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Now you can see pollution rising up from cities and spreading around the globe on wind currents in nearly real time. The airborne microfragments known as small particle pollution are important because they shorten the lives of millions of people each year. View larger air pollution map The captivating 3D visualization was created by a father living in Beijing who ... Read More »

A controversial power plant deal cut by SDG&E after the California power crisis could be re-examined thanks to a new lawsuit from losing bidder Enpex. Read More »

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Wednesday will be the first time residents of two El Cajon mobile home parks will have the chance to hear from state officials about a toxic plume that runs beneath their homes. Read More »

Trichloroethylene and other toxics have flowed for years from a former aerospace firm under a school and mobile home park, but residents didn't know. Read More »

It's important to know why this major natural gas accident happened. But documenting conditions at the site, plus damage caused by efforts to address the disaster are both reasons the well pipe has not yet been removed from the ground for study. Read More »

An underground plume of the chemical trichloroethylene in El Cajon reaches under mobile homes, and many residents are unaware. Read More »

Economists are counting how many workers are at risk of overheating on the job, knowing that in 30 years, there could be seven time as many heat waves. Read More »

The forests of San Diego County that have shaded 500 generations of local people and provided pine needle bedding, oak woodland and spiritual renewal could disappear. Overly intense fires in quick succession, along with drought, borer insects and climate extremes is laying waste to trees and creating a hostile environment for regrowth. Beloved local places — the Laguna mountains, Cuyamaca ... Read More »