Climate

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued cold weather alerts for parts of the county this week because of concerns about frigid temperatures and biting wind chills. …

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new ban on certain single-use plastics, taking the latest step in an effort toward becoming a “zero-waste” city. All 12 council members …

Catastrophic flooding prompted civic leaders and engineers a century ago to begin taming the Los Angeles Basin’s rambunctious rivers with dams, storm drains and concrete. Now, scientists warn that, in …

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. —  The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose …

LAKEPORT, Calif. —  Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 …

This is the Dec. 1, 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 …

MOMBASA, Kenya —  Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for a United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are …

Californians should brace for another year of brown lawns, tight water restrictions and increased calls for conservation as state water managers Thursday warned that severely reduced allocations are once again …

Southern California air regulators have approved a sweeping plan to reduce pollution in the nation’s smoggiest region within the next two decades, but say they cannot meet national air quality …

SAO FELIX DO XINGU, Brazil  —  Over the last four years, Wenatoa Parakana has watched the rainforest her ancestors fiercely defended being cut down at a breakneck pace. In this …