Audience-funded nonprofit news
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
-
Listen Listen
Climate & Environment
Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
Sponsor
More Stories
-
It survives by sucking water and nutrients from other plants.
-
Cooler pavement, however, is far from a silver bullet when it comes to reducing the impact of heat.
-
Through bidirectional charging, owners of electric cars can sell energy to the grid or use it to power their homes. But will the technology, which is costly, become widespread?
-
California’s electric rates are among the highest in the country. Three big power companies propose charging fixed rates based on income, saying low-income customers will save money. Critics doubt it’ll work.
-
An excessive heat warning is out for the Antelope Valley starting today.
-
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed "critical habitat" designations in Southern California.
-
The National Weather Service forecasts significant heat for the weekend.
-
Outdoor workers have legal protection in extreme heat, but that's not the case for indoor workers, who can be just as susceptible to heat illness and even death. Enforcing the rules remains an issue.
-
Clear skies, sunshine, and a couple of excessive heat warnings for the deserts remain until Saturday.
-
The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history could frame worker power as a climate solution.
-
Utility-scale solar farms spreading rapidly across the desert Southwest are stressing the region’s already overtaxed groundwater and communities are beginning to push back.
-
Saturday was record breaking. Sunday's going to more of the same, with temperatures cooling around Tuesday.
Landfills are the second-largest source of methane emissions in California. That’s why the California Air Resources Board took action to monitor and capture landfill gases.
Support your source for local news!
In case you missed it
-
911 recordings obtained by LAist shed light on why and how emergency planning continues to leave people with disabilities behind. -
LAist investigates illicit dumping at three Antelope Valley sites. -
An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
More Stories
-
Today will be the coolest day for the next 7 days as a warming trend begins Saturday.
-
More than $90 million will be invested in building around 3,000 shelters across the city.
-
This year's United Nations climate summit is being held in the petroleum-dependent United Arab Emirates. Delegates began by approving a landmark fund to pay for climate losses.
-
Climate science shows that beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, impacts in the U.S. get substantially worse. The world is on track for almost double that level of warming by the end of the century.
-
Cool for the next few days, warmer temps beginning next week.
-
World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.
-
Tens of thousands of gallons of raw sewage spilled in the area, prompting warnings from health officials.
-
Listen to How To LA to learn why schools are in need of billion-dollar upgrades to bring down the heat on campus.
-
Overcast clouds will make way for sunny skies.
-
Baker Commodities Inc. de la ciudad de Vernon ha demandado a la agencia gubernamental que la supervisa por 200 millones de dólares en concepto de daños y perjuicios. Los vecinos habían celebrado su cierre temporal. Ahora, una próxima decisión judicial podría permitir una reapertura total.
