L.A. Times - Environment

Trump is shelling out more than $1 billion of taxpayer money to kill wind power projects, but his hatred for the technology is based on myths.

California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.

As more rain is concentrated in heavier storms, many parts of California and the western U.S. are drying, new research shows.

Marta Segura stepped into the new role in 2022 amid a dramatic increase in climate-fueled heat events.

Workers at Agresti Calf Ranch in the Central Valley also were spotted removing animals' horns, apparently without anesthesia.

A fight over California's redwood forests pits tribes and environmentalists against loggers as lawmakers consider a bill to reimagine the state's 14 demonstration forests.

Activists and experts say the time is ripe to activate bipartisan legislation to address pollution in the Tijuana River.

A preliminary survey found 20% of street trees that survived the 2025 fires have gone missing in the past year. Local advocates blame a lack of watering and careless contractors.

California's long anticipated single-use plastic law is now in effect. Environmentalists and anti-waste activists are suing, saying loopholes make it toothless and even harmful.

It's not just that this California gubernatorial candidate has taken big donations from Chevron. The real tell was that he refused to take on Big Oil over climate change when other attorneys general were suing.

Tom Steyer has sold himself to voters as an agent of change, but will they buy the billionaire's own transformation?

The activities have been temporarily banished from Oceano Dunes, sparking anxiety among local business owners.

In the City of Industry, San Gabriel Valley residents join a growing nationwide movement against the creation of battery energy storage systems and data centers

The California Department of Insurance is seeking to suspend State Farm's license and fine it millions of dollars alleging widespread mishandling of L.A. wildfire claims.

Now California must figure out how to replace some 200,000 barrels of oil a day that will no longer be arriving from the Persian Gulf.