California’s global-warming solution.

How one state is dealing with a problem the federal government won’t face.

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Get energy priorities straight. So, given that an overwhelming majority of scientists concur that global warming is happening and the impact could be serious to our quality of life, why would utility companies build more carbon-polluting coal plants before utilizing other measures? [News Source]

Bold step on emissions. Someone has to take the lead if there is to be a national and global effort to reduce emissions that potentially could cause drastic and harmful changes in our climate. [News Source]

Cleanup at Edmonds waterfront stalled. The cleanup of a former oil company site eyed for a regional transportation hub will be delayed another year, officials said. [News Source]

CSU tests system to safeguard water. All sorts of chemicals - from rat poison to weed killers to cyanide and arsenic - could be pumped into the thousands of miles of unguarded pipelines and aqueducts that deliver water to homes, schools, offices and hospitals in America. [News Source]

Welcome to the world of hazardous waste inventory. Mexico graduated this month to become part of the world that guarantees public information about hazardous releases from industrial sites. [News Source]

Hearing draws a crowd in Bonham. A standing-room-only crowd applauded environmentalists at a public hearing in Bonham, letting TXU Corp. know that many don’t want a coal-fired power plant at Savoy. [News Source]

Coal-plant issue still smoldering. Environmental groups are challenging the Oak Creek Power plant on the grounds that it will suck in millions of small aquatic organisms, add some mercury to the lake, and damage the nearshore environment. [News Source]

Finch Pruyn makes strides in cutting environmental impact. For more than a century the paper mill has been pumping what the EPA refers to as "toxic releases" into the air and water, earning it a consistently high spot on the list of the state's top pollluters -- but times are changing. [News Source]

Residents object to gas terminal project off Ventura coast. A plan to build a floating liquefied natural-gas terminal 14 miles off the Ventura County coast is facing intense opposition from residents worried about the potential for increased air pollution. [News Source]

Environmental degradation blamed for extreme heat. Less trees, polluted, gluggy water and the heat from more vehicles is making the city's temperatures rise to scorching levels in the dry season, not global warming, the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency says. [News Source]