Climate
Environmental groups press to halt Imperial Valley lithium venture
The groups say the project’s environmental review did not account for effects on scarce water resources in the area.
Bass administration quietly replaced chief heat officer a month ago
After L.A. City Council rejected Mayor Bass’s proposal to eliminate the city’s climate emergency office, her administration quietly replaced its inaugural director with a senior Bass advisor.
‘Fiscal cliff’ for drinking water fixes: Californians with bad tap water could have a longer wait
Californians with contaminated water may have to wait longer for fixes as the state’s drinking water program faces a plunge
As great whites and humans share the waters, shark lab runs out of funding
Since 2018, the California Beach Shark Safety program at Cal State Long Beach has tagged great whites in local waters and shared their locations with lifeguards.
‘It’ll buy us time’: Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead
A Southern California water agency is among those partnering with the federal government to prevent a large reservoir from reaching a critically low water level.
After wildfires destroyed 95% of this California tribe’s forests, members uncovered 1,200 ancestral sites
After devastating fires turned their forest into a moonscape, members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu found evidence of their vibrant tribal history everywhere.
VW boosts affordable EV lineup as buyers battle high fuel prices
Bolstering the offering of “people’s cars” comes as VW’s chief executive last week said the company was surprised by the speed of the market share grab by Chinese companies.
Another brutal summer tests Arizona’s decline in heat-linked deaths
Maricopa County faces another brutally hot summer, and it’s the final year of millions of dollars in federal funds that have gone toward expanding heat relief programs.
It’s time for the night trip to the beach — the grunion are running
Thousands of small, silver fish will wash up on California beaches to perform a strange and wondrous mating ritual.
Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake
Boyle Heights activists are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to order a mandatory evacuation of the neighborhood, saying a recent warehouse fire has poisoned the air.