A palm-sized mammal that lives underground in California has been caught alive on camera for the first time. Three undergraduate students came up with an idea to capture the elusive Mount Lyell shrew, native to the Eastern Sierra Nevada region, as part of their fall 2024 project. Vishal Subramanyan, Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes laid…
When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, the virus has infected more than 900 herds and dozens of people, killing one, and the outbreak shows no signs of abating. A pandemic is…
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials. The order, dated Friday, comes after Mr. Trump traveled to the state to see the devastation from wildfires…
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials. The order, dated Friday, comes after Mr. Trump traveled to the state to see the devastation from wildfires…
If your home was damaged or destroyed by the fires in Los Angeles, the most daunting challenge may still be ahead: Getting your insurance company, or the federal government, to give you the money you’re entitled to receive. That process can be infuriating and baffling, and it comes during what is already an incredibly stressful…
A large fire erupted on Thursday at the Moss Landing battery plant, south of San Jose, Calif., closing Highway 1 and prompting local the authorities to issue evacuation orders for around 2,000 residents. The plant, owned by Vistra Energy, is one of the largest battery storage sites in the world and holds tens of thousands…
Vermont and New York recently became the first states to create “Climate Superfund” laws, which will require energy companies to help pay for the costs of dealing with extreme weather and climate change. As wildfires devastate the Los Angeles area, some are asking if California could become the third. “Taxpayers are shouldering 100 percent of…
Not too long ago, imitation meats, including plant-based products from brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, appeared poised to help save the world from the environmental, health and ethical harms that often go along with eating animal flesh. But that was before concerns grew that the products were “ultraprocessed,” a message amplified both by…
Toyota Motors’ trucking unit has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $1.6 billion in civil and criminal penalties for fraudulently concealing excess emissions from diesel engines sold in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. For more than a decade, Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, submitted false testing data to…
Armed with two garden hoses hooked up to a sputtering tap, Matthew Craig battled fire and smoke to save his house from the onslaught of flames that devastated much of Altadena, a once leafy corner of Los Angeles County. The wind felt like dragon’s breath, he said, and “we were all eating smoke.” But even…
