Climate
Biggest U.S. wind project yet is set to go online next month
A wind farm as powerful as one and a half nuclear plants is about to begin operation in New Mexico.
For the first time, a warm winter just wiped out SoCal’s little-known cherry harvest
May is usually cherry-picking season in parts of Southern California. But Leona Valley orchards has announced there are none to pick because it’s been so warm.
For the first time in a century, a gray wolf entered Sequoia National Park. She’s traveled hundreds of miles to get there
BEY03F is the first wolf known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century — after making similarly historic visits to Los Angeles and Inyo counties.
As ocean temperatures spike, more dead sea birds are washing up on California shores
Brown pelicans and other coastal birds are appearing at rescue centers in droves as Pacific heat wave broils coastal waters
3 countries. 16 stadiums. 104 matches. 2026 World Cup set to become ‘most polluting’ games ever
The expanded number of teams at this year’s men’s World Cup will help make the games the worst for the climate in history, mainly because of massive air travel.
Should a high-voltage power line run through California’s largest state park? Critics are furious
The proposed 140-mile, 500-kilovolt Golden Pacific Powerlink from San Diego Gas & Electric would cut through California’s largest state park, Anza-Borrego.
L.A.’s ultra-urban rivers wash tons of trash out to sea. There’s a plan to change that before the Olympics
‘Trash interceptors’ will be installed in the L.A. and San Gabriel rivers to stop tons of plastic from reaching the ocean before the 2028 Olympics.
Trump administration readying a plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on Western states
The White House has told Western states it’s working on a 10-year plan for the overtapped Colorado River that will allow for reassessing cutbacks every two years.
After public outcry, Orange County halts herbicide spraying in creeks
Orange County officials announced they will ‘pause’ spraying herbicides in creeks across the county. The decision came after a social media campaign by residents.
Ten times worse than benzene — California updates its science on two air contaminants
California health officials have released new scientific findings about health risks from exposure to two air toxics present in California’s ambient air, acrolein and ethylene oxide.