Climate

PARIS — France recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday amid an exceptional early heat wave across Europe, the national weather agency said. It said France’s national thermal indicator — an average …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multistate settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease …

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously advanced an ordinance to halt new oil and gas drilling and phase out all existing production over the next 20 years. L.A. …

Bob Blumenfield would like to see Angelenos’ old banana peels and moldy bread stay local. On Tuesday morning, the City Council member told a small crowd of waste advocates in …

Efforts to fix one of the oil industry’s thorniest pollution problems are moving in the wrong direction. Fossil fuel producers flared more methane gas around the world in 2025 despite …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations. …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris …

Tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County have been engulfed in a dense cloud of smoke for nearly a week as a fire continues to tear through …

Los Angeles declared a state of emergency due to a stubborn warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that has burned for days. Here’s a rundown of what we know: What do …

Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas-fired power for a proposed West Texas data center, which could be one of the biggest in the U.S. …