Metro needs to stop making traffic — and climate disasters — worse
As fires were still burning above the hills of Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Malibu, L.A. County Metro took steps to ...
Tag: Climate & Environment
Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle
A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in ...
Biden struggled to bring the American Climate Corps to life. Then Trump killed it
Just days before President Trump’s inauguration, a small banner appeared at the top of the American Climate Corps’ website: “This ...
EV demand stalls out in California as automakers face zero-emission sales mandate
Demand for new electric vehicles has flatlined in California, new sales figures show, raising questions as to whether automobile manufacturers ...
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working ...
Why no water system is built with capacity for fires like Palisades and Eaton
In the immediate aftermath of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, local water agencies have been questioned and criticized about ...
The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn’t help farms or L.A.
Days after President Trump startled some of his most ardent supporters in California’s San Joaquin Valley by having the Army ...
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, ...
Is it safe to breathe in L.A.? Lawmakers call for federal action to monitor wildfire pollutants
The recent massive wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed thousands of homes and vehicles, sending toxic chemicals into the air, ...
Column: What does Trump know about California’s water system? So much less than he’d ever admit
SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, after she’d been elected state Assembly speaker, I asked Karen Bass about her views on the water ...
