Environment

The outlook for climate change is better now than a few years ago, but countries have a long way to go to avoid dangerous climate impacts, according to a new report.

Now that electric cars are mainstream, higher-income Californians will no longer qualify for state subsidies. Lower-income buyers could get up to $12,000.

After flames destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve, biologists began replanting seedlings. But many have died, and now another fire has torched more of the iconic succulents.

Climbers recently reported the new crack on the western side of the Royal Arches formation near a climbing route called Super Slide.

At a recent meeting, residents alleged the district has overcharged them and even threatened to call immigration services on some residents.

The storm dropped more than 2 inches of rain on the park last month, forging new gullies and crumbling roadways.

A new study pins about 25% of the extra risk on human-caused climate change.

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

A thunderstorm brought on by Tropical Storm Hilary filled the Tule River with debris and caused a power outage on the Tule River Indian Reservation. The tribe declared an emergency after the reservation’s water treatment system failed.

Referred to by some as “green glaciers, many meadows in the Sierra Nevada have been overgrown, burned, or degraded by industry. But they serve important functions in forests. And a key to restoring them, say experts, is to think like rodents.