As drought and climate change make fires worse, officials are returning to Native nations’ time-tested techniques. Returning the land would be better.

The restrictions are essential to keep the states from running dry, but vulnerable communities have already suffered from water scarcity for years.

The damage caused by methane emissions is even worse than we thought. Will other states now follow California’s lead?

A California law bans state-funded travel to anti-LGBT states. Texas is asking the Supreme Court to rule the law unconstitutional.

Some communities are cracking down on natural gas extraction and consumption. The industry is responding with all-out war.

A recent study found that if the Colorado River drought continues, Arizona, California, and Nevada may have to cut their water usage by nearly half. Acceptance is the first step.

The five-figure energy bills Texans are now facing aren’t an accident: The system was designed this way.

Colorado River drought and water supply issues could soon affect 12 percent of Americans.

The California governor’s fumbled response to the Covid-19 crisis has fueled a surprisingly potent recall campaign against him.

The labor carve-out that allowed a California grocery giant to replace employees with contractors might be coming to a state near you.

We need to change our behavior rapidly to avert climate catastrophe. But we can also make life easier for everyone.

They’ve always overcharged for books. Now they’re demanding obscene costs for e-books.

The basis of all human life is now officially on the market. Call it the No Future futures index.

Trump fought Californian environmental officials. The Biden team wants to learn from them.

In California, gig economy giants won the ability to make their own laws. Money will do that for you.

The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.

A celebrated chronicler of human suffering, John Steinbeck could not abide other people.

Years of unchecked development and bad climate policy have set the state on fire. Where do we go from here?

Immigrant workers who got emergency care are struggling, months later, with more symptoms and no doctor.

“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”