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In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways
The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, central arms of California's water system, have become too salty to use in some places as the state's drought drags on.
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Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination
California's governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination to shore up its supply over the next two decades.
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Western states hit with more cuts to Colorado River water
For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures more drought.
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Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River
Dire consequences could result if states, cities and farms across the American West cannot agree on how to cut the amount of water they draw from the Colorado River.
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California phasing out gas vehicles in climate change fight
With Thursday's regulatory board vote, California moves a step closer to requiring all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035.
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What WA can learn from California’s gas car ban
California will require all new vehicles sold in the state to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035. Here's what to know how the new requirement will work.
View ArticleEquity is goal, not mandate, in California electric car rule
Discounted prices, car-share programs and more public chargers are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive.
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California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins
Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools are among the climate wins for California Democrats in the final days of the legislative session.
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Sheriff: 2 dead in Northern California wildfire
A sheriff says two people have died in a blaze that ripped through a Northern California town.
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Chance of California power outages up as heat wave worsens
California's chance of power outages will grow in the coming days as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heatwave.
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Record heat wave puts California in fossil fuel conundrum
A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...
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Stressed Colorado River keeps California desert farms alive
California's Imperial Valley, which provides many of the nation’s winter vegetables and cattle feed, has one of the strongest grips on water from the Colorado River, a critical but over-tapped supply...
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“Don’t Look Up” director McKay gives to climate activists
Movie director Adam McKay is donating $4 million to fund activists engaged in the climate fight.
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Newsom relaxes refinery rules as California gas prices soar
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called on state regulators to relax rules on oil refineries in an effort to lower soaring fuel prices.
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California braces for dry winter as Western drought drags on
California's dry streak is unlikely to break this winter. "This is our new reality," a state official said.
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California agencies float Colorado River water cuts proposal
California water agencies that rely on the parched Colorado River say they're willing to cut their use by about one-tenth.
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Amid end to COVID help, homelessness surging in many cities
Homelessness is expected to be up when the federal government releases results from an annual count in coming months, the first full tally since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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Amid end to COVID help, homelessness surging in many cities
Homelessness is expected to be up when the federal government releases results from an annual count in coming months, the first full tally since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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Newsom to call special legislative session over gas prices
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will call a special session of the state Legislature to pass a new tax on oil companies.
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Tax the rich for more EVs? California Democrats split
A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to pay for electric vehicle programs has divided Democrats.
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California carbon emissions fell 9% in pandemic’s 1st year
California's planet-warming emissions dropped by nearly 9% in 2020 compared to the year before.
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New US plan could lead to federal action on Colorado River
The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River.
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Hoopa Valley Tribe sues US over California water contracts
The Hoopa Valley Tribe alleges in a lawsuit that the Biden administration is failing to collect money from farms that rely on federally supplied water to pay for damages to tribal fisheries.
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California voters reject tax on rich for more electric cars
California voters have rejected a new tax on the state’s richest residents.
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California seeks to pair home energy storage, rooftop solar
California regulators have proposed changes to the state's robust residential solar market aimed at encouraging more at-home battery systems that store power for use at night.
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EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count
A Republican win in California on Wednesday has given the party control of the U.S. House.
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Western US cities to remove decorative grass amid drought
Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River.
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Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding
The federal government says it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River.
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Drought-hit California cities to get little water from state
California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023.
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California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
California utility regulators have approved major changes to the state's booming rooftop solar industry.
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AP Exclusive: Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks
Competing priorities, outsized demands and the federal government's retreat from a threatened deadline all combined to thwart a voluntary deal last summer on how to drastically cut water use from the...
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California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts
California has released a plan outlining how it thinks states should reduce their reliance on the Colorado River.
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Pipeline debate at center of California carbon capture plans
Twenty years into climate change efforts, California is now relying heavily on a controversial technology — capturing climate pollution from industry and piping it underground, where it's supposed to...
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Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case blocking San Francisco from cleaning homelessness encampments.
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Federal officials say plan for water cuts from 3 Western states is enough to...
Federal officials say that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a three-state plan to reduce water use should keep the river basin on stable footing for several years.
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