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California is welcoming infrastructure upgrades to its roads and bridges, but not requiring that the projects use readily-available lower-carbon concrete. The new construction will make it harder for the state to achieve its climate commitments.
A year after the L.A. Board of Supervisors voted to ban new oil and gas wells in the city, the City Council approved a plan to prohibit new wells while beginning to phase out existing ones.
Former Nevada Senator Harry Reid protected wildlands and rivers and helped transform the image of his state from a wasteland into a home worthy of love and care.
Youth climate activists have criticized the COP26 pact for being "vague" and failing to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. For one activist, the disappointment with negotiations at the global level inspired him to focus his work more locally in Southern California.
Nations addressing climate change took on gasoline and diesel vehicles in pledges that mirror California’s mandates and plans — and in some cases, go even further.
UN nations have pledged to reduce climate-changing methane and forest destruction within 10 years. California has been trying to handle both problems, with limited success.
For decades, communities of color have fought against unequal exposure to oil drilling and other environmental harms. Recent policies to phase out drilling and require buffer zones are victories, but the battle is still ongoing.
The mayor of Imperial Beach, California, says big oil wants him to drop the lawsuit demanding the industry pay for the climate crisis.
Drought, wildfires, extreme heat: California lawmakers cast climate change as the culprit in an emerging series of public health threats, setting aside billions to help communities respond. But they stopped short of more aggressively reducing the state’s share of the greenhouse emissions warming the planet.
While fighting their own respiratory health battles, environmental justice advocates are organizing communities to hold the mammoth oil and gas industry accountable for its impact on Southern California's most vulnerable populations.
Waivers credited with some of the nation’s most important environmental health advances
Their fight against plastic bags becomes even more urgent as the threat of floods looms even larger.