- — Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds
- Much of the Colorado River's water is used for agriculture. A new study shows 46% of the water that is diverted is used to grow hay to feed cattle.
- — Opinion: California has to conserve water. Why is Sacramento dragging its heels?
- The state water board knows California is facing a hotter, drier future, but it's letting urban utilities ignore appropriate 'water budgets' for a decade or longer.
- — Berkeley halts landmark natural gas ban after legal fight
- The California Restaurant Assn. and Berkeley have agreed to a settlement halting enforcement of the city's ban on natural gas appliances after a lengthy legal battle.
- — The federal government plans to kill half a million West Coast owls
- The federal government has proposed a plan to shoot 500,000 barred owls to save another owl species that inhabits California. Foes say it's a reckless plan.
- — Will killing thousands of invasive owls save threatened ones? That's the government's plan
- The federal government has proposed a plan to shoot 500,000 barred owls to save another owl species that inhabits California. Foes say it's a reckless plan.
- — Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?
- Researchers suspect that starvation may have killed half off all gray whales off the Pacific Coast of North America. What happened to their food source?
- — Endangered desert pupfish delays Colorado River conservation plans for Imperial Valley
- Concerns about the endangered desert pupfish delay Colorado River conservation plans in Imperial Valley
- — Easter plans in jeopardy? SoCal storm bringing rain, snow, possible mudslides
- Another storm will bring more rain to most of Southern California this weekend, with officials warning of a moderate risk of significant flooding.
- — More rain, snow are in California's stormy forecast. What to expect this weekend
- Another storm will bring more rain to most of Southern California this weekend, with officials warning of a moderate risk of significant flooding.
- — 'Humbling, and a bit worrying': Scientists fail to fully explain record global heat
- Blistering global temperatures have one NASA scientist warning: "We could be in uncharted territory." Others aren't so sure.
- — Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them
- Beavers create unburned islands where plants and animals can shelter from megafires, research has confirmed. A movement is afoot to reintroduce the rodents to the state's waterways.
- — Ready for more rain in SoCal? Rare late-season storm to hit during Easter weekend
- A potentially significant storm could arrive in Southern California this weekend, a rarity for this time of the year, the National Weather Service says.
- — A river rescue as hail pounds SoCal. Meanwhile, a significant late-season storm is brewing
- A woman was rescued from the L.A. River as powerful bursts of hail hit areas including Santa Monica, downtown L.A., Pasadena, Monrovia and Covina.
- — A river rescue, pounding hail in SoCal. Meanwhile, a significant late-season storm is brewing
- A woman was rescued from the L.A. River as powerful bursts of hail hit areas including Santa Monica, downtown L.A., Pasadena, Monrovia and Covina.
- — Geomagnetic storm severe enough to bring northern lights to California?
- This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.
- — The Klamath River's dams are being removed. Inside the effort to restore a scarred watershed
- Reservoirs have been drained as the nation's largest dam removal effort advances on the Klamath River, and an effort to restore the watershed is taking root.
- — Mountain lion kills man, injures another in Northern California
- The attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a mountain lion in California in 20 years.
- — Who turned out the lights? Los Angeles-area landmarks go dark in observance of Earth Hour
- Lighting at some local Los Angeles landmarks will go dark from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday in observance of Earth Hour, an annual event promoted by the World Wildlife Foundation.
- — Gusty winds, rainy conditions to continue across Southern California through the weekend
- Gusty winds and rainy conditions will continue across Southern California this weekend, with intermittent showers expected through Sunday morning.
- — California doubles State Water Project allocation thanks to February storms
- The Department of Water Resources doubled its forecasted allocation from 15% to 30% due to strong winter storms, the agency announced Friday.
- — What do Schwarzenegger, Fonda and Newsom have in common? They're fighting oil drilling
- Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Jane Fonda joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmentalists calling to uphold the state's oil drilling restrictions.
- — Newsom administration delays landmark workplace heat safety rules over cost concerns
- Cal/OSHA has voted to adopt new heat illness prevention standards for indoor workers, despite the objections of state finance officials.
- — Why the spread of organic farms may prompt growers to use more pesticide, not less
- When conventional farms are bordered by organic crops, conventional growers use more pesticide to keep insects at bay, study says.
- — This mega-city is running out of water. What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?
- The challenge in Mexico City, built amid lakes by the Aztecs, had long been getting rid of water, not storing it. Now its taps are running dry.
- — Biden administration revs up plans to transition from gas-powered vehicles to EVs
- A U.S. EPA rule would require car manufacturers to increase sales of electric vehicles while cutting carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles.
- — Mystery among the vines: Why is the FBI probing some of Napa Valley's fanciest wineries?
- Among the Napa Valley luminaries whose county records have been subpoenaed in a secretive federal probe are the owners of Hall Wines, Caymus Vineyards, Alpha Omega, The Prisoner — and the list goes on.
- — Court upholds state plan to require more water in California rivers
- California regulators adopted a plan to keep more water in tributaries of the San Joaquin River to help struggling fish. A court has upheld that decision.
- — America's four most polluted national parks are in California, study finds
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topped the list of national parks with the unhealthiest air in the country, followed by Joshua Tree National Park.
- — What will shift to zero-emission trucks cost? $1 trillion for charging alone, study says
- The study, sponsored by the freight truck industry, adds to concerns over government mandates. But government officials say the move away from fossil fuels will have economic benefits.
- — How to get an inside look at gorgeous private gardens in and around L.A.
- The recent rains have made 2024 a fabulous year for flowers — just in time for spring garden tours around Southern California. Here's a list of intriguing tours.
- — Amazon claims its packages are recyclable. Much of the plastic ends up in landfills
- A new report from CalPIRG reveals that that almost no Amazon packaging gets recycled. Instead, it ends up in a landfill.
- — How large fires are altering the face of California's Mojave Desert
- Last year's York fire has sparked discussion about how to deal with conflagrations in the Mojave National Preserve.
- — California unlikely to meet landmark goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- California is unlikely to meet its landmark greenhouse gas reduction goals unless it can increase emission reductions threefold, according to a new study.
- — Mystery surrounds sudden increase in steelhead trout deaths near California water pumps
- Environmentalists are calling for federal intervention after 4,000 threatened fish were killed by pumps operated by the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project.
- — Opinion: Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here's how to stop that
- The average American throws out three times more trash today than in 1960, and what we squander is killing us. But we can choose differently.
- — A bus-sized piece of concrete on the beach: A tale of waste, neglect and climate change
- Where did the concrete come from? And how does the City of Long Beach plan to dispose of it?
- — Presence of parasite that's deadly for dogs now confirmed in California: Signs to watch for
- A parasite that sickened 10 dogs and killed another in Southern California was found in the Colorado River in Blythe, its first known presence in the state.
- — Opinion: How a California climate win could end up destroying rainforests — and what to do about it
- The Low Carbon Fuel Standard encourages use of renewable diesel from biomass. But it could encourage deforestation for energy crops such as soybeans and canola.
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