If you looked at a temperature map this week — it doesn’t much matter which day it was — you would have seen bright red stretching from Baja California all …
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The potential heat-related death of a prison inmate in California’s Central Valley this week is focusing renewed attention on conditions within correctional institutions as extreme heat, wildfire smoke and flooding …
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He says he flagged H5N1 outbreak in cow herd but was ignored
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe virus has — so far — caused only minimal illness among humans, yet has spread rapidly among birds, sea mammals and other species with devastating effect. Although U.S. health …
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Firefighters save Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch from Lake fire
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTucked into a hillside in the Santa Ynez Valley, surrounded by rolling grasslands and wineries, Neverland Ranch has been for years one of the Central Coast’s most notorious properties. The …
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Feds pump $2 billion into boosting U.S.-based EV manufacturing
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhile Donald Trump dumps on electric vehicles and China becomes an “electric vehicle export behemoth,” the Biden administration aims to keep the budding EV industry in the United States alive …
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‘A fire year’: California wildfires burn 20 times more acres than 2023
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter a wet winter and hot summer, this year’s fire season is off to a fierce start. Here’s the latest to date, including the largest fires burning in California. So …
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A battery recycling plant in southeast Los Angeles County is one step closer to becoming a Superfund site after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined it contains enough hazardous waste …
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Disaster revisits Vermont as Beryl’s remnants flood the state a year after catastrophic rainfall
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPLAINFIELD, Vt. — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl dumped heavy rain on Vermont, washing away much of an apartment building, knocking out bridges and cutting off towns, and retraumatizing a state …
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How Death Valley National Park tries to keep visitors alive amid record heat
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFURNACE CREEK, Calif. — As temperatures swelled to 128 degrees, Death Valley National Park rangers got a call that a group of six motorcyclists were in distress. All available medics rushed …
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Imperial Irrigation District set to pay farmers to use less water
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWelcome to Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times’ climate team, writing the newsletter this week to fill in for my colleague Sammy Roth. Farmers who grow …