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LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances

California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.

By Hilary Beaumont

A man uses a wrench stuck into a pipe to turn off a burning gas line during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

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

By Blanca Begert

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 Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires

By Bob Berwyn

Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?

By Liza Gross

In Altadena, whole blocks were leveled by a fire that jumped street to street. Credit: Jireh Deng/Inside Climate News

The Dichotomy of a Deadly Paradise—How Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Fuel LA’s Fires

By Jireh Deng

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