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With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade. NPR's Jeff Brady visited the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach, California.
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KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia’s underwater kelp forests are in trouble. A combination of climate change and hungry purple sea urchins have decimated these vital forests. But the Monterey Peninsula has a kelp forest guardian — sea otters. -
A new study by two California researchers finds the sardine fishery in the Gulf of California is under stress from hyper-efficient commercial fishing fleets. -
Firefighters are continuing to battle a brush fire east of Julian that broke out over the weekend. -
Across America, people of color are exposed to more air pollution than whites from industry, vehicles, construction and many other sources, a new study has found. -
California officials will again truck millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the state's Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean. The say projected river conditions show the waterways the fish use to travel downstream will be historically low and warm due to increasing drought. -
A trough moving over San Diego County this weekend was expected to lead to gusty westerly winds over the mountains and deserts, a deepening marine layer with night and morning low clouds and fog, and cooler days, the National Weather Service said. -
Coastal communities will need massive amounts of mud and dirt to protect their shorelines from rising seas. One federal agency has it, but most is disposed of instead of reused. -
Exxon Mobil has reported profits of $2.73 billion in the first quarter after a tumultuous year led to major spending reductions. Some economists are projecting that demand for oil may never return to pre-pandemic levels. -
The Biden administration said Friday it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and provided answers on how it will use unspent money from shutting down one of President Donald Trump's signature domestic projects. -
The money would pay for things like trucking in drinking water for small communities and encouraging farmers and homeowners to use less water.
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