By Heather Ishimaru
KGO – San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal regulators say a record-low number of chinook salmon returned to California’s Central Valley last year, indicating that severe restrictions on salmon fishing are again likely this year.
Federal regulators estimate slightly more than 66,000 Chinook or King salmon adults came back to the Sacramento River basin to spawn last year — the lowest estimate on record.
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January 1st, 2009
By Heather Ishimaru
KGO-San Francisco
The nation is working to move away from fossil fuels and toward plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. But, are we trading one limited natural resource for another? Lithium-ion batteries are now considered the best option for the next generation of cars. But where will all that lithium come from?
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