Mark Olalde
Los Angeles Times
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Oil giants sell thousands of California wells, raising worries about future liability
The sale of thousands of California gas and oil wells is raising concern about oversight of idle and orphaned wells. → Read More
A Uranium ghost town in the making
A company is buying out homeowners to avoid cleaning up waste. → Read More
A mining company buys out homeowners to avoid full cleanup
Time and again, a mining company promised to clean up uranium waste in New Mexico. Now it wants to buy out residents and avoid full cleanup. → Read More
Clock is ticking on dreams of saving Salton Sea with water from Mexico's Sea of Cortez
California's Natural Resources Agency has until the end of 2022 to decide what its long-term plan will be for the state's largest lake → Read More
Gene Autry, Indian Canyon reopen after wind storm
Roads heading north from Palm Springs reopened Thursday after Wednesday's windstorm → Read More
Chauvin guilty: 'While this is a victory in the courtroom, it's a sad moment in our history,' Indio leader says
The Coachella Valley reacts as Derek Chauvin found guilty for killing George Floyd. → Read More
Deadly virus in rabbits threatens to upend some Western ecosystems
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has spread in the U.S. since spring 2020, with an epicenter in the Southwest and Southern California. → Read More
Coachella Valley breaks 100 degrees for first time in 2021
Much of the Southern California desert peaked at around 100 degrees on Saturday, the first time → Read More
Glamping company brings Airstreams to Joshua Tree. Can development and nature coexist?
AutoCamp broke ground on a 55-unit upscale resort in January near the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. Is it a model for ecological development? → Read More
17 key environmental bills on the 2021 agenda in California's Legislature
Bills related to oil, electric vehicles, climate change, whales and other environmental topics have been proposed by California lawmakers this year. → Read More
Joshua trees can be legally protected in California, court rules
A court threw out a challenge to the western Joshua tree's listing as a candidate species for protection under the California Endangered Species Act. → Read More
California sued over its oil and gas permitting practices
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the California Geologic Energy Management Division. → Read More
Biden's Interior Department halts Trump's attempt to change desert conservation plan
The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan covers 10.8 million acres in the Mojave and Colorado deserts → Read More
Harvard study links fossil fuels to millions of 'premature' deaths
In related news, California approved 11 new fracking permits west of Bakersfield in Kern County. → Read More
In California, effort to recall Governor Newsom gains steam amid frustration over COVID-19
Push to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom has plenty of grievances and money. It faces a mid-March deadline to get 1.5 million signatures. → Read More
Residents sue Oasis Mobile Home Park over tainted water and unsanitary conditions
The Oasis Mobile Home Park saga continues as residents went public with a lawsuit against owner Scott Lawson and his daughter Sabrina. → Read More
California Highway Patrol on 'tactical alert' in advance of inauguration
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco also expected protests and said his department would not tolerate violence. → Read More
Trump administration announces 11th-hour rewrite of desert conservation plan
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday announced proposed changes to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. → Read More
Rep. Raul Ruiz speaks out as President Trump impeached for second time
President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice, this time for his actions surrounding the Capitol Building riot. → Read More
'I prayed. I prayed to God': Rep. Raul Ruiz, Congress shelters as Trump supporters storm Capitol
Republican protesters have stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. → Read More