to you. Full Story ››

Get Great Staging Tips For Your Whole House

Staging is vitally important when selling your home. These helpful hints will turn your problem rooms into buyer bait. Full Story ››

10 Careers With Real Job Security

Now more than ever, job security is priority number one with most job seekers. Here are 10 jobs with great job security that employers are actually struggling to fill. Full Story ››

Video

Weird Clouds Invade NY

CNN's Jeanne Moos says a weird occurrence had New Yorkers looking up and scratching their heads. Full Story ››

Calif. Dog Named World's Ugliest

Black Bear Falls, Breaks Trampoline

Dog Nurses Piglets

Tornado Barrels Down On Family's House

View From Space

Global Warming Causes Antarctic Breakaway

NASA scientists say warm waters contributed to the breakaway of a massive iceberg from Antarctica. See the NASA's dramatic images of iceberg B-15a -- as large as the Manhattan -- break away and then crash back into from Anarctica. Full Story ››

Going, Going, Almost Gone -- Lake Chad

Once Lake Chad was the world's sixth largest lake. But presistent drought has shrunk it down to just a tenth of its forner size. In this visualization, NASA details the amazing loss of this natural wonder. Full Story ››

NASA Video: Climate Changes Shrink Lake Chad

Rising Tides -- Rising Sea Levels Present Major Threat