Environment

State water officials and farmers are joining forces behind a controversial agricultural plan to move wastewater from San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco delta.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes 1,370 square miles stretchingfrom Palm Springs, California, to to Mexico border, to bedesignated protected habitat for the endangered peninsular bighorn sheep.

An awareness, and perhaps fear, of urban sprawl is causing a dramatic policy shift toward thinking green -- even in places like Los Angeles.

Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.

A wind-and-sun-powered ferry in Australia's Sydney Harboris looking at other markets for environmentally sensitive ferries, including San Francisco Bay.

The California Department of Transportation could face up to$15,000 in fines for alleged water quality violations.

Debate about how the Greenhouse effect is changing the environment has been scientific in nature -- now it's time for a radically new approach -- one that includes land use.

California is spending more on the environment as the state's giant and influential electorate is demandinggreener communities and environmental protections.

Daily News Editorial blasts U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to stop development for arroyo southwestern toads.

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will buy land in theSanta Clara River Watershed to provide a habitat link.

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is embarking on its largest expansion in 10 years, linking two parts of the Angeles Forest.

$20 million for the preservation and restoration of open space on Irvine Ranch committed by Irvine Company and the foundation formed by it's Chairman.

Oakland, Santa Monica and Palmdale have become the first cities in the state to choose "green power."

Pacific Lumber, environmentalists clash over loggingin the last unprotected area within the Headwaters Forest Reserve in California's North Coast.

Controversial plan to drain agricultural runoff into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is rejected.

FEMA report says erosion will destroy 5,000 homes along California' coast over next 60 years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency elevated its efforts to work with businesses which have achieved a higher environmental performance level beyondlegal compliance requirements.

Environmentalists fight against lumber company plans to use helicopters in logging operations in theNorth Coast region of California.

LA Business Journal's weekly list focuses on top environmental firms in Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles yard clippings used as mulch in Ventura County farms contain metal and plastic and are harming agriculture.