Environment

CALmatters goes along as Gov. Jerry Brown travels through Europe on a mission to fight climate change.

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CALmatters goes along as Gov. Jerry Brown takes his climate 'crusade' to Europe.

Gov. Jerry Brown is overseas to hold meetings on all things climate change and lead an international group at a conference in Germany.

Follow this blog for updates from CALmatters reporter Julie Cart as Gov. Jerry Brown travels Europe to meet with leaders about climate change.

In the aftermath of California's recent wildfires, the effect of chemical retardant on carefully tended soil remains unknown.

The Trump administration announced today that it won't support a tunnel project to transport water from the California Delta to thirstier parts of the state, only to pedal back from that statement hours later.

After a particularly wet rainy season fueled growth of lush vegetation, the sweltering summer of 2017 dried those plants to a crackly, combustible crunch. Several locales had racked up record temperatures, including a historic thermometer high of 106 in San Francisco on Sept. 1. Wildfires were an inevitable consequence, but none so fierce as October's infernos that consumed vast swaths of the state's iconic Wine Country.

Addressing sea-level rise will cost a staggering sum of public and private money, and will particularly impact the poor and vulnerable. A look at the challenge California faces, and how the state is responding.

Unlike blue-state California, deeply crimson Louisiana shuns climate talk as it gets on with the task of battling rising seas.