L.A. Times - Environment

The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer to connect a proposed development on adjacent land to an interior park road, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by The Times.

Southern California's swampy summer continues to set records, with humidity levels creating conditions that feel more like Florida than the West Coast.

Senate Bill 1159 will make it easier for public agencies to protect themselves from the rising use of artificial intelligence for civic engagement.

The Trump administration struck a $120-million agreement with Golden State Wind in April to abandon its wind lease and pursue oil instead.

Insurance company executives warned Gov. Gavin Newsom in a letter Wednesday that his plan to shift utility wildfire liability to property insurers would hike premiums.

Lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would ban disposable vape cartridges, a scourge to waste haulers and facilities.

California's Air Resources Board will start tracking estimates of the climate-warming methane that bubbles up from the state's dams and reservoirs.

The West Coast is home to one of the busiest freight corridors in the United States, and it's getting cleaner.

Scientists have found that climate pollution from the fossil fuel industry is significantly worsening the water crisis in California and the western United States.

Wednesday is forecast to be the hottest day of Southern California's worst heat wave of the summer. But some relief is in sight.

With days left in the legislative session, California lawmakers are considering several high-stakes energy and environment bills.

The state of Nevada is suing to challenge the Trump administration's new plan for dealing with water shortages along the Colorado River.