CO2: 426.07 ppmThe 2030 target for 80% of new cars to have zero emissions could be cut to as low as half
Experts say Newsom's environmental legacy won't just define what's next for California's new governor, it could potentially shape the national agenda.
Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state's already battered coast. Significant coastal flooding is expected in some areas.
Future federal funding of California's coastal management program is suspended, "unless and until the identified deficiencies are satisfactorily addressed."
California clean-air officials said they were disappointed by Los Angeles Times reporting on the state's Clean Bus and Truck Voucher Project.
PM pledges commitment to address climate crisis, saying in Guardian article that his ‘determination is unwavering’
As Pacific Palisades braced for its first red flag warning since the Palisades fire, the mission for city officials was not only to be better prepared than last time but to regain the confidence of fire survivors.
California is only about halfway to its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goal, according to the state's latest inventory, released in September.
The rain falling across Southern California won’t bring an end to the region’s fire season just yet, experts say.
If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping emissions, Earth will likely still warm another 2.2 degrees above current temperatures, according to Wednesday's update of climate calculations by the United Nations Environment Programme.
With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and urgently cut emissions to minimize the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century.
Southern California is on track to lose 30 to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades. Almost half of all beach cliffs are likely to retreat by 30 to 80 feet by 2100.
California wildlife regulators have made the state's first 'underwater parks' in an effort spearheaded by tribes. It's a win for Indigenous stewardship but a loss for fishers who warn they'll suffer an economic hit.
Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a pressing question: How can the world restore trust in climate action when the consequences of a warming planet are already being felt?