Google's new online tool could help scientists and developing countries monitor deforestation.

Lawmakers traded punches on Capitol Hill this morning over the future of California’s water. (Photo: University of California) In a contentious hearing before the House Subcommittee on Water ...

This week, seasonal high tides, known as “ King Tides ” will roll into the Bay Area, providing a preview of what the region might face if sea level rises over the coming decades as predicted.

Governor Schwarzenegger traveled to Fresno County Monday to sign the centerpiece of last week’s package of water bills—an $11.14 billion bond measure that would pay for new dams and reservoirs ...

Prepare for a solar building boom in the deserts of Southern California, as state regulators go on a permit approval binge.

Using modeling, Flint and his colleagues are finding that the Bay Area’s water deficit is likely to increase, even under a wetter climate future. “We see that excess water go to runoff in the ...

Production on Tesla's Model X begins in 2013. Why did Tesla choose to locate its headquarters and manufacturing in the high-priced San Francisco Bay Area? Was it linked to the state’s ambitious ...

As gas prices surge, support is waning for alternative energy sources, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center released last week. The decline has been particularly pronounced in the ...

Pacific Institute founder Peter Gleick steered clear of his current controversy in his remarks at a water policy conference in L.A. Nearly three weeks after admitting that he had faked his ...

Listen to the radio version of this story on The California Report. The City and County of Los Angeles now have customized climate predictions, thanks to a new UCLA study that took global climate ...

Hundreds of scientists are gathered in Oakland this week to share ideas on how to stem the tide of extinctions among plants and animals. On opening night of the inaugural North American Congress ...

AB 32 requires California's largest emitters to meet carbon reduction targets. If a firm's emissions are below state-mandated targets, it may auction off its remaining "allowances" to firms that ...