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The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

Environmentalists worry about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as more tall barriers are planned by the U.S. government to curb migration and trafficking.

By Tina Deines

A sphinx moth flies near the gates of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Bernardino, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2022. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
The Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Ashley Orona/LA Public Press

The AI Data Center Boom Comes to Southeast LA

By Ashley Orona, LA Public Press

National Guard soldiers search for people stranded by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024, in Steinhatchee, Fla. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard

By Marianne Lavelle

The Colorado River flows up to Glen Canyon Dam as Lake Powell sits at a third of its capacity on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn

By Wyatt Myskow

This Altadena home was exposed early to the Eaton Fire in January. The location of burning palm trees in front of the windows may have created a radiant heat exposure. Credit: Courtesy of Yana Valachovic

A Debate Heats Up over California’s ‘Zone Zero’ Rules to Cut Home Losses to Flammable Vegetation

By Blanca Begert

Baysi Vasquez’s daughter, Ivanna, stands in front of their home where heat pumps were installed. “All farmworkers deserve the right to affordable air conditioning,” she said. Credit: Twilight Greenaway/Inside Climate News

Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy

By Twilight Greenaway

A roadless area featuring a peak of the Santa Ana mountains is seen within the Cleveland National Forest. Credit: EcoFlight

Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development

By Wyatt Myskow

Communities in Monterey County are often embedded in agricultural fields. In the Pajaro Valley near Salinas, Calif., people are surrounded by strawberry fields, where growers apply large volumes of pesticides known to cause harm, including brain-damaging organophosphates and cancer-causing 1,3-D. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy

By Liza Gross

A digitally rendered image of Terranova’s robot, called the Atlas 3. Credit: Courtesy of Terranova

Can an AI-Guided Robot Help a California City Resist Sea Level Rise and Sequester Carbon?

By Jennifer Ugwa

Nicholas Spada stands in front of an instument panel at UC Davis’ Crocker Nuclear Laboratory with a radiation exposure monitor prominently pinned to his shirt’s pocket on March 25.

Nicholas Spada Spent Months Analyzing Smoke From the LA Fires. He Thinks People Have a Right to Know, and ‘Air Is Everything.’

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

A view of the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2016, where natural gas had been leaking from the Aliso Canyon storage facility since Oct. 23, 2015. Credit: Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images

Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows

By Liza Gross

The construction site of a high-speed rail viaduct near Highway 43 south of Corcoran, Calif. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/Grist

Billions Spent, Miles To Go: The Story of California’s Failure To Build High-Speed Rail

By Benton Graham, Grist

Mira Shah, who recently started a student-run climate economics journal, at her father’s office in Dublin, Calif. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change

By Liza Gross

Glad Tidings’ founder, Bishop Jerry Macklin and one of the church’s new EV charging stations. Credit: Courtesy of Glad Tidings

A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging

By Nicole J. Caruth

Farmworkers pick strawberries in a field on June 12 in Oxnard, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

California Updates Pesticide Alert System

By Liza Gross

Hydrocarbon storage tanks—like this one in the backyard of a home in Arvin, Calif., and next to a playground—pose a disproportionate health risk when they leak. In addition to the climate super-pollutant methane, they emit a cocktail of toxic gases, including the carcinogen benzene. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released With Methane in Super-Emitter Events

By Liza Gross

Birds fly near the Phillips 66 refinery in L.A.’s Wilmington neighborhood. The facility is slated to close by the end of the year. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

There’s a ‘Lake’ of Oil Under LA’s Soon-to-Close Refinery. Who’s Going to Clean It Up?

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

Val Verde and Castaic residents call for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to be closed during a protest in Castaic, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

A foreman for the solar company Sunrun installs a 215-pound lithium-ion battery at a home in Granada Hills, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2020. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results

By Dan Gearino

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