Climate Change

After three years of devastating closures, salmon fishing will finally reopen — can the industry survive the threats to come?

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited a Long Beach oil site to pressure Gov. Newsom over state regulations he says are driving up energy costs for Californians.

The proposal could be funded with transportation money typically reserved to fix local streets and roads.

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a strategy to save declining salmon — spotlighting a historic partnership with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to reintroduce endangered winter-run Chinook to the vital, cold waters upstream of Lake Shasta in far northern California.  Now, tribe officials say the state is ending its support, potentially causing salmon restoration […]

With reservoirs brimming — but snowpack abysmal — experts warn of a potentially early fire season.

California is suing the Trump administration over an order to restart a long-shuttered offshore oil operation.

A record-baking heat wave is scalding California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack.  Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most.  But a warm wet storm […]

As heat becomes a year-round reality, California is often still responding like it’s an emergency.

The rules would hold pollution magnets like warehouses, ports and railyards accountable for the trucks and ships they attract.

The Trump administration ordered the restart of a Santa Barbara oil pipeline shut since the 2015 Refugio spill, invoking emergency powers under the Defense Production Act.