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Looking at the San Marcos landfill now, it looks like any other natural hillside. You’d never know that it sits on top of 12.5 million cubic yards of trash….
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With warmer weather and mosquito season fast-approaching, California legislators have declared April 22-28 “West Nile virus and Mosquito & Vector Control Awareness” week, reminding us all to be smart and protect ourselves from the potentially-fatal disease.
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Being green is just part of the way the County operates. Take a look at a few recent highlights.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to accept a $503,304 grant to test and administer an advanced hybrid school bus engine that will reduce air pollution and toxic emissions.
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The San Diego County General Services Department won an Energy All-Star Award for its San Pasqual Academy Residential Housing Project, the nation’s only residential campus for foster youth. The awards were presented by the California Center for Sustainable Energy.
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The County is setting up homes for barn owls, hoping the birds will provide a natural form of rodent control.
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Continuing to promote “green” culture, County supervisors unanimously approved a pilot program Tuesday to keep food waste from six County cafeterias out of landfills and turn it into nutrient-rich compost to improve gardens and landscapes.
