ICN California
Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge
By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna
Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?
By Liza Gross
Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy
By Wyatt Myskow
Smoke and Ash Made More Toxic by the Contents of Burning Homes Threaten Residents of LA and Beyond
By Audrey Gray and Andrew Robinson
‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’
By Kiley Bense
Building Decarbonization Could Push Out Low-Income Renters. A San Francisco Program Hopes to Prevent That
By Twilight Greenaway
California Rice Fields Offer Threatened Migratory Waterbirds a Lifeline
By Liza Gross
The Dichotomy of a Deadly Paradise—How Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Fuel LA’s Fires
By Jireh Deng
Climate Trauma Is a Thing. Here’s What the Research Reveals
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn
By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski
What to Expect from State Governments on Renewable Energy Policy in 2025
By Dan Gearino
The Unusually Strong Force Behind the Apocalyptic Fires in Los Angeles
By Umair Irfan, Vox
The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope
By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias
By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous
The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards
By Wyatt Myskow
As a Major California Oil Producer Eyes Carbon Storage, Thousands of Idle Wells Await Cleanup
By Emma Foehringer Merchant

