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Firefighters use a hose to put out a fire near the structural remains of a building along the coast. Giant smoke clouds rise from the rubble near the edge of the street.

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2025 in review: Devastating fires, federal pushback, and contentious climate compromises

In 2025, devastating California wildfires in LA became the state's most destructive. Climate goals faced federal opposition as Trump blocked clean-car mandates. Refineries closed, water conflicts intensified, and legislators passed compromises.

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亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德

• 12 月 30, 2025

People with shovels use them to clear mud from a street and driveway after a mudslide. On the road is a bulldozer used to help clean up the road. The road goes down a hill with trees on either side of the street.

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‘A flood on steroids’: Atmospheric river storms Southern California, threatens debris flow

Atmospheric river threatens to unleash deadly debris flows through LA's wildfire scars. Officials warn: "Get out of the way." Evacuations are underway.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 12 月 23, 2025

Two electrical towers are seen on top of a small brown mountain with wires running through them on other side.

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Small-scale bioenergy is critical for wildfire prevention, climate resilience, and emissions reduction

Ending BioMAT in 2025 would undermine investments in bioenergy and leave communities without safe biomass disposal options.

By Gary Bradford • 12 月 22, 2025

The sun sets behind rows of high tension power lines on a warm evening in Los Angeles.

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California is drowning in hazardous forest waste with nowhere to put it

Biomass energy is not about cutting healthy forests or replacing solar and wind. California faces a dangerous accumulation of forest fuels with limited safe disposal options.

By Matt Dias • 12 月 22, 2025

A resident shovels mud deposited by flooding from his driveway in Cutler on March 12, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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Trump move to break up atmospheric research center threatens wildfire, storm predictions

‘This is only going to hurt Americans.’ Scientists, California state officials say the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle a key climate science hub will put public safety at risk.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 12 月 20, 2025