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  2. List of Superfund sites in California - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

  3. Beach cleaning - Wikipedia

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    Beach cleaning or clean-up is the process of removing solid litter, dense chemicals, and organic debris deposited on a beach or coastline by the tide, local visitors, or tourists. Humans pollute beaches with materials such as plastic bottles and bags , plastic straws , fishing gear , cigarette filters , six-pack rings , surgical masks and many ...

  4. Tulare Lake - Wikipedia

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    Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in surface area. [ 2 ]

  5. California wildfires: Officials debunk online posts calling ...

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    Officials say a Facebook post claiming people can assist and volunteer with cleanup efforts is untrue. ... CA, Jan. 9, 2025. Johnson was asleep in her tent on the beach when a wildfire broke out ...

  6. Save Our Shores - Wikipedia

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    Save Our Shores has been conducting beach, river, kayak, and inland cleanups since 1978. The nonprofit primarily hosts its public, private, and school cleanups throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. In 2017, Save Our Shores led a total of 243 cleanups. During these cleanups, Save Our Shores and community volunteers removed over 8 tons of ...

  7. Wealthy California beach town skirts state's sanctuary law in ...

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    Huntington Beach, a city north of San Clemente, is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta over the law and recently declared itself a non-sanctuary city. San Clemente ...

  8. List of lakes of California - Wikipedia

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    Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]

  9. 'Turtle Tuesday' beach cleanups begin this week in Palm Beach

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    This “Turtle Tuesday,” volunteers are asked to assemble from 5 to 7 p.m. on the beach at Mediterranean Road and North Ocean Way. Trash bags and disposable gloves will be provided.