Environment

Despite expecting 12.5 million electric cars by 2035, California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity. But that’s based on multiple assumptions — including building solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.

A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven’t ended the drought, and won't cure the driest period in the West in the past 1,200 years.

The governor’s proposal to slash $6 billion in funding “unquestionably hurts the state more in the long-term,” one climate activist said.

As a "bomb cyclone" descends on Northern California tonight, storms have already tested a region highly vulnerable to flooding. One report says the Central Valley needs $30 billion in improvements over 30 years.

Urgently trying to help an endangered species devastated by drought, biologists hauled 40,000 eggs to the McCloud River this year, then brought the young fish back again to migrate. So far, it's gone well.

Facing a mental health crisis, Cal Fire crews sought less of a workload. But they have to wait two years under their new contract.

Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint.

After a unanimous vote today by the CPUC, homeowners get smaller payments from utilities, which solar companies say will slow construction of new rooftop solar projects. But new state incentives will be available.

Despite December storms, water supplies remain low in many areas. Some managers expect to impose severe restrictions on their customers.

Several dozen companies competed for leases to build massive floating wind farms in deep ocean waters off Morro Bay and Humboldt County. The auction was the first major step toward producing offshore wind energy off the West Coast.