Rows of citrus trees stretch across the landscape under the California sun, their canopies forming neat green corridors between irrigation lines and tractor paths. Some trees are newly trimmed, others ...

State lawmakers are planning an oversight hearing that will look into how California handles toxic soil from old industrial, military and other cleanup sites — waste contaminated with things such as ...

An inside look at the California-based company responsible for producing one of Home Depot's best-selling garden soils and ...

Microplastics are polluting waterways and soils in California and the Legislature is considering actions to curb this trend. Among the many sources contributing to the problem are biosolids. Treatment ...

Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, ...

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