The Republican Party is betraying a devastated Los Angeles
Try to imagine how Americans would have reacted last fall — after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida’s Big Bend region, killing dozens of people — if…
Moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim
THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim.Experts had believed our…
The L.A. Times is starting a climate change podcast
The world has changed since I started writing Boiling Point five years ago. There are more solar farms, fewer coal plants and more movies about…
Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing
Los Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring.I’m sorry for sounding callous, but it’s true.You’ve probably seen…
Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ needs less fossil fuel propaganda
A recent episode of “Landman” — the latest western soap opera dreamed up by “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan — was packed with thrilling interpersonal drama…
DeSantis proposes NASA headquarters in Florida, lauds new space consortium
1 of 2 | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested moving NASA headquarters to Florida's Brevard County during a memorandum of understanding signing event creating the…
Next year, Honda’s Rose Parade float should be electric
Shivering in the early-morning air as the Rose Parade rolled down Pasadena’s Colorado Boulevard on New Year’s Day, I was thrilled to see that the…
The most daring space missions coming in 2025 – from China’s asteroid retrieval to first private ‘luxury’ space station
THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China's asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are…
Jimmy Carter tried to fix the planet. The oil industry fought back
In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White House — panels…
NASA probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the Sun | Space News
Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says.The United States space agency has confirmed its…
NASA probe attempts closest ever approach to the sun | Space News
With the spacecraft out of contact, it will be Friday before mission operators confirm its historic flyby.NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make history…
Let’s get real about climate change, affordable energy
Aliso Canyon is here to stay.After eight years of study, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously last week not to close the San Fernando…
After an oil spill, he took a vow of silence. Today he preaches kindness
Before watching “Planetwalker,” a short documentary released this month by L.A. Times Studios and Bloomberg Green Docs, I had never heard of John Francis. When…
Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni face further delay in homcoming
Nasa says that the astronauts stuck on the International Space Station will have to wait even longer to get home.Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were…
Newsom loves fighting Big Oil. Gas utilities? Meh
Gov. Gavin Newsom has never hesitated to go to bat for electric vehicles.Even as slowing sales growth and former President Trump’s reelection have called into…
Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all
Remember that time a natural gas field in the hills above the San Fernando Valley sprung a record-breaking leak, spewing 109,000 tons of heat-trapping methane…
Trump can’t stop clean energy. But he can slow it down
The question isn’t whether the energy transition will happen. It’s how quickly we can shift from lung-damaging, planet-warming fossil fuels to clean energy, and how…
L.A.’s massive new solar farm is cheap and impressive. More, please
Flying north from the City Hall helipad, it was hard to shake the feeling that Los Angeles never really ends.Downtown skyscrapers and Dodger Stadium parking…
Trump nominates Musk collaborator to head space agency NASA | Space News
Jared Isaacman, who made the first private spacewalk in September, is among several appointments announced on Wednesday.Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire who made the first…
Biden is running out of time to lock in climate action
In the final weeks before President Biden leaves office, federal officials and climate advocates are scrambling to secure as much progress as they can before…