ICN West Coast

California Isn’t Ready for a Megaflood. Or the Loss of Daniel Swain.

By Liza Gross

Why a State-Led Coalition to Install More Heat Pumps Is a Big Deal for Climate Change

By Kristoffer Tigue

Sewage Across Borders: The Tijuana River Is Spewing Wastewater Into San Diego Amid Historic Storms, Which Could Threaten Public Health

By Kiley Price

Indictment of US Forest Service ‘Burn Boss’ in Oregon Could Chill ‘Good Fires’ Across the Country

By Grant Stringer

Las Tormentas: L.A. County Meets a Next-Level Atmospheric River

By Audrey Gray

Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest

By Liza Gross

COP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill

By Liza Gross

In Oregon, a New Program Is Training Burn Bosses to Help Put More “Good Fire” on the Ground

By Grant Stringer

It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US

By Wyatt Myskow

Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates

By Liza Gross

California’s Oil Country Faces an ‘Existential’ Threat. Kern County Is Betting on the Carbon Removal Industry to Save It

By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Inside Climate News, and Joshua Yeager, KVPR

Washington Law Attempts to Fill the Void in Federal Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals

By Emma Peterson

Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar

By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous

Is California Overstating the Climate Benefit of Dairy Manure Methane Digesters?

By Phil McKenna

A Battle Is Underway Over California’s Lucrative Dairy Biogas Market

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Will the American Geophysical Union Cut All Ties With the Fossil Fuel Industry?

By Liza Gross

Deemed Sustainable by Seafood Industry Monitors, Harvested California Squid Has an Unmeasurable Energy Footprint

By Georgina Gustin

New Forecasting Tools May Help Predict Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Ocean Life up to a Year in Advance

By Kiley Price