Climate

This winter there were moments when I wasn’t sure I was going to make it back into my garden. I wasn’t sure I wanted to, would have time, would care. …

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision scaling back federal protections for many wetlands and streams has drawn criticism from scientists and environmental advocates, who say the gutting of safeguards will jeopardize …

The state auditor has issued a report strongly criticizing the California Department of Water Resources, saying the agency has overestimated the state’s water supply during drought and continues relying on …

California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a …

Over Memorial Day weekend and next week’s National Trails Day, thousands of Southern Californians will head into the great outdoors for some sun, exercise and natural beauty — and in …

This is the May 23, 2023, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about the environment across California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your …

Rough weather prompted advisories for the San Gabriel Mountains and mountain areas in Ventura County on Sunday afternoon as heavy rains were expected to prompt flooding, mudslides and debris flows. …

The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters …

It’s Earth’s original disrupter — a recurring climate pattern so powerful that it can drive global average temperature to record highs, and generate both cliff-crumbling storms and crop-destroying droughts across …

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. In last Thursday’s Boiling Point newsletter, …