Climate

MORGAN CITY, La. —  Hurricane Francine barreled toward Louisiana on Wednesday as residents made last-minute trips in the morning rain to stock up on final supplies at boarded-up businesses. The storm …

It’s hard to care about anything when you are in a pit of climate anxiety. Then I remember the beautiful, bittersweet world I want to show the next generation.

Aru Shiney-Ajay’s awakening to the climate crisis began in her late teens. On visits to family in India, she watched in horror as loved ones endured one disaster after another: …

The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. Although …

BATON ROUGE, La. —  Tropical Storm Francine churned in extremely warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status Tuesday before making landfall …

Eighteen months later, Anna Holland still can’t stomach the smell of tomato soup. “I can’t have a tin of it anymore,” said the climate activist, who shocked the art world …

There’s no escaping the damage we’ve done to our planet. Not when Southern California is being redefined by deadly wildfires, punishing drought and massive whiplash floods and mudslides. Not when …

Firefighters in Stanislaus County found themselves battling more than just a wildfire when bees descended on the crew dispatched to battle the morning blaze. The Modesto Fire Department and Cal …

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Four years after unveiling an ambitious plan to conserve 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030, state officials on Monday announced that they are closing in on that …