Climate

Concerns that California might remain in a “snow drought” this winter have eased after a series of storms this month blanketed the Sierra Nevada with a near-average amount of snow …

A powerful and damaging storm that pummeled portions of Mexico and the American Southwest last year was not a tropical storm when it hit California as originally believed, federal officials …

Given its green bona fides, it’s no surprise that California was the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags 10 years ago. Many were hopeful that would …

Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter focusing on water issues for The Times, writing the newsletter this week to fill in for my colleague …

Storms pummeling Southern California have dramatically transformed Death Valley National Park, doubling the size of a vast temporary lake that is even visible to orbiting spacecraft. Although water sports are …

For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret …

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its “good neighbor” air polution …

Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter covering water issues for The Times, writing the newsletter this week to fill in for my colleague Sammy …

City leaders in Rancho Palos Verdes may soon ask the state to waive environmental reviews and other regulatory hurdles so they can start girding the city sooner against the landslide …

With a storm lingering again over Los Angeles County, experts warn that even its modest rainfall could elevate the risk for mudslides, debris flows and flooding because the ground is …