Since 2011, 34 solar projects have won exceptions through the siting council or a county, accounting for the majority of the ...

In a new quick-turn analysis, UCLA climate scientists found that climate change could be responsible for roughly a quarter of ...

As r aging fires battered Los Angeles County in early 2025, critics put a spotlight on the US state of California's ...

A large Oregon forest meant to offset planet warming emissions was burned three years ago in a wildfire, and the project had ...

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster ...

City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry and hot and perfect for fanning fires. In Washington, the same phenomenon can occur with winds flowing from the drier eastern ... driven fire and land on homes.

Every year, states in the United States like California, Oregon and Washington ... affecting some 15 million hectares of land, which is double the size of South-East in Nigeria.

The winds come from dry desert regions in Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Oregon, and become more dry as they pass down the mountains. Chinooks, meanwhile, are the warm winds that come down the east side ...