Emily Guerin
Former Correspondent, LAist Studios
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Truck drivers worry they will bear the high costs of upgrading diesel trucks to expensive, zero-emission technology. -
The plan relies heavily on incentives to switch trucks and equipment over to zero emission technology, which critics say will not be ready, or cost effective, in time.
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Brown needs a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to extend the state's signature climate policy through 2031. The legislature is supposed to vote today.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti has a goal of lowering the city's temperature three degrees by 2035 through a combination of reflective pavement, more trees, and less heat-absorbing rooftops.
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A bumper crop of grass, now withering under searing temperatures, coupled with millions of dead trees has increased the threat of fire in the Sierra Nevada.
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People in Wilmington, South LA have been complaining for years of health problems from living alongside oil wells. Now the city will study whether to shut them down.
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For the 40 percent of Californians who live in multi-unit apartment buildings, it's very difficult to own an electric vehicle.
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The rural West just got its biggest pay-out ever from the federal government under the PILT program. But it could be short-lived: President Trump wants to cut PILT funding by 17 percent.
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The stoplight-colored Air Quality Index is updated hourly, and lets you see how bad the air pollution is in your area.
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The air district is warning everyone to avoid exercising outdoors mid-day, but especially children and the elderly.
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