A bill introduced in California’s state legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similarly to current law holding utilities liable for fires started by their equipment.
California's insurance crisis risks triggering broader financial instability, an expert in economics and the environment warned.
As the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.
During President Donald Trump’s first days in office, the barrage of climate change and energy-related executive orders he issued reflects — and in some cases goes beyond — the plans laid out in Project 2025,
The climate crisis isn’t just about the availability and cost of housing. It's also about location and quality.
California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural disasters to sue the oil industry for damages.
State Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced a bill that would create a pathway for Californians affected by fires, floods and other climate disasters to sue fossil fuel companies for damages. The bill would also let insurers do the same to recover costs.
In the wake of the raging California wildfires, environmental groups are shifting the climate conversation away from mitigation, toward adaptation and resilience.
The wildfire disaster in Los Angeles underscores the importance of climate change adaptation. We built our infrastructure for a world that no longer exists.
Rising housing, energy and insurance costs could force Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to spend more money helping Californians live on a warming planet.
Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken meaningful steps to address the issue, but the sheer scale of
As college students (one from Minas Gerais, Brazil, the other from California), we were excited to be part of the global youth team designing this curriculum. Our generation has grown up knowing that our planet is suffering under the intense duress of climate change.