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Opinion: Insurance companies should sue Big Oil for climate change damage
Former Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi argues homeowners shouldn’t face rate hikes while Chevron, BP earn trillions.
Letters to the Editor: Short-term energy costs are nothing compared to the long-term price of climate change
We should be worried about next summer's climate catastrophe and the suffering that our grandchildren and their children will ...
Weather events like Texas rain are more likely to occur due to climate change
The Gulf, which borders Texas, has become significantly warmer in recent years due to climate change, Swain explained. This ...
From air to stone: The fig trees fighting climate change
Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...
As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
In Southern California, large warehouses must take steps to reduce the pollution caused by truck visits, either by switching ...
California's plan to 'Make Polluters Pay' for climate change stalls again. Why oil companies are fiercely opposed
The state's ambitious Climate Superfund legislation would hold fossil fuel companies liable for emissions, but continues to ...
Activists claim California Dems, Newsom ‘have backed down’ on climate change
Climate change activists slammed California Democrats and Governor Gavin Newsom for rolling back several environmental laws.
L.A. firestorms and Texas floods show communities are ill-prepared for worsening climate disasters
Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January ...
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Can weaker environmental rules help fight climate change? California just bet yes.
A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.
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California Democrats walk back climate policies to avoid a political collapse
The climate is supposedly a life or death issue, but California Democrats won't let it get in the way of their monopoly on state power.
California’s great climate retreat
As of last month, 26.1 percent of California’s lands and 21.9 percent of its coastal waters are under “long-term conservation and care,” according to a new progress report published Monday by the ...