Climate

A climate fund founded by Jeff Bezos, in the single largest philanthropic pledge to fight global warming, is lagging far behind its spending goals. Officials at the Bezos Earth Fund …

As Californians dawdle about casting ballots before Tuesday’s primary, the leading candidates hoping to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom crisscrossed the state making their closing arguments to voters. With former Biden …

When Israeli strikes set oil infrastructure in Tehran on fire in March, the blaze produced toxic fumes detectable across an area the size of Italy, according to fresh research. Measurements …

In a high-stakes decision that will shape California’s economy for years, air officials late Friday approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s signature climate program, cap-and-invest. The 10-3 vote from …

An Oxnard man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for smuggling at least 1,700 reptiles worth more than $739,000 into the U.S. over six years, the …

Gray whales are washing up on North America’s Pacific coast in alarming numbers, again. The culprit: Starvation and a lack of food. It feels like it’s becoming a theme this …

A major heat wave broke temperature records across northwest Europe this week, triggered water shortages in the U.K. and, ironically, sent power prices plunging — even into negative territory. Driven …

The days-long threat of a catastrophic chemical explosion in Garden Grove has exposed the pervasive yet often ignored industrial risks hidden amid daily life in Southern California, where aerospace plants …

WASHINGTON — Scientists are jettisoning their worst- and best-case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible. That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed …

MUSANZE, Rwanda — A guide called out to endangered golden monkeys to signal he posed no threat, a grunting and clicking sound familiar in the mist-covered forests of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. …