Can the merger of two oil giants benefit the climate?
Welcome to Boiling Point! My name is Tony Briscoe. I’m the air quality and environmental health reporter at the L.A. Times. I’m filling in for…
Water is life. It’s also energy — whether you like dams or hate them
The rain and snow that have drenched California and much of the American West over the last few months — at least relative to some…
Biden’s State of the Union address should give us hope on climate
If I were a pessimist, I might start today’s newsletter by telling you that Earth just wrapped up its ninth straight month of record-breaking temperatures.…
Are utilities heroes or villains of the climate change saga?
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” So says Aaron Eckhart’s Harvey Dent in the epic…
It’s California election day. If you care about climate, vote
As a journalist, it’s not my job to tell you whom to vote for. But if you care about global warming, voting in today’s California’s…
There’s now a Bechdel test for climate change on film and TV
Let’s say you’re a heading to the movie theater to catch a quirky romantic comedy. Or you’re on Disney+ binging the latest Marvel superhero show…
Electric vehicle sales slowing down? Don’t panic
Quick programming note: The next edition of Boiling Point will arrive Friday morning rather than Thursday, with some breaking news. It will be worth the…
NASA names new ISS manager, space operations deputy
Dana Weigel will become the International Space Station's new program manager, NASA announced Monday. She will succeed Joel Montalbano, who has been promoted to deputy…
Climate voter guide to the 2024 California senate election
If you live in California and confronting the climate crisis is one of your top priorities, I wouldn’t blame you for not knowing whom to…
SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines’ lunar craft in latest attempt for first successful commercial Moon landing
In short: SpaceX is carrying a lunar lander toward the MoonIf it arrives safely, it will be the first time a private business has successfully delivered a craft…
Is THIS the nuke Putin will launch into space amid fears Vlad’s planning to fire satellite-destroying ‘Cosmos 2543’
A BOMBSHELL warning from US intelligence suggests Russia could be planning to launch a satellite-destroying weapon into space. An anti-satellite weapon - like Russia's Cosmos…
Next year’s Super Bowl needs more clean energy ads
“It’s not time to escape. It’s time to engage.” So said Matthew McConaughey during a 2022 Super Bowl ad for Salesforce, touting the software company’s…
Watch incredible moment a massive solar flare capable of knocking out POWER explodes from the Sun
THIS is the incredible moment a massive solar flare capable of knocking out power explodes from the Sun. The powerful solar flare triggered a wave…
Who should pay for climate solutions? The debate is heating up
Confronting the climate crisis won’t be cheap. California is trying to figure out who will pay. Under a series of proposals being considered by Gov.…
Inside graveyard of rusting 2,650-ton Soviet space rocket ‘Energia M’ sat abandoned in a giant warehouse for decades
A SOVIET space rocket has been left to rot near a desert in an abandoned ship graveyard. The rusting 2,650-ton Energia M rocket was once…
Hate the storm? Start getting serious about climate change
You know how oil and gas pollution is supposed to bring not only hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger wildfires, but also more intense…
Biden’s solar plan sounds scary. But it beats climate change
A single federal agency oversees nearly a quarter-billion acres of public lands — and those acres could play a key role in fighting climate change…
Karen Bass faces a climate test as she chooses DWP’s next leader
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has just over a month to choose the city’s next clean-energy leader. With the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s…
James Webb Space Telescope images reveal ‘mind-blowing’ new details in spiral galaxies
We've just been given another series of striking images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).Its latest offering is new imagery of 19 spiral galaxies,…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s three-year mission ENDS after ‘crash landing broke one of its blades’
NASA'S miniature robot helicopter can no longer fly ending a three-year mission on Mars. Ingenuity became the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet in…