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In a first, U.S. scientists have created “net energy” through a nuclear fusion reaction, the Department of Energy announced Tuesday. The successful experiment, which took place Dec. 5 at Lawrence …

There’s a culinary revolution happening in the United States. More than ever before, Americans expect their meals to not only be delicious, but sustainable and local too. They’re increasingly turning …

PHOENIX —  An environmental group on Monday petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest, where it roamed for hundreds of thousands of years …

KOKOMO, Ind. —  This industrial city an hour north of Indianapolis isn’t as famous as Detroit, but it has become an unlikely battleground in the war over electric cars. Almost everyone …

Should it be free to use the public rail and bus systems in Los Angeles County? That’s a question incoming Mayor Karen Bass may soon have to answer. As one …

NEW YORK —  Scientists discovered the oldest-known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago on the northern tip of Greenland. Today, it’s a barren …

TOPEKA, Kan. —  An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Canada-based TC Energy said …

SAN FRANCISCO —  The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed further to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines. The state …

CORNING, Calif. —  For almost four decades, water flowed faithfully from Fred and Robin Imfeld’s private well here in rural Tehama County, a region where thirsty orchards of walnuts, almonds, plums …

This is the Dec. 8, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get …