Atlas Metal owners jailed, held without bail on charges tied to Watts explosion near school
Owners of a Los Angeles scrap metal recycling facility which was the site of an explosion near a school in Watts last year ...
Sun Valley residents push back against fire debris plan, question transparency
Sun Valley residents packed a community meeting demanding answers about plan to put wildfire debris in a local landfill ...
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As LA veers toward a financial crisis, massive liability payouts play a big role
The city of Los Angeles is expected to pay at least $320 million in settlements and judgments this fiscal year. An LAist ...
How the EPA’s environmental about-face could upend California’s climate efforts
The agency's plan to repeal or weaken more than two dozen environmental regulations could deliver a direct blow to causes ...
Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say
Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin endanger the lives of millions of ...
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Following the destructive LA wildfires, most residents haven’t considered moving: poll
LOS ANGELES - Despite the stress and hopelessness residents felt after communities, particularly Altadena and Pacific Palisades, were left destroyed following the relentless wildfires in Los Angeles ...
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Three ways California can fight climate chaos after the wildfires
The fires that scorched Southern California last month were the opposite of a “natural” disaster. They were driven by the ...
"Environmental disaster": Toxic aftermath of Los Angeles fires puts public at risk, experts warn
Steve Calanog, the EPA's incident commander for the Palisades and Eaton fires called it “probably the largest lithium-ion ...
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Which cities in US have worst air quality? New report highlights alarming global trends
Swiss air quality technology company, IQAir, released its 7th annual World Air Quality Report, highlighting trends in air ...
NOAA study says cooking contributes substantially to ozone pollution in L.A. area
The volatile organic compounds released into the air while cooking food contributes to potentially harmful ozone pollution, ...
In LA, cooking emissions rival fossil fuels as ozone pollution source
As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, scientists have ...
EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations.