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Published: March 24, 2025 20:10

With the Trump administration searching for revenue and spending cuts to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, the oil and gas industry is scrambling to protect its many existing tax benefits -- and secure at least one more:…

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Published: March 24, 2025 20:08

Even with a thriving oil and gas industry, Colorado has made huge climate and clean energy commitments under Gov. Jared Polis. Here's how state officials plan to keep pushing toward their goals even under the Trump:…

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Published: March 24, 2025 20:06

A Washington state judge overturned a ballot measure that would have blocked local governments from banning natural gas or incentivizing electric appliances in new homes:…

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Published: March 24, 2025 17:24

In today’s @latimes.com print edition: My column urging California lawmakers to spend more taxpayer dollars on wildfire prevention — because otherwise, that money is just going to come from our utility bills:…

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Published: March 23, 2025 19:36

Trump's latest executive order could make it easier for mining companies — which already enjoy relatively unfettered access to America's public lands — to move their projects through fast-tracked environmental reviews:…

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Published: March 23, 2025 19:29

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Published: March 23, 2025 19:28

The jury of North Dakota residents that ordered Greenpeace to pay a fossil fuel company $660 million for alleged defamation may have been biased by a fake-news newspaper with ties to fossil fuel money, quietly distributed to small-town North Dakota…

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Published: March 22, 2025 21:58

3 hikes near L.A. where you can frolic in the snow: https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2025-03-20/snowy-hikes-los-angeles-the-wild-the-wild via @jaclyncosgrove.bsky.social

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Published: March 22, 2025 19:25

As of Jan. 1, expanded polystyrene plastic — the stuff of styrofoam takeout containers — is banned in California. So why aren't state regulators enforcing the ban? @susrust.bsky.social investigates:…

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Published: March 22, 2025 02:09

California has devoted hundreds of millions of dollars to healing Lake Tahoe. But runaway development, tourism and climate change have left the beloved lake less healthy than ever, leaving critics questioning the regional planning agency's priorities:…

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Published: March 22, 2025 02:06

The Trump administration is refusing a Mexican government request to deliver Colorado River water to Tijuana, saying Mexico is falling short of its obligations to deliver Rio Grande water to Texas:…

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Published: March 22, 2025 01:37

Lots of reasons to think Tesla could be heading for a brutal Wall Street crash, even beyond the ongoing stock price erosion. @hiltzikm.bsky.social explains: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-21/teslas-charmed-journey-coming-to-an-end

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Published: March 22, 2025 01:14

Tesla vandalism is on the rise: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-21/bondi-calls-tesla-attacks-domestic-terrorism

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Published: March 22, 2025 01:12

A new seawater desalination being tested at Southern California's Las Virgenes Reservoir could reduce energy costs and limit harm to marine life -- if it works as hoped. Story by @ianjames.bsky.social:…

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Published: March 22, 2025 01:10

Is the closure of organic dairies at Northern California's Point Reyes a win for sensitive public lands and endangered species, or a loss for Latino workers and a rural community? Possibly both, per this fascinating story by @jessicagarrison.bsky.social:…

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Published: March 22, 2025 01:02

Trump's new regional EPA chief responsible for California says the agency "will lead the way in reducing energy costs, creating wealth, and cementing America’s position as a leader in agriculture, energy, manufacturing, AI technology, and transportation."…

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Published: March 21, 2025 16:34

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Published: March 21, 2025 16:29

On this week's Boiling Point podcast, I talked with @latimes journalist @susrust about Gavin Newsom's capitulation to plastic producers -- and her own crazy journey to document all her daily interactions with plastics. Listen here:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 23:33

If Congress repeals clean energy tax credits, electric bills would raise across the U.S., per a new analysis from think tank Energy Innovation. Tracks with other research showing solar, wind and batteries are cheaper than fossil fuels:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 23:29

“Westerners are evolving; politicians aren’t keeping up. And yet we keep re-electing these same officials. Maybe, just maybe, the Trumpian war on civil servants will force a reckoning. We’ll re-evaluate why we need a robust federal presence in the West.”…

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Published: March 20, 2025 23:27

In Altadena, some tenants have returned to their smoke-damaged apartments because they have nowhere else to go -- even though living there is hell, and potentially bad for their health:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:56

The Trump administration wants to tackle America's housing shortage by building homes on federal land. Does that make any sense? Wall Street Journal analysis finds reasons for skepticism:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:53

President Trump has signed a bill repealing a federal fee on methane pollution before it even went into effect. That means oil and gas companies will be allowed to emit more of the powerful, fast-acting greenhouse gas with impunity:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:49

A Colorado-based dam safety center, ironically created to promote efficiency within the Army Corps, is now on DOGE's chopping block. Canceling the center's lease would save just under $973,000 (at the expense of, you know, dam safety).…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:43

Los Angeles trees are absorbing more carbon dioxide than researchers expected, per a new study out of USC: https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-03-19/usc-urban-trees-study-carbon-dioxide-essential-california via @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:40

In a win for Western public land access, an appeals court has ruled that "corner-crossing" is legal. That means carefully stepping from one piece of checkerboarded public land to another at the diagonal corner where they meet, avoiding privately owned…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:33

Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's Southwest Office, which includes California, was previously administrator of a small city in Butte County. He was fired in January for allegedly violating his contract:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:27

A North Dakota jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay fossil fuel company Energy Transfer to pay $660 million for its role in organizing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Experts say the verdict could stifle public protests:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:18

Oregon forestry investigators have determined that power lines owned by Warren Buffett's PacifiCorp utility didn't cause a destructive 2020 wildfire. Not clear if that means the utility will still be on the hook for ~$100 million in damages awarded by a…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:12

Western farmers, tribes and cities say they've been told federal funds to conserve Colorado River water are no longer frozen. Now, to be seen if the Trump administration will actually start disbursing money again:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:07

Tesla's sales slump is bad for Elon Musk. But it's also not great for the U.S. electric vehicle market, @dangearino.bsky.social reports: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032025/inside-clean-energy-tesla-downfall-us-ev-market/

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Published: March 20, 2025 22:04

About 1,000 National Park Service workers are getting their jobs back as a result of court orders. Some of the reinstated federal employees work at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 21:27

The Trump administration's plan to gut the Environmental Protection Agency includes eliminating the EPA's scientific research arm, which could involve firing more than 1,100 scientists:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 21:24

The California Public Utilities Commission approved new safety rules for battery storage systems: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-puc-approves-battery-storage-safety-rules/742644/

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Published: March 20, 2025 21:07

A bill proposed in the California Legislature would restore Clean Water Act protections for streams and wetlands that were gutted in 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/california-wetlands-legislation via…

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Published: March 20, 2025 21:03

Records uncovered by @latimes.com show for the first time that Southern California Edison knew some of its transmission towers at and near the likely ignition point of the Eaton fire were fire hazards. Full story:…

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Published: March 20, 2025 21:00

"...when it's not your turn." – Jimmy McNulty

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Published: March 20, 2025 16:11

Uncomfortable truth: The biggest reason California's electric rates are rising so fast is that utility companies are spending billions of dollars each year on wildfire prevention. Does that mean they should spend less? My latest column:…

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Published: March 19, 2025 03:13

The Trump administraiton seems to be suggestion it's going to try to bring shuttered coal plants back online: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/trump-ramp-up-production-of-beautiful-clean-coal via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

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Published: March 18, 2025 16:24

This meme by @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social perfectly encapsulates today's Boiling Point newsletter. You don't make deals with the (climate) devil. In the end, you're going to lose. Please read and let me know what you think:…

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Published: March 18, 2025 01:39

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Published: March 17, 2025 16:30

In today’s @latimes.com print edition: My column on the latest institution caving to Trump and obeying in advance. This time it’s the LA nonprofit charged with protecting Santa Monica Bay, deleting climate and DEI references in hopes of retaining federal…

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Published: March 17, 2025 16:23

California isn't on track to reach its goal of 6 million electric heat pumps in homes and businesses by 2030. A public-private partnership has suggestions to speed up adoption:…

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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…