Environment
California sues Trump administration for canceling fracking rules
Obama-era fracking regulations had been tied up in court until Washington nixed them in December.
Environment
Molly Peterson
Environment and Health Editor
Rachel Becker
Water Reporter
Alejandro Lazo
Climate Reporter
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
California Divide / Environmental Justice Reporter
Environment
In California’s Sierra Nevada, putting the trees to work
"What happens in the Sierra Nevada doesn't stay in the Sierra Nevada."
Environment
How Trump’s solar tax could affect California’s energy plans
Reaction in California has been swift—and negative.
Environment
California lawmakers get partisan over even a symbolic move to deter offshore drilling
A resolution declaring the California Legislature’s opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to expand offshore oil drilling, shouldn’t, on the face of it, be very controversial. But never underestimate the potential for politics to rear its head.
Environment
California’s climate fight gets harder soon, and the big culprit is cars
Normally upbeat officials are guarded about the prospects for success.
Environment
Trump administration unveils plan to open California coast to drilling
The Trump administration is making good on a campaign promise to exploit troves of offshore energy.
Economy
Tesla troubles: Can California impose its blue values on the green economy?
Would California withhold clean car rebates from Tesla customers if the electric car maker doesn't meet the state's evolving labor standards?
Climate Change
In California’s wildfires, a looming threat to climate goals
Mother Nature doesn't follow California's emissions rules.
Climate Change
California’s emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit than the weather
Last year’s drop in California emissions came not through drastic pollution reductions from oil refineries nor the state’s lauded cap-and-trade program. It was the rain.
Environment
Leaving Europe, Brown says he’s talked enough, wants to ‘get something done’
On a nearly two-week swing through Europe, starting at the Vatican and ending at the United Nations climate change conference in Bonn, California Gov. Jerry Brown offered a bleak appraisal of the global future: We are on a trajectory toward hell. It’s a headlong rush to a very unpleasant outcome. Mankind is on the chopping block. Yet Brown dazzled.