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Climate columnist @latimes.com, focused on clean energy. Dodgers fan, hiker, Disneyland aficionado. Trying to be good to people. Sign up for my twice-weekly newsletter, Boiling Point: latimes.com/boilingpoint

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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:…

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:…

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…

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/

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…

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 …

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

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:…

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…

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:…

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

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

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:…

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…

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. …

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:…

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:…

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