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Emily Guerin
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Former Correspondent, LAist Studios
Stories by Emily Guerin
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The study, if authorized, pits Angelenos who say their health is affected by living near oil wells against the city's oil and gas producers.
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The Citizen Nature Challenge wants to find out which city's citizens can document the most nature in the course of a week. The challenge runs April 14-18.
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A new report finds that sea levels are rising twice as fast as they did in 1990. Southern California is already feeling the impact.
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The Environmental Protection Agency says it is reviewing an Obama-era ozone standard. Critics say it's the first step towards weakening the rule.
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Regulators worry the bill will make it more difficult to clean up L.A.'s worst-in-the-nation smog, because heavy trucks are the largest contributors to smog.
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Officials hope new signs along the wildflower trail at Diamond Valley Lake will encourage people to stay on the trail and out of the poppies.
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Not all of the region's water sources have rebounded, despite above average rain and snow. Areas that don't import any water are still in conservation mode.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress is considering repealing an Obama-era regulation that cracked down on methane leaks from oil and gas companies on federal land.
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Trump is proposing cuts to many areas of government, including environmental oversight, transportation and medical research, while boosting spending for the military and to build a border wall.
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Record visitation has overwhelmed park employees and caused damaged to the fragile desert ecosystem.
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Truck drivers say ports pushed low-emissions vehicles without testing whether they could handle the demands of hauling cargo.
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A new study finds that biodiversity is greater inside the oldest marine protected areas than outside them.