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Published: March 17, 2025 04:26

Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva died on Thursday after more than two decades representing Arizona. As much as anyone in Congress, he championed climate, conservation and tribal land stewardship:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 04:16

What will it take for Santa Monica Mountains trails burned in the Palisades fire to recover? @jaclyncosgrove.bsky.social hiked with a biologist to find out:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 04:07

Most L.A. County voters want stronger building codes and restrictions on growth in high-fire-risk areas — especially voters in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, new poll finds:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 04:05

What do you do when you're in your 80s and your home's been destroyed by a fire? Devastating yet somehow hopeful column:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 04:01

In an unsigned letter to the Trump administration, Tesla has quietly warned that tariffs could harm U.S. companies: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-14/tesla-retaliatory-tariffs-trump-elon-musk-ev-market-ustr

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Published: March 17, 2025 02:10

President Trump may be trying to undo the establish of Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument...or maybe not. After the White House removed a bullet point from a fact sheet, nobody's totally sure:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 02:03

California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to consider patching up the bypass tubes at Glen Canyon Dam, to make sure water can keep flowing down the Colorado River even if Lake Powell drops to perilously low levels:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 02:00

Here's how the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to repeal or weaken more than 30 regulations could set back California's progress on clean air, clean water and climate:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 01:56

A Trump administration to roll back certain air pollution limits for power plants would especially benefit Montana's Colstrip plant, the only U.S. coal plant without modern controls for particulate emissions:…

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Published: March 17, 2025 01:52

The main construction site for Gov. Gavin Newsom's planned Delta water tunnel will surround the rural town of Hood, population 271. Local are convinced the Newsom administration chose their spot along the Sacramento River because they had little power to…

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Published: March 16, 2025 17:21

Yesterday’s hike: Mount Thom and Tongva Peak Loop in the Verugo Mountains. Gorgeous panoramic views of the L.A. Basin. Thanks @jaclyncosgrove.bsky.social for the great recommendation!…

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Published: March 14, 2025 17:09

Really sad what's happened to Outside Magazine. Had been wondering why the journalism there has seemed so lacking for a while. Thanks @caleyfretz.bsky.social for unpacking the whole story: https://escapecollective.com/theres-a-wildfire-outside/

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Published: March 14, 2025 17:05

What will the closure of the Environmental Protection Agency's environmental justice offices mean for California? Possibly more pollution in regions including the Central Valley and the Inland Empire:…

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Published: March 14, 2025 01:07

The Trump administration may cancel the lease of a support office for Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory, which has been tracking atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations longer than anywhere else on Earth:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 22:57

Atmospheric river storms around the world are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent, new study finds: https://apnews.com/article/atmospheric-river-downpours-california-climate-change-9e8f5608b7bed13a89ce00c7ee354dc1

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Published: March 13, 2025 22:44

Personally, I think it's pretty alarming that 9% of L.A. County residents are very seriously considering leaving because of the fires. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-13/fires-stress-la-county-health-psyche-residents-poll-berkeley-igs via…

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Published: March 13, 2025 22:37

Bill Gates' climate group is cutting dozens of staff members: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate/bill-gates-breakthrough-energy-cuts.html

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Published: March 13, 2025 22:32

I also wrote last year about my visit to Boichik Bagels, and the local gas tax that Winston helped defeat: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-11-21/column-why-californias-favorite-bagel-shop-is-defending-fossil-fuels-boiling-point …

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Published: March 13, 2025 22:28

The latest Boiling Point podcast is all about bagels. I visited Berkeley's much-loved Boichik Bagels and asked owner Emily Winston whether it's possible to make a perfect bagel with electric ovens instead of natural gas:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 19:35

Trump administration not beating around the Constitutional bushes anymore, just blatantly canceling billions of dollars in climate change grants issued by the Biden administration under a law approved by Congress:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 19:32

California, Arizona and Nevada are asking the Trump administration to correct what they see as the Biden administration's flawed decisions on the Colorado River:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 19:29

A bill to significantly increase wages for California's inmate firefighters cleared its first committee in the state Assembly: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-11/california-lawmakers-may-give-inmate-firefighters-a-raise

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Published: March 13, 2025 18:53

Used Tesla vehicles are losing resale value fast -- suggesting that not as many people want to buy them or a lot of people are trying to sell them, or both. Either way, Elon Musk is clearly hurting the brand:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 18:50

Big surprise: All those oil and gas industry clean energy pledges were performative nonsense. With Trump back in charge, fossil fuel executives are thrilled they don't have to pretend anymore:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 18:46

California's public employee pension system has found a way to count investments in Chevron, Saudi Aramco and other fossil fuel companies as "climate solutions":…

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Published: March 13, 2025 18:23

1. There was no invasion. 2. The water that got "opened up" was in the San Joaquin Valley. 3. The water never made it to Los Angeles. If you care about the truth, read today's latest story from @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 17:12

The Bay Foundation — which works to protect and restore Santa Monica Bay — has quietly deleted references to climate change, environmental justice and DEI from its website and work plans. If you hadn't noticed, democracy is in crisis. My column for…

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Published: March 13, 2025 05:57

The Trump EPA will begin the process of rolling back 31 more environmental rules. “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion," EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said.…

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Published: March 13, 2025 05:53

Gavin Newsom is looking to sneak away $305 million in California climate bond funds to help balance the state budget:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 05:48

Absolutely incredible visuals by @loelebee.bsky.social, with words by @dwharton.bsky.social, showing how fire-stricken suburbs can rebuild safer. Most understandable explainer I've seen on this topic:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 05:45

California regulators are considering making it easier for municipal landfills to accept hazardous waste — from wildfire burn zones, for instance. Environmental groups say most landfills aren't equipped to handle it without risking air and water pollution:…

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Published: March 13, 2025 05:36

Latest update on California's steady but extremely slow progress in restoring the Salton Sea: there's a Salton Sea Conservancy now. https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/03/salton-sea-imperiled-lake/

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Published: March 12, 2025 16:23

Last year I wrote a column urging Dodgers owner Mark Walter to drop oil giant Phillips 66, owner of 76 gasoline, as a sponsor. Now a California Senate leader is making the same case to Walter. My story for @latimes.com:…

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:29

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing California and other states to move forward with suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/climate/supreme-court-climate-lawsuits-states.html

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:22

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright calls the climate crisis a "side effect of building the modern world," falsely claims solar and wind power are more expensive than fossil fuels:…

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:16

The Trump administration says energy and mining companies can now kill migratory birds, so long as it's an accident: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/10/migratory-bird-protections-suspended/ via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:13

Members of Congress from both parties, including Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles), calling on the Trump administration to exercise "fiscal responsibility" and jettison a plan to protect the northern spotted owl:…

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:09

More and more parts of California are now zoned as high-fire-hazard zones. The latest maps: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-11/cal-fire-new-fire-hazard-maps-central-california-la-next via @nohaggerty.bsky.social @sean-greene.bsky.social

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Published: March 12, 2025 04:00

RIP David Myers, one of the most important conservationists in California history. He founded the Wildlands Conservancy, which saved hundreds of thousands of spectacular acres from development and greatly expanded Joshua Tree National Park:…

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Published: March 12, 2025 03:52

Environmentalists are appealing a judge's decision rejecting their lawsuit that seeks to block an Imperial Valley lithium extraction project:…

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Published: March 12, 2025 01:11

I first called for the Dodgers to stop taking Big Oil money in a column last year: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-06-20/column-its-time-for-the-dodgers-to-stop-taking-big-oil-money-boiling-point [contains quote post or other embedded…

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Published: March 12, 2025 01:09

NEWS: CA Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez wrote to Dodgers owner Mark Walter today, urging him to end the team's sponsorships with oil & gas companies. “I’d love for Ohtani or Freeman or someone to say, ‘This is important to us,’” Gonzalez told me. …

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Published: March 11, 2025 03:11

Wait, @jessicaroy.bsky.social is going to be in this!? Amazing. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-03-10/john-mulaney-everybodys-live-netflix

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Published: March 10, 2025 18:04

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Published: March 10, 2025 18:01

Some State Farmer policyholders say they're having a hell of a time getting the insurer to cover their living and recovery expenses following the Eaton and Palisades fires:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:51

New polls finds more than 90% of people living in Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones have lived in L.A. County for more than 11 years. But roughly 40% have thought about leaving because of the fires:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:49

Ever since cancer-causing benzene was found in Santa Rosa's water following the Tubbs fire, scientists have learned a lot about testing water for chemicals post-fire. They're putting those lessons to use in L.A.:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:35

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:29

The Trump administration has threatened $1.1 billion in promised federal funds to electrify trucks and equipment at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach. If the money doesn't come through, Angelenos will breathe dirtier air:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:22

Los Angeles County officials have no idea whether the Trump administration will come through with funding for planned bus and rail line expansions ahead of the 2028 Olympics:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 17:06

In today’s @latimes.com print edition: My latest plea to California policymakers to stop wasting time arguing about rooftop solar incentives and find a way to support a crucial clean energy technology — without raising electric rates:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 02:23

Will President Trump and Elon Musk's attacks on the California Coastal Commission provoke another uprising to protect the state's treasured coastline, like the one that created the commission five decades ago? It's possible, Steve Lopez writes:…

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Published: March 10, 2025 02:16

Trump's anti-DEI crusade has led to the cancelation of firefighting bootcamps that helped women break into a male-dominated profession: https://19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled/ via @jessicakutz.bsky.social