Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.
Oakland is clearing out what was once the city’s largest unhoused community.
Can California make the most of a rare health care win?
Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.
Lawsuits in Montana and Hawaii shine light on how climate chaos threatens their adult lives.
Effort to tighten rules on so-called forced pooling shows difficulty of reforms.
Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.
Black, Latino and low income residents have disproportionately high exposure to oil and gas wells, new research shows.
While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.
The long COVID crisis exposes a disability claims system in disarray.
Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.
Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.
We hate to break your bubble, but here’s the sweet, sticky truth about a popular Asian drink.
Gov. Newsom reneged on pledge to wind down fossil fuel refineries.
A state bill aims to extend foster care housing support for those who need it most.
United Nations panel shows climate change is outrunning emissions goals. Our only option is to adapt.
Up against a heavily Democratic Legislature, fossil fuel firms funnel cash to politicos they’ve previously ignored to win precious votes.
U.S. companies spend an estimated $433 million per year on union avoidance consultants, new report finds.
Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide.
Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.