How climate change fuels California’s biggest fires

Climate change is quite literally adding fuel to the flames of California's wildfires.

Smoke, heat, and COVID-19: Californians are caught between public health crises

The wildfires, the heat, and the pandemic are combining to make a particularly challenging public health…

LA’s homeless communities are avoiding cooling centers, and it’s not just because of COVID-19

Pinned between the climate crisis, COVID, and street sweeps, homeless people in L.A. are struggling to…

An oil well right next to your house? The California Senate says that’s OK.

Buffer zones between communities and oil wells seem like a no-brainer -- but the California Senate…

Environmental groups sue to save the ‘Magna Carta’ of environmental laws

“We will not allow Trump to silence us.”

Peatlands could become a climate feedback loop we definitely don’t want to trigger

A new experiment provides a window into the future of peatlands, the world's largest natural carbon…

Practicing joy (and social distancing) in nature

When lockdown hit, I found myself suddenly with more free time than I’d had since childhood.…

How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and police brutality

A new report says that "fighting to end environmental racism goes hand in hand with defunding…

Meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ new youth climate advisors

The United Nations is bringing the youth climate movement to the table

6,000 acres of Minneapolis parks have their own police force

“It becomes a question of who gets to access the land, and the water, and take…