The Southern California Association of Governments awarded $4,000 each to 11 Southern California students, including Oak Hills High School graduate Andrew Ballard.
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Skanska crews are braving rattlesnakes in the steep mountainous terrain of the Badlands of California, while also saving the deadly snakes, mountain lions and other protected animals that could get killed crossing the highway they are widening.
A full-time biologist has been at the work site for the State Route 60 Truck Lanes project between Moreno Valley and Beaumont in Riverside County to make sure the wildlife in the area, which also includes bobcats and coyotes, are protected.
But the biologst s biggest help to the road crews has been capturing and relocating the rattlesnakes they find out in the brush or seeking shade under the lumber stacks, in the pipes, even underneath vehicles.
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Traffic congestion and pollution were the key drivers of the plaintiffs action, which highlighted the thousands of big rigs coming and going from the site daily and clogged surface streets and freeway lanes that would ensue. (Shutterstock / ilmarinfoto)
MORENO VALLEY, CA Litigation over a mega warehousing project in Moreno Valley that opponents said would raise pollution to staggering levels and create massive traffic jams formally ended Thursday after more than five years of legal wrangling, with the developer agreeing to a range of compromises intended to offset the environmental impacts of the 2,600-acre complex. This legal agreement shows that freight and logistics projects must, at the very least, include measures that allow residents to live and breathe in their community, said Center for Biological Diversity attorney Aruna Prabhala. As the warehouse trend accelerates, California officials need to focus on fighting the threats these huge facilities pose to our
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