Climate
Mexico’s president unveils affordable EV prototype backed by government
Mexico’s latest government-backed electric vehicle prototype, Olinia Uno, is a showcase of the country’s industrial goals and local engineering efforts.
Insurance company says energy transition is ‘alive and well’
Projected emissions under a UK insurer’s scenarios keep going down and it says the clean energy transition is alive and well.
Climate change, pollution push oceans to tipping point, U.N. report says
Without rapid, coordinated global action, ocean health will continue to decline, threatening climate stability, biodiversity resilience, food security, livelihoods and the well-being of billions, the author of a new U.N. report says.
Santa Monica Mountains’ last steelhead trout survived the Palisades fire — and even had babies
Scientists feared the Santa Monica Mountains’ last endangered steelhead trout were wiped out by the Palisades fire. Then, they found them alive in Topanga Creek.
Two more Texas screwworm infections found in animals far apart, USDA says
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devestate the nation’s cattle industry
Tropical Storm Boris forms off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and brings flooding threat
Tropical Storm Boris has formed and is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of southern Mexico’s Pacific coast
L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade
So far this year, the South Coast air basin, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has seen 39 days when the concentration of lung-irritating ozone exceeded the federal standard, according to preliminary state air quality data.
Pacifica pier cracks; another coastal casualty as seas continue to rise
The Pacifica Municpal Pier was abruptly closed Thursday after city workers found cracks and missing concrete. It’s one more coastal landmark that has begun to crumble as the ocean slowly rises around it.
Can California boost wildfire prevention with less cash? A new plan proposes to do just that
State and federal fire officials have unveiled a new plan to boost wildfire prevention, even as California funding sources are drying up.
We barely know what’s been lost from the fire on Santa Rosa Island
A destructive wildfire burned through a third of Santa Rosa Island. For one reporter, the loss isn’t theoretical — it’s a personal reckoning with a changing paradise.