A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say...
California state regulators are expected to approve regulations imposing stricter climate rules on trains and trucks, but the charging infrastructure to power them is lacking
A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought
Officials say climate change is driving an increase in dry wells in drought-stricken California
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban new oil and gas wells in the city and eventually close existing ones
Though California has seen millions of acres burn from wildfires in recent years as a changing climate brings high temperatures and persistent drought, several factors led to a quiet 2022 fire season...
California is experiencing more wildfires, illness and drought as the impacts of climate change accelerate
Record-breaking wildfires released twice the amount of emissions that California cut between 2003 and 2019, though unlike fossil-fuel emissions, they can eventually be reabsorbed by vegetation...
The record-smashing temperatures in the Pacific Northwest last year were an extraordinarily rare occurrence even in the age of climate change
Officials are urging California residents to curtail their energy use as the state faces this summer’s highest chance of outages during record-breaking temperatures
Scientists say the current drought in the West is the region’s driest 22-year stretch in more than 1,200 years
Energy planners are working to increase the grid’s reliability to keep the power on during droughts, wildfires and heat waves
As of April 1, statewide snowpack stood at just 38 percent of the average for that date
Blazes burned more than three million acres last year—nearly the size of Connecticut
Without enough capacity to meet demand, energy utilities may have to stage rolling blackouts during heat waves
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to end drilling in the city for public health reasons
The report follows a heat wave that killed hundreds across the western U.S. this summer
The program will be the nation’s largest attempt to reduce methane emissions from rotting food in landfills
The atmospheric river that soaked parts of the state is an example of increasing weather volatility
The state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish
