California tops the list of U.S. states with the most wildfires — 9,260 in 2021. That year, the number of acres burned in the state exceeded two million, more than twice as many as second-ranked Texas, the Insurance Information Institute said. A two decades’ long study in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains has confirmed that forest […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to review the use of, and consider prohibiting, the rubber preservative found in tires known as 6PPD, in response to a petition from the Yurok Tribe, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. The chemical 6PPD is a rubber preservative used in tires […]
The Highland Fire outside of the Southern California city of Temecula has doubled in size since Monday and is now burning on 2,847 acres. The wildfire is only 10 percent contained, according to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), reported NPR. Thousands of Riverside County residents have been asked […]
Back in August, Death Valley National Park closed following flooding from Tropical Storm Hilary. The deluge inundated the park with a year’s worth of rain that filled long-dry lake beds and revitalized the landscape. The park partially reopened on October 15 and is now dotted with lakes and blanketed with greenery and wildflowers. “Some spectacular […]
The Chumash people, a Tribe of Native Americans, have lived along the California coast for thousands of years. Until the arrival of Europeans in 1769, their population thrived in 150 towns and villages that encompassed 7,500 square miles, from Malibu to Paso Robles and inland to the border of the San Joaquin Valley. After the […]
The California State Water Resources Control Board has ordered Arrowhead bottled water’s parent company BlueTriton to significantly reduce the amount of water it takes from natural springs in the San Bernardino National Forest. The company has been drawing water from the Strawberry Creek watershed, which provides protection from wildfires and serves as an important wildlife […]
The State of California filed a lawsuit on Friday, People of the State of California v. Bill Oil, against the world’s biggest oil companies, alleging they are responsible for billions of dollars in damages for misleading the public by downplaying the risks of fossil fuels. Sunday, while attending an event for Climate Week in New […]
The California Air Resources Board has announced a new landmark for the state: for the first time, over half of diesel fuel used statewide was replaced by cleaner fuels, as of the first quarter of 2023. The shift can be largely attributed to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which is designed to reduce air […]
The first tropical storm to hit California since 1939, Hilary, which initially began in the Pacific Ocean as a hurricane reaching Category 4 strength, brought a deluge of rain followed by flash flooding to the Los Angeles area on Sunday. The storm hit Mexico’s Baja California first, turning roads into rivers and killing one person. […]
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