Fossil fuel companies are sucking so much oil and gas from parts of the Permian Basin that the ground is sinking -- and injecting so much wastewater back into other parts of the basin that the ground is expanding: wsj.com/business/energ…

A new Biden administration rule will require real estate developers who want U.S. government-backed loans to meet higher energy efficiency requirements. Should save money for homeowners and renters, and help with climate: huffpost.com/entry/biden-bu… via Alexander Kaufman

Cool to see Apple investing in a floodplain restoration project at the confluence of Sacramento and Feather rivers near Sacramento International Airport, in what supporters hope could eventually become a state park: sacbee.com/news/californi… via Ari Plachta

Yes, there's desert in Oregon. And it's home to the largest national monument currently proposed nationwide, at the Owyhee Canyonlands: hcn.org/articles/whats… via Kylie Mohr (she/her)

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland journeyed to the Southwest to celebrate the completion of a new power line that will carry solar power through Arizona and California: insideclimatenews.org/news/27042024/…

'The endangered species law gives the state tools to act. It has plans and plenty of talk. But little apparent action.' Columnist George Skelton @ LAT laments California's failure to save to save steelhead trout in the Ventura, Santa Clara & Santa Ynez rivers: latimes.com/california/sto…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will speak at a climate summit hosted by Pope Francis at the Vatican next month. 'This year holds unprecedented significance for democracy and the climate, two intertwined issues which will define our future,' Newsom says: latimes.com/california/sto…

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In today’s Los Angeles Times: The behind-the-scenes story of how a small group of climate advocates — and a journalist — got Disney to commit to electric cars at Autopia, after nearly 70 years of polluting gas guzzlers Walt’s classic Disneyland attraction: latimes.com/environment/ne…

It’s been super fun for me playing a role in making this happen. Subscribe to Los Angeles Times to help me keep doing high-impact climate journalism: latimes.com/subscribe

In today’s Los Angeles Times: The behind-the-scenes story of how a small group of climate advocates — and a journalist — got Disney to commit to electric cars at Autopia, after nearly 70 years of polluting gas guzzlers Walt’s classic Disneyland attraction: latimes.com/environment/ne…

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish expected to leave the company amid sale talks latimes.com/entertainment-…

LOSS OF A LEGEND: Bob Pool, veteran L.A. Times newsman and observer of the human condition, dies at 79. I was lucky enough to be his editor for nearly a decade and I learned so much from him. The first -- respect your readers and their time latimes.com/obituaries/sto…

CNN journalist and host Poppy Harlow exits after 16-year run, ⁦Stephen Battaglio⁩ reports: latimes.com/entertainment-…

“To speak at USC in this moment would betray not only our own values, but USC’s too.”

Commencement speakers launch a boycott of USC satellite graduation ceremonies latimes.com/california/sto…

“I see him as a little bit like Robin Hood.” Spellbinding tale by my Los Angeles Times colleague jessica garrison on a California irrigation district leader who allegedly stole water from the feds for more than two decades, to supply farmers and line his own pockets: latimes.com/california/sto…

Painted Canyon in the Mecca Hills Wilderness is one of my favorite places, basically where I learned to love hiking. It's sacred to the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and would be at the heart of the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument: latimes.com/environment/st…

Dueling Gaza protests at UCLA draw hundreds as USC sees peaceful demonstration latimes.com/california/sto…