ICN West Coast

Ted Bundy, Serial Killers and Lead Exposure: Exploring the Connection Between Neurotoxins and Violence

Caroline Fraser’s new book “Murderland” connects the dots between the rise of lead in the atmosphere from smelting and gasoline and the prevalence of serial killers during the 1970s.

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard

By Marianne Lavelle

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

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

By Liza Gross

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

By Benton Graham, Grist

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

By Liza Gross

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

By Nicole J. Caruth

California Updates Pesticide Alert System

By Liza Gross

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

By Liza Gross

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

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

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

By Dan Gearino

Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?

By Marianne Lavelle

Canyon Wildfire in Los Angeles Forces Thousands to Evacuate

By Keerti Gopal

How the Trump Budget Cuts Are Playing Out at Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

California Congressman Vows to Challenge Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’

By Liza Gross

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

Violating California Residents’ Right to Water

By Liza Gross

In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward

By Twilight Greenaway