The Los Angeles Fires Expose the Problem With American Conservation Policy
For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.
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How A.I. Can Help Humans Battle Wildfires, From Advanced Camera Systems to Forecasting Models
A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California, on January 8. Robyn ...
California took ‘big steps back’ in climate actions in 2024, environmental group says
California lawmakers notched key environmental victories in 2024, but the state’s overall standing on climate leadership dropped, according to the advocacy organization California Environmental Voters ...
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Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world’s food is grown.
Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts changing what’s ...
MWD board fires general manager after closed-door session
LOS ANGELES — The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which manages water ...
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Climate change and mismanagement are altering California’s livelihood
In early January 2025, just a week after New Year, furious 80 mph Santa Ana winds swept through SoCal. The winds are natural, occurring when cool, pressurized desert air heats and picks up speed as it ...
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Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires
Extreme conditions helped drive the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Southern California’s largest water supplier fires general manager
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California replaced Adel Hagekhalil with Deven Upadhyay after an investigation ...
Unfrozen, but still freaking out
President Donald Trump rescinded his spending freeze, but billions of dollars in federal funds are still up in the air.
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Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
A new attribution analysis found that climate heating caused by burning fossil fuels significantly increased the likelihood ...
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Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that ...
Climate change ignited LA’s wildfire risk — these startups want to extinguish it
Extreme weather conditions will be more common, according to the study, adding fresh urgency to a burgeoning group of climate ...