As California broils, Montana doubles down on coal
Most of the country is phasing out coal power. Montana is trying something different.The state’s largest electric utility, NorthWestern Energy, was already planning to acquire…
Activists, celebrities urge Dodgers to dump Big Oil advertiser
What do Emmy Award-winning actor Kyra Sedgwick, the Rainforest Action Network, the Doors’ former drummer John Densmore, acclaimed climate activist Bill McKibben and “Anchorman” director…
Check out the TV shows nudging people to act on climate
The whole scene lasted just over a minute. The crucial dialogue, not even 15 seconds.But when a character from HBO’s “Sex and the City” ordered…
Change change, the everything story
A week ago Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. Then Monday was hotter.I was on vacation, hiking near the headwaters of the…
NASA has beamed the Missy Elliott hit ‘The Rain’ to Venus
Temperatures on Venus hover around 870 degrees, but the second-closest planet to the sun got a little bit cooler recently when NASA showered it with…
Why Los Angeles can’t afford to go third on clean energy
“Utilities race to be second. And sometimes it’s better to be third.”So said Fred Pickel, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s in-house ratepayer…
Don’t listen to the Dodgers Foundation. Big Oil is no All-Star
Much of America’s collective consciousness is focused on Major League Baseball this week, as the game’s brightest lights gather in Texas for the All-Star Game.…
US space agency NASA releases Webb telescope photos of entwined galaxies | Space News
NASA releases photos of two entangled galaxies to mark two-year anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope.The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released…
Budget ax falls on California Climate Information System
Never before have Californians had more climate information at their fingertips: Planes soar above the Sierra measuring snowpack with lasers; cameras enhanced with artificial intelligence…
Sitting in traffic sucks. Climate change is worse
The more time I spend writing about climate change — and air pollution, and freeways, and heat, and nuclear power, and lithium-ion batteries — the…
Get ready, California. Geothermal energy has finally arrived
In the fight against climate change, they’re humanity’s mighty Avengers: Solar panels. Wind turbines. Electric cars. And now, superheated rocks. Geothermal power plants — which…
Incredible moment Chang’e-6 space probe returns to Earth with first EVER samples from mysterious dark side of the moon
THIS is the monumental moment China's space probe lands on Earth carrying the first ever sample from the dark side of the moon. As the…
Time for the Dodgers to stop taking Big Oil money
I’m pleased to report that Mark Walter, who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, is financing two big clean energy projects. I’m less pleased to report…
In Southern California, the water drama never dies
Drought or no drought, El Niño or La Niña — the Golden State’s water warriors always find a way to make life interesting. The latest…
DWP’s new leader wants to shake things up. It won’t be easy
An honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere. You’d see canals — the Los Angeles Aqueduct, running along the base of…
Hillary Clinton wants more climate stories on Netflix
Turns out I’m not the only one itching for more movies and TV shows dealing with global warming. Hillary Clinton feels the same way. The…
This ‘Fortnite’ island is the latest climate change battleground
Let’s start with a climate allegory. I’ll call it the Parable of the Three Environmentalists. The first runs a sustainability nonprofit led by Hollywood power…
Why razing Joshua trees for solar farms isn’t always crazy
We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. President John F. Kennedy was talking about going to…
Why did California Gov. Gavin Newsom crush community solar?
After months of outcry, the California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to approve a solar energy program that critics are sure will fail spectacularly, making…
How ‘Sesame Street’ can prepare kids for climate disasters
Twenty-three years ago, “Sesame Street” aired a remarkable series of episodes during which the iconic puppets and their human friends must recover from a hurricane.…