Environment

Organizers and attendees at the twice-yearly sunrise ceremony criticized the governor’s vetoes of bills on water, sacred sites and missing and murdered Indigenous people.

We asked California governor candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton how they'd manage conflicts over water. The Republican endorsed more spending on dams.

Prop 45 would shift who’s in charge of building in California. Supporters say it would also speed it up.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.

A 723-page review ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom finds LA fires overwhelmed a system never designed for a wind-driven conflagration.

Newsom vetoed SB 872, saying money in the budget made it redundant. The state puts Delta levee repair costs at $3.3 billion.

Sen. Tom Umberg’s law adds rules to cover methyl methacrylate, an explosive chemical; existing sites including GKN are exempt. CalMatters reported that the state’s accidental release program has long left explosive chemicals out.

As climate-fueled wildfires test water systems in new and devastating ways, this Lake County fire chief is racing to adapt

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required more polluting facilities built near homes and schools to undergo environmental review — a decision that keeps in place looser rules he championed to speed up development in California. The bill authored by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, responded to fears raised by […]

‘It keeps coming back to haunt us.’ Battery fire at Moss Landing ignites before California regulators finish investigating the last one