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

Tijuana River pollution has caused asthma, stomach illness and other ailments for decades. Now officials are floating a billion dollar plan to clean it up.

Two bills requiring data centers to disclose water use head to Newsom’s desk.

A long decline in the number of people managing wildlife refuges in California accelerated after the Trump administration's DOGE staffing cuts.

No long-term deal means water agencies around California and the West are stuck guessing how deep cuts on the Colorado River will go.

Data centers are expanding into water-stressed California communities, but lax disclosure rules keep the public in the dark about actual usage

Roughly 600,000 Californians still lack access to safe and reliable drinking water supplies. The problem will cost billions to fix. So why is the Newsom administration considering a climate overhaul that could gut a key source of funding?

Nuclear reactors can provide steady power for desalination at a low cost. Critics say money mustn’t take priority over health, safety or the environment.

California's Delta tunnel largely cleared a key hurdle last week — but far bigger obstacles still stand in the way.

California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating Salton Sea