Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are sure to lecture us again this session about the need to step up our efforts to combat climate change.

California lawmakers propose legislation that could allow vicims of the devastating Southern California wildfires to sue oil and gas companies.

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A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the devastating Southern California wildfires.

Although pieces of the analysis include degrees of uncertainty, researchers said trends show climate change increased the likelihood of the fires.

In early January 2025, just a week after New Year, furious 80 mph Santa Ana winds swept through SoCal. The winds are natural, occurring when cool, pressurized desert air heats and picks up speed as it races down a mountainside.

WASHINGTON -- Study says climate change made extreme fire conditions that fed California blazes more likely.

Worldwide warming temperatures are hammering roads that were built for a different climate, ballooning repair budgets and sometimes cutting off communities from goods and services.

With battery-powered cars, windmills, and solar farms California hopes to shrink its carbon footprint to nothing. But some see a downside.

DeepSeek claims to use far less energy than its competitors, but there are still big questions about what that means for the environment.

The "Jeremiahs of climate change" tried to warn us, says a reader. The fires are evidence of the need to start listening to them.