L.A. Times - Environment

California regulators adopted a controversial plan changing how the state governs the pumping of water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. It gives water agencies more leeway in how they comply with the rules.

Humboldt County officials say planned repairs to fast-eroding coastal road might be too late to save it.

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are considering a joint incentive program that would provide $60 in funding for electric cargo trucks per one-way trip.

California Atty. General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office is seeking civil penalties and equitable relief against the operators of Castaic's Chiquita Canyon Landfill for allegedly mismanaging the operation, lawsuit says.

The City Council ordinance will halt new oil and gas drilling in L.A. and phase out production on existing oil wells over the next 20 years. It applies to some 600 active and 1,200 idle wells within city limits.

The U.S. was among countries voting against new international negotiations on rules for prosecuting environmental crime. The talks are set to take place anyway.

California Proposition 45, aimed at streamlining the state's environmental review process for "essential" projects, would bar tribes that are not recognized by the federal government from consulting in reviews, while maintaining the right for tribes with recognition.

A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California's coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.

A new global strategy launched at the U.N. biodiversity conference in Armenia aims to bring fungi — from mushrooms to yeasts — into international conservation efforts.

Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state's already battered coast. Significant coastal flooding is expected in some areas.

Future federal funding of California's coastal management program is suspended, "unless and until the identified deficiencies are satisfactorily addressed."

California clean-air officials said they were disappointed by Los Angeles Times reporting on the state's Clean Bus and Truck Voucher Project.

California is only about halfway to its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goal, according to the state's latest inventory, released in September.

The rain falling across Southern California won't bring an end to the region's fire season just yet, experts say.