L.A. Times - Environment

Rob Caughlan, an early leader of the coastal advocacy group Surfrider and a longtime California political activist, dies at the age of 82.

The snowpack this winter is smaller than average in California's Sierra Nevada as well as the Rocky Mountains. The lack of snow reflects record warmth.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has filed suit against the Trump administration, alleging it has illegally claimed oversight over oil rig pipelines.

The students of Palisades Charter High School are set to return to classes after the school district said its tests have cleared the grounds of contamination. But there are concerns about the efficacy of the testing protocols.

Talks among seven states on Colorado River water cutbacks have hit a wall. The Trump administration summoned governors to Washington, D.C., to try to get an agreement.

Karman Industries says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket engine technology to rein in the environmental impact of data centers.

Twenty-four starving wild horses were evacuated from deep snow near Mammoth Lakes, though one died and three were euthanized. The incident has stirred up heated debate about what's best for their herd.

With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'

A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate different state recycling requirements and labeling by creating a single, national standard that would be voluntary.

Southern California Edison sued Los Angeles County, water agencies and two companies including SoCalGas on Friday, saying their mistakes contributed to the deadly and destructive toll of last year's Eaton wildfire.

The justices will not resolve the decades-long dispute over whether Roundup's key ingredient, glyphosate, causes cancer.

SoCal Edison says it expects to pay little or none of the billions of dollars in damages of the disastrous Eaton fire, which its equipment is suspected of igniting. A growing number of wildfire survivors say that's not right.

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the fires — then, according to an internal memo obtained by the L.A. Times, privately advocated against it.

Senate Bill 1137 establishes a 3,200-foot minimum distance between new oil wells and homes, schools, hospitals, parks and other places where people live, work and gather.

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ground than Republicans.