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California ready to cut greenhouse gases. Next, doing it.

After five years, California has put in place rules to cut greenhouse-gas emissions statewide back to 1990 levels. But lingering effects of the recession have pushed implementation back a year to 2013.

Quake, aftershocks rattle San Francisco Bay area

The US Geological Survey reports the magnitude-4.0 quake struck at 5:33 a.m. Monday and was centered 8 miles northeast of San Francisco in the city of El Cerrito.

Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 3, 2011

Readers write in with responses to the Monitor's recent cover-story profile of pro-life advocate Charmaine Yoest.

Guatemalans spend a night on watch, after six earthquakes hit in single day

Six earthquakes hit the tiny Central American nation of Guatemala Monday, killing at least three people.

Guatemala earthquakes shook city in less than 90 minutes

Guatemala earthquake of 5.8-magnitude hit Monday afternoon with two of 4.8-magnitude hitting before and after, one person dies.

Heirloom vegetables: Are they better than hybrids?

Heirloom vegetables, especially tomatoes, are very popular with gardeners these days. Are they better than newer hybrids?

Tour de France 101: Americans to watch

Seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong isn't riding, but there are plenty of other fast Americans.

After Gulf swimmers report illness, questions about opening a beach

Hundreds of beachgoers told health officials they felt unwell after swimming last week at oil spill-affected Pensacola Beach, Fla. Scientists cite many unknowns about the safety of swimming and working around the spill.

Lesson from the Gulf oil spill: Listen to the locals

Up and down the Gulf coast you hear local officials and others complain that they are being ignored in the response to the Gulf oil spill. That must change.

In Gulf oil spill 'war,' cleanup foot soldiers threaten mutiny

Claims problems and mixed messages from the Gulf oil spill unified command structure has local leaders from Pensacola to Plaquemines Parish fuming as the Gulf comes under what some call a 'tarball attack.'

Has BP oil spill canceled summer on the Gulf Coast?

Cancellations rates have reached 80 percent at vacation properties along some parts of the Gulf Coast, including Pensacola Beach, due to the BP oil spill. Summer just isn't the same if you can't go in the water, tourists say.

Gulf oil spill: Pensacola Beach covered in tar balls

Tar balls washed up along at least eight miles of Pensacola Beach Tuesday night. The invasion means that the intensity and scope of efforts to deal with the Gulf oil spill in this state will probably change.

Nissan's all-electric Leaf challenges GM Volt and Toyota Prius

With a federal tax credit and state rebates, the price for Nissan's zero-emission, all-electric Leaf could be just above $20,000. Fully charged, it'll go 100 miles.

Organic activists protest free San Francisco compost

San Francisco's free compost, which comes from sewage sludge, is being protested by an environmental activist group, which says it may contain harmful chemicals.

The great electric car race of 2010

This year, more automakers will roll out electric cars to American roadways.

Another budget showdown expected in California

California proposes new taxes and budget cuts as it struggles to tame its $24.3 billion deficit.

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How underground 'hot rocks' could power America’s future

With enough investment, geothermal power could satisfy 10 percent of the US energy diet, energy experts say.

In Florida, Christmas books for the homeless

Borrow garden tools at the library

Lending libraries of garden tools