Climate

Few people have a more important role to play in confronting the climate crisis than the head of the L.A. Department of Water and Power. Although DWP is best known …

The planet has experienced an astounding six-month run of record-breaking temperatures, including the hottest November on record, federal officials announced Thursday. Global average temperatures last month were 2.59 degrees Fahrenheit …

HARARE, Zimbabwe —  At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe‘s largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their carcasses a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation …

I am pelted by wet snow as I climb above 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California, tugging a sled loaded with batteries, bolts, wire and 40 pounds …

It was the late 1980s when Gary Mund felt his pinky tremble. At first it seemed like a random occurrence, but pretty quickly he realized something was seriously wrong. Within …

The newly installed billboard off Interstate 80 offers a badly needed twist on eight decades of firefighting dogma. Its message: “Only you can decide our fiery future.” When I wrote …

PLANADA, Calif. —  It’s been nearly a year since Erica Lopez Bedolla and her children fled their home as dangerous floodwaters rose around them, washing through neighborhood houses, drowning family pets …

NOAA has warned of a ‘historically strong’ El Niño through January, but so far, California’s wet season has been notably dry.

California is set to adopt regulations that will allow for sewage to be extensively treated, transformed into pure drinking water and delivered directly to people’s taps. The regulations are expected …

DUBAI —  The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time …