Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests.
New and updated regulations, a royalties increase and enforcement funding await major debate.
The closer the state gets to reaching its groundbreaking clean energy goals, the harder it will be to achieve them.
Kern County wants to use billions in federal tax credits to collect and bury carbon. To do so, it would build new facilities to produce more of the most abundant greenhouse gas.
“Climate Crisis” only identifies the symptoms of oil and gas dependence. As time runs out, we need a term that focuses on what — and who — is to blame.
Voluntary agreement on health and safety reforms hailed as progress but critics say it lacks teeth.
Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuels emissions.
Southern California writers have long used distant blazes to create atmosphere. Worsening fires have changed all that.
If signed by Gov. Newsom, the legislation would set a precedent by requiring large companies to disclose total greenhouse gas emissions.
In Texas, a new tax break program full of loopholes has led critics to warn that it will be exploited by major fossil fuel producers.
Student poets respond to a hotter and diminished planet.
Emissions disclosure bill is testing the state’s climate resolve in the face of industry misinformation.
Environmental groups fault the Railroad Commission for lax oversight, warn of health impacts.
A new type of disaster reporting is needed to keep up.
The Treasurer’s Office paid $73.2 million to banks that sell state climate bonds while still funding fossil fuels.
Add shaky planes, weather delays and cancellations to our new reality under unfriendly warming skies.
State senator cites story, which revealed oil lobbyist’s misleading tactics.
The climate crisis demands a left-right consensus that transcends politics.
Crop insurance puts pistachios, cherries and other vulnerable crops on life-support as rising temperatures threaten California agriculture.