News and analysis about water quality, air pollution, weather patterns, environmental issues and climate change.
- Eighteen California children sued the EPA, saying U.S. climate policy discriminates against minors. A federal judge indicates he is likely to dismiss the suit.
- The tech titans backing the controversial project promise a livable, energy-efficient city in close proximity to the Bay Area.
- Opposition to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain has united Nevadans across political lines β until now. A Senate candidate has spoken favorably about the idea.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom will speak at a climate summit of mayors and governors hosted by Pope Francis at the Vatican in May.
- Indigenous Californians want President Biden to establish a national monument in a stretch of desert that is both an ecological wonder and a window into their cultures.
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn drafted an opposition response to a proposal to shoot Catalina Island's invasive mule deer population from helicopters.
- In California and beyond, responsibly managing and conserving mature forests is far more important to reducing atmospheric levels of carbon.
- As climate change intensifies hurricanes, some scientists want a Category 6 for the biggest storms
- Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is critical to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was not enough to avoid blackouts during heat waves.
- Despite considerably back-to-back rainy winters in California, new research finds the region has seen much wetter years in the last 3,000 years. Experts worry that variability, coupled with climate change, could leave the state unprepared.