For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern California, the answer is yes. They’ve hit in the recent past and are a ...

Following delays and ongoing legal challenges, a California regulator enacted sustainability reporting requirements relating to climate change starting in August 2026.

For decades, Los Angeles has topped the list as the smoggiest city in the U.S., but now, climate change is fueling a new kind of pollution from toxic urban wildfires to heat-driven ozone and smoke ...

State water managers are predicting “big swings” between wet and dry weather, a sign of how a warming planet is making California’s natural cycle of drought to deluge more extreme. What to expect: The ...

There’s been deep irony in Sacramento this summer, as some normally environmentally oriented state senators deep-sixed what could have been the year’s most important potential new environmental law.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A towering cloud of dust engulfs part of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday. (City of Phoenix / Associated Press) ...