I Am Enviro

Climate change is ravaging California’s underwater kelp forests. That’s caused what one scientist called a “perfect storm” in the ecosystem.

The planet depends on it. California can show true leadership on climate by rejecting a ballot measure that would cut off money for mass transit.

Since July, there have been nine cases of typhus in downtown Los Angeles, six of which were among people who are homeless. Health officials declared a typhus outbreak there last week.

Brett Kavanaugh’s elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court could solidify its conservative majority for a decade or more and affect issues as profound as climate change, abortion, health care and the scope of presidential power. And for California, the stakes also include an array of pending and future legal battles on topics ranging from immigration to vehicle emissions, net neutrality and the 2020 census. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed or joined dozens of lawsuits challenging Trump administration decisions to roll back regulations issued under President Barack Obama.

Organizations from across sectors embrace land as a climate solution during the Global Climate Action Summit

All of California’s electricity will come from clean power sources by 2045 under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, the latest in a series of ambitious goals set by the state to combat the effects of climate change.

A number of activists are expected to march Saturday morning in San Francisco in what organizers call 'the largest climate march the West Coast has ever seen' to demand action against climate change from elected...

Organizers hope a 2,000-foot-long unmanned boom will collect 150,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a year.

On its own and in league with other cities, Orlando is working to curb climate change, starting with the electricity it generates.

The legislation comes on top of an earlier move requiring the state to generate 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

New York’s Sanitation Department removes litter baskets if they are used for household or commercial trash. Residents say it’s left sidewalks a mess.

Flushing disposable contacts down the toilet or washing them down the drain may contribute to the problem of microplastic pollution, researchers said.

The knowledge and tools to sequester carbon on farmland have blossomed rapidly in California; now farmers and ranchers just need funding to make it happen.

The agency announced a plan to relax Obama-era greenhouse gas rules and signaled that it aimed to make California, which sets its own standards, fall in line.