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Emily Guerin
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Former Correspondent, LAist Studios
Stories by Emily Guerin
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Arcadia just became the latest SoCal city to start lethal control. But wildlife experts say trapping and killing does little to reduce the coyote population.
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A third of our water comes from Northern California — Lake Oroville in particular. What happens there has implications for SoCal.
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Results from the latest winter count of California's coastal monarchs show the population is just 26% of what it was in the 1990s.
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Water agencies say the state is crying wolf by maintaining a drought emergency when the winter has been so wet. But the state says it's too soon to end the restrictions.
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Congress is poised to repeal an Obama-era regulation on methane emissions from oil and gas. California, meanwhile, is going forward with the nation's strictest rules.
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Environmentalists say the proposed plan doesn’t ask enough of industry. Meanwhile, industry groups urged the board not to regulate them any further and pass the plan now.
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Environmental justice activists say cap and trade does nothing to cut emissions of toxic chemicals in disadvantaged communities. They want the program thrown out.
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Researchers say trees growing in hotter, drier and crowded forests are more likely to die. They say prescribed burns and thinning can help.
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Gov. Jerry Brown prepares to announce his budget proposal Tuesday against a backdrop of lower state revenues and threats of federal funding cuts.
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Critics say the AQMD doesn't have a "Plan B" if the money fails to come through. The agency says there's no other acceptable choice.
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2016 was the third-hottest year on record in Southern California. It rained more than in the past, but we're still in a deep drought.
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The results validate what environmental advocates and residents of cities like Wilmington, Torrance and Carson have been saying for years.
