Tag: Climate & Environment

Gasoline price-hike issue: California Republicans in U.S. House demand delay in state board vote

— California’s Republican delegation in Congress calls on state air board to…

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India, South Korea, the Middle East: Where California will get its gasoline when Phillips refinery shuts down

California for decades produced enough gasoline to supply almost all of its…

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Column: 'The Wild Robot' is a subtle but powerful climate change movie

As the Canada geese fly south for winter — their brown wings…

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California water agency extends manager's leave of absence while investigation continues

The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to…

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Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say

A typical large tree can suck as much as out of the…

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Hurricane misinformation is coming at a dangerous time

With about in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, we’ve already experienced multiple…

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Southern California's bioluminescent waves are back. It may not be too late to see the electric blue nights

For more than a week straight, photographers, scientists and adventure seekers alike…

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Boiling Point: On bottlenose dolphins and the insidious presence of microplastics

I’m Susanne Rust, staff writer for the L.A. Times; I’m filling in…

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An oasis where kids learn to be climate literate amid trees, flower beds and herbs

Twenty years ago, a few of Los Angeles’ West Adams residents and…

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