If passed, new legislation, AB 306, will prevent cities from adopting energy efficiency requirements until 2031.

Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires. January 29, 2025 4:00 AM ET. Lauren Sommer High winds and dry vegetation set the stage for the explosive wildfires in Los Angeles.

Still, for other extreme conditions that led to Los Angeles' fires, like the strong Santa Ana winds and lack of rain, discerning the role of climate change is scientifically trickier.

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An appeals court has halted a massive housing project in northern L.A. County. It ruled that officials didn't fully account ...

Years of drought forced the city to rethink its water usage and, almost under the radar, to remake its identity.

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The bill for impacts from rising temperatures exceeded 3% of US GDP, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence.

Heat doesn’t just mean canceled events. It also poses a health risk. If you can’t afford to cool the whole house, make a ...

Joseph Stewart, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis Jessica Wright, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service; James Thone, Department of Environmental Science and ...

New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will ...