Hayley Smith
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Environment reporter @latimes. Covering wildfires, drought and climate change in California
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https://www.latimes.com/people/hayley-smith 09-04-2009 01:29:55
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A new bill from Laura Friedman seeks to permanently ban paraquat, a powerful weedkiller that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and other health issues. The herbicide is regularly sprayed on almonds, grapes, cotton & other crops in the state. More:
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Adapting to climate change will cost Los Angeles County $12.5 billion over the next 15 years, Center for Climate Integrity says — and that’s a conservative estimate that doesn’t include damage from extreme weather. Story by my Los Angeles Times colleague Hayley Smith: latimes.com/environment/st…
It's hard to comprehend what's at stake with this latest Big Sur PCH landslide + closure, but these photos & video from Brian van der Brug really show how precarious the situation is. Story w Thomas Curwen latimes.com/california/sto…
Another captivating data visualization from Sean Greene. See how the last 20 years of Sierra snowpack stack up in one graphic latimes.com/projects/calif…
Really? California’s got life-saving rules to protect indoor workers from extreme heat, and state finance officials are trying to block them on the grounds that they might be too expensive?
This is absurd for all sorts of reasons. My latest for Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/environment/ne…
A mysterious illness that afflicted 11 dogs, killing 1, linked to parasite confirmed in California for the first time, Andrew J. Campa reports. latimes.com/california/sto…
California environmental groups are urging a court to intervene amid an increase in the deaths of threatened steelhead trout at pumps in the Delta. “We need to reduce the amount of water that’s being pumped.” Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times latimes.com/environment/st…
The last-ever run at the Los Angeles Times storied printing press in downtown LA.
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The #AtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation ( #AMOC ) helps regulate climate and research shows it could suffer an abrupt collapse as a result of #ClimateChange . Scripps physical oceanographer Lynne Talley shares more on AMOC w/ Hayley Smith of Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/environment/st…