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Some L.A.-area celebrities have been using way too much water amid drought restrictions
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CBS News - Los Angeles reports "Some A-list celebrities with multimillion dollar mansions in and around the city of Calabasas in Los Angeles County are on a water budget like every other house in the local water district, but a CBS Los Angeles investigation found that many of them have been going over their allotted amount."
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- Tags: drought, water restrictions
Tree That Outlasted the Dinosaurs 145 Million Years Now Endangered
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Nature World News reports, "although Araucaria araucana outlived the dinosaurs, scientists now classify the tree as endangered. Monkey puzzle trees are cultivated and may be found in gardens and parks worldwide, but in the wild, they are only found in Chile and Argentina on the slopes of Patagonia's volcanoes."
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Renewable energy in the form of biodiesel and bioethanol leads to ecological disaster.
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More jungle is burned and wildlife habitat eliminated for "renewable energy" than we imagine.
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- Tags: diversity, ecology, sustainability
A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles.
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"A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles. ...A smarter, market-based permitting approach could motivate wind developers to conserve eagles even as the sector expands."
Beware of pine straw scammers
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Homeowners in the metro Atlanta area are reporting pine straw scammers. Here's what happens. A scammer offers to spread pine straw mulch, then presents the resident with an outrageous bill.
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