AND NOW SOME CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WANT THE OIL INDUSTRY TO PAY FOR NATURAL DISASTERS ... THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY HAS ENDLESS RESOURCES. PROFITS CONTINUE TO JUST SPIRAL AND SPIRAL INTO THE ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...

A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.

Natural disasters affect millions of people across the U.S. each year in every part of the country, such as the wildfires in California or the hurricanes in the Southeast. The census data is vital ...

Scripps climate scientist Janin Guzman Morales’ research on Santa Ana winds – traditionally most noted in the fall, when they spread Southern California’s wildfires – found that this wind season is ...

They say you can’t put a price tag on beauty, but maybe you can.       A recent report from the Land Trust for Santa Barbara ...

Can California learn from other states about housing recovery after a natural disaster? That’s the idea behind Assembly Bill 239 by Assemblymember John Harabedian, a freshman Democrat from Pasadena ...

Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water ...

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Represents Nation’s First Class VI Permits to Sequester CO2 in Depleted Oil and Natural Gas Fields LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Resources Corporation (NYSE ...

“There isn’t a ton of coordination on these types of things, because natural disasters, thankfully ... a provision that’s not in the California bill. The bill is expected to be considered at a ...

HB No.11205 mandates the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the National Mapping and Resources Information Authority (NAMRIA) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), ...