DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — With California struggling through historic drought, the state’s Coastal Commission on Thursday approved a desalination plant that could turn up to 5 million gallons of seawater a day into drinkable water. The commission voted 11-0 to approve the proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination Project in Dana Point, southeast of Los Angeles […]

Miguel Ángel Altieri In order to safeguard and support world’s agricultural heritage systems in 2002 FAO launched a UN Partnership initiative for the conservation and adaptive management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage systems (GIAHS). The initiative aims to establish the basis for international recognition, dynamic conservation and adaptive management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems […]

Some scientists are concerned that San Francisco’s most iconic meteorological phenomenon is on its way out. It’s Thursday. Why fog is so vital to life in California. Plus, new research shows that worsening smoke from wildfires may have reversed decades of improvements in Western air quality. Nina Riggio for The New York Times||Coastal fog isn’t […]

Claire Arre, a marine biologist in Orange County, Calif., aims to combat climate change using nature instead of human-engineered construction.Credit…Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times NEWPORT BAY, Calif. — Claire Arre, a marine biologist, waded through the sand in search of an Olympia oyster on a recent sunny afternoon, monitoring the bed her organization […]

California took some of its most aggressive steps yet to fight global warming as lawmakers passed a flurry of new climate bills late Wednesday, including a record $54 billion in climate spending, a measure to prevent the state’s last nuclear power plant from closing, sharp new restrictions on oil and gas drilling and a mandate […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, spoke during the opening ceremony at the Summit of the Americas on Wednesday.Credit…Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Los Angeles has transformed into a major geopolitical stage this week as President Biden and dozens of other world leaders convene here for the ninth Summit of the Americas. If you aren’t already familiar, the Summit […]

The City Council unanimously approved more than a dozen measures Wednesday to tighten restrictions on plastic bags, utensils, food containers and other disposables with a goal of making Los Angeles a “zero waste” city. The measures, 14 in all, direct the city attorney to draft ordinances to expand the already existing plastic bag ban and […]

ALBUQUERQUE — The megadrought in the American Southwest has become so severe that it’s now the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, scientists said Monday, and climate change is largely responsible. The drought, which began in 2000 and has reduced water supplies, devastated farmers and ranchers and helped fuel wildfires […]

For anyone tracking the state of California’s drought, the past four months have delivered an emotional whiplash. October brought flooding and atmospheric rivers. November was unusually parched. December broke rainfall records, while January clocked in as the driest ever for large swaths of the state. The wild swings in precipitation mean that much of the water gains […]