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California's drive for electric vehicles faces challenge in Congress, the White House and Supreme Court ...

An independent panel is urging California lawmakers to to creating a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

It would take more than 9.5 million square miles of trees to offset the emissions of the world's 200 largest fossil fuel companies, according to new research.

Dust rising from the dry bottom of Owens Lake is a longstanding problem. Now, scientists have found that lands surrounding the lake are a bigger source of dust pollution.

Hundreds of endangered tidewater gobies were returned to their home in Topanga Lagoon five months after being moved from the area in the wake of the Palisades fire.

The canceled awards were issued under the Biden administration and primarily focused on carbon capture and sequestration and decarbonization initiatives.

A heat advisory is in effect through Wednesday for portions of SoCal. Highs in the forecast include 118 degrees in Palm Springs, 103 in Palmdale and 101 in San Bernardino.

Mayors of Western cities are urging the Trump administration to take steps to help address water scarcity as climate change depletes the Colorado River.

Experts say recent changes at FEMA, NOAA and the U.S. Forest Service could make a challenging fire season in California even worse.