Jason Dearen

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Study: Calif ocean protection zones helping fish

Jason Dearen · March 1, 2013 1:07 am

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, workers monitor a control bank at Solyndra's solar panel factory on in Fremont, Calif. Homeowners on the hunt for sparkling solar panels are lured by ads filled with images of pristine landscapes and bright sunshine, and words about the technology's benefits for the environment _ and the wallet. What customers may not know is that there's a dirtier side. While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal, many panel makers are nevertheless grappling with a hazardous waste problem. Fueled partly by billions in government incentives, the industry is creating millions of solar panels each year and, in the process, millions of pounds of polluted sludge and contaminated water. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Solar industry grapples with hazardous wastes

Jason Dearen · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

Calif proposing new flame retardant regulations

Jason Dearen · February 8, 2013 8:12 pm

Judge upholds removal of Calif. oyster farm

Jason Dearen · February 4, 2013 10:08 pm

Spectators line the ruins of the Sutro Baths for a glimpse of a river otter Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in San Francisco. For the first time in decades, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the ruins of a 19th century seaside public pool facing the Pacific Ocean. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Energy and Environment

Rare San Francisco river otter stumps researchers

Jason Dearen · January 3, 2013 5:00 am

In this Oct. 3, 2012 photo, "Wiki Weapons" project leader Cody Wilson points to his laptop screen displaying an image of a prototype plastic gun on the screen, while holding in his other a weapon he calls "Invivdual Mandate," in Austin, Texas. At least one group, called Defense Distributed, is claiming to have created downloadable weapon parts that can be built using the increasingly popular new-generation of printer that utilizes plastics and other materials to create 3-D objects with moving parts. Wilson says the group last month test fired a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle _ one of the weapon types used in the Connecticut elementary school massacre _ which was built with some key parts created on a 3-D printer. The gun was fired six times before it broke. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, ) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM

Click, print, shoot: Downloadable guns possible

Jason Dearen · December 21, 2012 7:12 pm

California releases draft fracking regulations

Jason Dearen · December 19, 2012 12:45 am

FILE - This April 4, 2012 file photo shows the Newmont Gold Quarry pit in Battle Mountain, Nev. While the U.S. government reaps billions of dollars in royalties each year from fossil fuels extracted from federal public lands and waters, it does not collect any royalties from gold, uranium or other metals mined from the same lands, Congressional auditors reported Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012. A Government Accountability Office report found that the federal government doesnât even know how much these so-called âhard rockâ mines produce from federal public lands in 12 Western states _ where most of the mining occurs. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, David B. Parker, file) NEVADA APPEAL OUT; NO SALES

Lawmakers seek to rekindle mining reform efforts

Jason Dearen · December 12, 2012 5:22 pm

Oyster farmer sues feds over eviction

Jason Dearen · December 4, 2012 8:30 pm

California sells out of first pollution permits

Jason Dearen · November 20, 2012 1:01 am

Brown defends Calif. steps to fight climate change

Jason Dearen · November 16, 2012 9:18 pm

Calif. group sues to invalidate cap-and-trade

Jason Dearen · November 14, 2012 12:21 am