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Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash.
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San Diego leaders are calling on California to take stronger action to address the ongoing environmental crisis caused by sewage and industrial pollution flowing from the Tijuana River. -
Crews have been taking apart the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station piece by piece since 2020. -
A water contact closure has been issued for the shoreline at the locations in Mission Bay. The sewage release occurred near Snead Avenue. -
This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement Monday between the United States and Mexico intended to permanently end the Tijuana River sewage crisis, the latest in a long line of agreements intended to accomplish the same. -
A Huntington Beach-based developer is proposing to build a nearly one million-square-foot warehouse for artificial intelligence development in the center of the Imperial Valley. -
For Museum A Month, we visit the San Diego Botanic Garden. At 55 years old, it's still growing and shining bright for the holidays. -
Even among experts the cost of water supplies is hard to pin down. A new study reveals huge differences in what water suppliers for cities and farms pay for water from rivers and reservoirs in California, Arizona and Nevada. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to explore partnering with national laboratories that are developing ways to recycle nuclear waste safely. -
Volunteers gathered last weekend for a day of planting at Promenade Park near downtown Lemon Grove. It's part of a broader revitalization effort.
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