• Most Californians now favor offshore drilling.

• SoCal judge rules against natural-gas plants.

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• Researchers demonstrate improved fuel cell.

• San Francisco may require businesses to help workers commute.

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• Feds will look into effect of pesticides on salmon.

• Cement kilns release twice the mercury EPA thinks, say studies.

• Groups seek limits on Gulf of Mexico pollution.