## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/089k-891d4a2c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33710-bass-is-out-raman-is-in-is-los-angeles-trading-failure-for-a-bigger-crisis) ### [Bass Is Out. Raman Is In. Is Los Angeles Trading Failure for a Bigger Crisis?](https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33710-bass-is-out-raman-is-in-is-los-angeles-trading-failure-for-a-bigger-crisis) November 05 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/089l-b0ad6449.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) ### [Nithya’s Budget Buzz Saw](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) November 07 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/088n-88cdd3ff.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33687-first-test-of-next-governor-s-leadership-demand-a-full-forensic-audit-of-bullet-train) ### [First Test of Next Governor`s Leadership: Demand a Full Forensic Audit of Bullet Train](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33687-first-test-of-next-governor-s-leadership-demand-a-full-forensic-audit-of-bullet-train) November 02 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/089r-86b8c13b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33698-a-great-night-for-america-and-a-warning-to-both-parties) ### [A Great Night for America—and a Warning to Both Parties](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33698-a-great-night-for-america-and-a-warning-to-both-parties) November 05 2026 # CLIMATE --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/093j-dec2f1a5.jpg) ### Showdown at COP28 Written by Robert Hunziker on November 20 2023. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/28004-showdown-at-cop28) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/089c-66fb91c7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27919-from-party-princeling-to-president)Written by Soledad Ursúa on November 06 2023. Posted in [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate). ## [From Party Princeling to President?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27919-from-party-princeling-to-president) CLIMATE WATCH - Last week, California governor Gavin Newsom met with Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, at the Great Hall… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/089g-321fa9d3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27906-fixing-the-climate-crisis)### [Fixing the Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27906-fixing-the-climate-crisis) Written by Robert Hunziker on November 06 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/089h-101f4af9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27905-black-dust-van-nuys-airports-toxic-problem)### [Black Dust: Van Nuys Airport’s Toxic Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27905-black-dust-van-nuys-airports-toxic-problem) Written by Eliot Cohen | Christine Kim on November 06 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/087e-092af77c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27881-20-000-toxic-sites-in-sagging-arctic-permafrost)### [20,000 Toxic Sites in Sagging Arctic Permafrost](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27881-20-000-toxic-sites-in-sagging-arctic-permafrost) Written by Robert Hunziker on October 30 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/085f-bf0a9345.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27836-unrelenting-drought-clobbers-the-amazon)### [Unrelenting Drought Clobbers the Amazon](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27836-unrelenting-drought-clobbers-the-amazon) Written by Robert Hunziker on October 23 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/084e-a3052a66.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27827-once-hailed-as-a-drought-fix-california-moves-to-restrict-synthetic-turf-over-health-concerns)### [Once Hailed As A Drought Fix, California Moves To Restrict Synthetic Turf Over Health Concerns](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27827-once-hailed-as-a-drought-fix-california-moves-to-restrict-synthetic-turf-over-health-concerns) Written by SHREYA AGRAWAL on October 19 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/084a-29dc8aff.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27824-why-are-californias-public-pension-funds-still-gambling-workers-savings-on-fossil-fuels)### [Why Are California’s Public Pension Funds Still Gambling Workers’ Savings on Fossil Fuels?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27824-why-are-californias-public-pension-funds-still-gambling-workers-savings-on-fossil-fuels) Written by Shana DeClercq / Lindsay Meiman on October 19 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/083f-d00a10f8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27809-fukushima-up-close-13-years-later)### [Fukushima Up Close, 13 Years Later](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27809-fukushima-up-close-13-years-later) Written by Robert Hunziker on October 16 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/081c-9f9b3cbb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27769-antarcticas-dicey-summer)### [Antarctica’s Dicey Summer](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27769-antarcticas-dicey-summer) Written by Robert Hunziker on October 09 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/079c-f6516a67.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27708-stopping-climate-catastrophe-a-practical-guide-for-ecological-change)### [Stopping Climate Catastrophe: A Practical Guide for Ecological Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27708-stopping-climate-catastrophe-a-practical-guide-for-ecological-change) Written by Roy Morrison on October 02 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/079k-946f51c7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27705-global-heat-looms-large-for-antarctica)### [Global Heat Looms Large for Antarctica](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27705-global-heat-looms-large-for-antarctica) Written by Robert Hunziker on October 02 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/075c-f68ad6b3.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/075c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=8c97915a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27631-why-healthy-forests-mean-fewer-pandemics)### [Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27631-why-healthy-forests-mean-fewer-pandemics) Written by Reynard Loki on September 18 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1e/075h-1e8a405a.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/075h.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=f1391946) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27621-global-warming-did-the-unthinkable)### [Global Warming Did The Unthinkable](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27621-global-warming-did-the-unthinkable) Written by Robert Hunziker on September 18 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/074e-bce3960c.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/074e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=61320a2b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27600-six-out-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-already-crossed-study-warns)### [Six Out of Nine Planetary Boundaries Already Crossed, Study Warns](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27600-six-out-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-already-crossed-study-warns) Written by Julia Conley on September 14 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/01/073o-01a445d2.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/073o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=02b6c563) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27579-climate-deniers-should-not-assume-they-will-never-face-justice)### [Climate Deniers Should Not Assume They Will Never Face Justice](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27579-climate-deniers-should-not-assume-they-will-never-face-justice) Written by Steven Day on September 11 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0d/073n-0d07ec89.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/073n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=e74fb962) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27576-japans-insane-immoral-illegal-radioactive-dumping)### [Japan’s Insane Immoral Illegal Radioactive Dumping](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27576-japans-insane-immoral-illegal-radioactive-dumping) Written by Robert Hunziker on September 11 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/072g-90f7adf1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27567-california-scales-back-electric-car-rebates-to-focus-on-lower-income-car-buyers)### [California Scales Back Electric Car Rebates To Focus On Lower-Income Car Buyers](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27567-california-scales-back-electric-car-rebates-to-focus-on-lower-income-car-buyers) Written by ALEJANDRO LAZO on September 07 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/072m-8116a2f0.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/072m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=73dffbce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27561-thanks-to-fossil-fuels-every-breath-people-take-in-asia-is-killing-them)### [Thanks to Fossil Fuels, Every Breath People Take in Asia Is Killing Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27561-thanks-to-fossil-fuels-every-breath-people-take-in-asia-is-killing-them) Written by Bill McKibben on September 07 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bb/072b-bb8a19e2.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/072b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=ce5499d6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27558-burning-man-seems-to-be-burning-a-lot-of-carbon-gasses)### [Burning Man Seems To Be Burning A Lot Of Carbon Gasses](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27558-burning-man-seems-to-be-burning-a-lot-of-carbon-gasses) Written by Matthew Hetz on September 07 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/068t-d7945afd.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/068t.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9a38b086) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27501-toxic-trash-californias-aging-hazardous-waste-sites-have-troubling-safety-records)### [Toxic Trash: California’s Aging Hazardous Waste Sites Have Troubling Safety Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27501-toxic-trash-californias-aging-hazardous-waste-sites-have-troubling-safety-records) Written by Robert Lewis on August 24 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/068l-cdae59d0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27498-us-billboard-campaign-blasts-fossil-fuel-giants-for-causing-extreme-heat)### [US Billboard Campaign Blasts Fossil Fuel Giants for Causing Extreme Heat](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27498-us-billboard-campaign-blasts-fossil-fuel-giants-for-causing-extreme-heat) Written by Julia Conley on August 24 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/18/067i-181a590a.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/067i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=6ca07751) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27479-al-gore-vs-oil-rich-dubai-host-of-cop28)### [Al Gore vs. Oil-Rich Dubai, Host of COP28](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27479-al-gore-vs-oil-rich-dubai-host-of-cop28) Written by Robert Hunziker on August 21 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c6/067a-c624e365.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/067a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=4180061a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27475-toxic-tides)### [Toxic Tides](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27475-toxic-tides) Written by Soledad Ursúa on August 21 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/066e-c0593c6c.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/066e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=c7b5927c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27468-empire-and-capital-set-maui-ablaze)### [Empire and Capital Set Maui Ablaze](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27468-empire-and-capital-set-maui-ablaze) Written by Andrea Brower on August 17 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/064p-6b3b75c7.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/064p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=aebc159c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27427-campaigner-blasts-climate-denying-arsonists-as-maui-fires-kill-at-least-36)### [Campaigner Blasts Climate-Denying 'Arsonists' as Maui Fires Kill at Least 36](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27427-campaigner-blasts-climate-denying-arsonists-as-maui-fires-kill-at-least-36) Written by Julia Conley on August 10 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/064j-bb7768c7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27421-the-deadly-intersection-of-labor-exploitation-and-climate-change)### [The Deadly Intersection of Labor Exploitation and Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27421-the-deadly-intersection-of-labor-exploitation-and-climate-change) Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on August 10 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/062f-ea3061db.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2023/062f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=fce5dc3f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27390-is-earth-close-to-the-great-dying)### [Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27390-is-earth-close-to-the-great-dying) Written by Thom Hartmann on August 03 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/061p-251fd8eb.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/061p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=e00a0db7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27368-plastic-overshoot-day-spotlights-growing-climate-nightmare-of-global-waste)### [Plastic Overshoot Day Spotlights Growing 'Climate Nightmare' of Global Waste](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27368-plastic-overshoot-day-spotlights-growing-climate-nightmare-of-global-waste) Written by Jake Johnson on July 31 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/060d-f6ffaf23.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/060d.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=8dbc6fec) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27341-as-planet-burns-shell-reports-5-billion-in-profits-and-plans-to-ramp-up-fossil-fuels)### [As Planet Burns, Shell Reports $5 Billion in Profits and Plans to Ramp Up Fossil Fuels](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27341-as-planet-burns-shell-reports-5-billion-in-profits-and-plans-to-ramp-up-fossil-fuels) Written by Jake Johnson on July 27 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/64/059k-64ab6743.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/059k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=642d71bd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27319-antarcticas-threatening-winter)### [Antarctica’s Threatening Winter](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/27319-antarcticas-threatening-winter) Written by Robert Hunziker on July 24 2023. 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