environment

Affordability challenges are clashing with policies to slow climate change, causing a slowdown in California's major emissions reduction program.

LA28 Olympic venues should swap single-use plastic cups and utensils for washable, reusable items and let fans bring their own reusable bottles.

The Chumash community has asked California to protect more of the Pacific around the Channel Islands and to formalize a co-management framework.

The Trump administration is finding ways to sell, lease or give away millions of acres of protected public lands and national parkland to developers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom considers paying homes to switch from gas appliances to heat pumps and induction stoves — instead of funding gas line repairs.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is weighing a bill to make it harder for companies to use existing equipment in state waters for offshore drilling in federal waters.

State conflicts are brewing over Colorado River water, the Sites reservoir project, the proposed Delta tunnel and San Joaquin River diversions.

The Trump administration reinterpreted the Endangered Species Act to counter what it called "federal overreach." California is suing to block its changes, arguing they threaten vital habitat.

Californians might be more accepting of data centers if Big Tech planned transparently, shared benefits with host communities and used more clean energy.

For years, significant environmental policies under the Newsom administration have been decided behind closed doors, diminishing the public's role in key state decisions.