It's all on us. The recent decadeslong surge in catastrophic wildfires in California is almost entirely due to climate change, a new study published Monday reports. “We show that nearly all of ...

On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river ...

In the past, severe storms such as Tropical Storm Kay and Tropical Storm Hilary have flooded Owens’ off-lake dust sources, ...

A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.

Wildfires, drought, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are rapidly accelerating and compounding in California, according to a report from state scientists. The fourth edition of ...

Trump administration has repeatedly downplayed severity of climate change, rolling back regulations and cutting funding ...

Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive A new study pins about 25% of the extra risk on human-caused climate change. Climate August 30, 2023 11:42 AM ET ...

A drier pattern doesn't seem likely until Jan. 20 at least, Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a news conference Monday.

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of ...

Worsening wildfires are hiking up home insurance rates in California, the biggest market in the U.S. And as climate disasters increase across the country, other states are feeling the pressure too.

California’s fight against climate change isn’t doing all that much to slow climate change. But it should be considered a success anyway. While California reached its 2020 goal of reducing ...

California is expected to be hit by the "Big One," a massive earthquake along the San Andreas Fault, sometime in the next 100 years; Droughts linked to climate change have parched many parts of ...