#  CLIMATE

   ##  [ To Tax the Rich, We Need to Debunk the Myth of Fleeing Millionaires](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24653-to-tax-the-rich-we-need-to-debunk-the-myth-of-fleeing-millionaires "To Tax the Rich, We Need to Debunk the Myth of Fleeing Millionaires")

      Details    Omar Ocampo    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/041u.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24653-to-tax-the-rich-we-need-to-debunk-the-myth-of-fleeing-millionaires)

GUEST COMMENTARY - This November, the Massachusetts electorate will vote on a ballot initiative that will have profound consequences:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24653-to-tax-the-rich-we-need-to-debunk-the-myth-of-fleeing-millionaires)

   ##  [ The Biomass Peril](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24650-the-biomass-peril "The Biomass Peril")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/041a.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24650-the-biomass-peril)

CLIMATE WATCH - Woody biomass, or burning trees to produce renewable energy, is spreading beyond the shores of Europe, where it’s wildly popular and outpacing solar and wind.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24650-the-biomass-peril)

   ##  [ As The Planet Warms: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24628-as-the-planet-warms-we-are-sacrificing-lives-for-profits "As The Planet Warms:  We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/040l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24628-as-the-planet-warms-we-are-sacrificing-lives-for-profits)

CLIMATE WATCH - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently dropped a [bombshell announcement](https://go.ind.media/e/546932/ily-reaching-15C2B0c-threshold/p6pbhk/1058048089?h=Ah6VToQ4bPhjtsnYBErBG1RXhX4ANycDYP1sypO31iU) that should have garnered news headlines in the major global and U.S. media, but did not.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24628-as-the-planet-warms-we-are-sacrificing-lives-for-profits)

   ##  [ Outdoor Air Pollution: ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24609-outdoor-air-polution-largest-existential-threat-to-human-and-planetary-health "Outdoor Air Pollution: ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’")

      Details    Victoria St. Martin    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/040f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24609-outdoor-air-polution-largest-existential-threat-to-human-and-planetary-health)

CLIMATE WATCH - Deaths from exposure to emissions from vehicles, smokestacks, and wildfires have increased by more than 50 percent this century, with poorer countries bearing the brunt of the impacts.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24609-outdoor-air-polution-largest-existential-threat-to-human-and-planetary-health)

   ##  [ California Coastal Commission Unanimously Rejects Desalination Plant](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24579-california-coastal-commission-unanimously-rejects-desalination-plant "California Coastal Commission Unanimously Rejects Desalination Plant")

      Details    Rachel Becker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/039s.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24579-california-coastal-commission-unanimously-rejects-desalination-plant)

DRINKABLE WATER - The California Coastal Commission tonight rejected the proposed construction of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach, sealing the controversial project’s fate after more than 20 years of debate.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24579-california-coastal-commission-unanimously-rejects-desalination-plant)

   ##  [ World Drought Gets Worse, Cities Ration](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24541-world-drought-gets-worse-cities-ration "World Drought Gets Worse, Cities Ration")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24541-world-drought-gets-worse-cities-ration)

CLIMATE WATCH - The planet is wheezing, coughing and sputtering because of vicious attacks by worldwide droughts aided and abetted by global warming at only 1.2C above baseline.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24541-world-drought-gets-worse-cities-ration)

   ##  [ California Lawmakers Are Stonewalling Clean Energy Legislation](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24508-california-lawmakers-are-stonewalling-clean-energy-legislation "California Lawmakers Are Stonewalling Clean Energy Legislation")

      Details    Aaron Cantu    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036v.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24508-california-lawmakers-are-stonewalling-clean-energy-legislation)

CLIMATE POLITICS - As energy- and climate-related legislation passes through committees in the California legislature, some lawmakers are refusing to vote on bills critical to the state’s transition from fossil fuels.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24508-california-lawmakers-are-stonewalling-clean-energy-legislation)

   ##  [ Adapting to Drought - The Good and the Bad](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24496-adapting-to-drought-the-good-and-the-bad "Adapting to Drought - The Good and the Bad")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24496-adapting-to-drought-the-good-and-the-bad)

CLIMATE WATCH - America’s western metropolises are thriving in the midst of the fiercest drought in over 1,000 years.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24496-adapting-to-drought-the-good-and-the-bad)

   ##  [ Radioactive Toxic Dumping: Japan Faces Growing Protests](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24478-radioactive-toxic-dumping-japan-faces-growing-protests "Radioactive Toxic Dumping:  Japan Faces Growing Protests")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 02 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/035j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24478-radioactive-toxic-dumping-japan-faces-growing-protests)

THE ENVIRONMENT - The Japanese government’s decision one year ago to dump radioactive water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant storage tanks into the Pacific Ocean,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24478-radioactive-toxic-dumping-japan-faces-growing-protests)

   ##  [ Climate Warming: Point of No Return Soon](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24442-climate-warming-point-of-no-return-soon "Climate Warming:  Point of No Return Soon")

      Details    Stan Cox    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/034g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24442-climate-warming-point-of-no-return-soon)

CLIMATE WATCH - This month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its starkest [assessment](https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/) of prospects for climate mitigation to date.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24442-climate-warming-point-of-no-return-soon)

   ##  [ Ukraine War Is Chance to 'End the Fossil Fuel Era'](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24440-ukraine-war-is-chance-to-end-the-fossil-fuel-era "Ukraine War Is Chance to 'End the Fossil Fuel Era'")

      Details    Andrea Germanos    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/034o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24440-ukraine-war-is-chance-to-end-the-fossil-fuel-era)

CLEAN ENERGY - Over 520 organizations told President Joe Biden on Wednesday to urgently "end the fossil fuel era" and commit to a rapid renewable energy transition rooted in justice and a more peaceful world.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24440-ukraine-war-is-chance-to-end-the-fossil-fuel-era)

   ##  [ The Climate and the Republic, Melting Down in Real Time ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24437-the-climate-and-the-republic-melting-down-in-real-time "The Climate and the Republic, Melting Down in Real Time ")

      Details    Stan Cox    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/034q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24437-the-climate-and-the-republic-melting-down-in-real-time)

CLIMATE WATCH - The United States is facing two grim prospects in 2022:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24437-the-climate-and-the-republic-melting-down-in-real-time)

   ##  [ Biden’s Plan To Combat Climate Change Takes a Back Seat to Inflation and Russia Ukraine War](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24425-biden-s-plan-to-combat-climate-change-takes-a-back-seat-to-inflation-and-russia-ukraine-war "Biden’s Plan To Combat Climate Change Takes a Back Seat to Inflation and Russia Ukraine War")

      Details    Joshua Frank    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/033o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24425-biden-s-plan-to-combat-climate-change-takes-a-back-seat-to-inflation-and-russia-ukraine-war)

CLIMATE WATCH - It ought to be clear by now that President Biden’s commitment to combating climate change comes with some brutal caveats.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24425-biden-s-plan-to-combat-climate-change-takes-a-back-seat-to-inflation-and-russia-ukraine-war)

   ##  [ The Collapse of Industrial Farming](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24412-the-collapse-of-industrial-farming "The Collapse of Industrial Farming")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/033e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24412-the-collapse-of-industrial-farming)

GLOBAL WARMING - The most upending event of the past 10,000 years is the advent of engineered food as fermentation farms displace factory farms.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24412-the-collapse-of-industrial-farming)

   ##  [ Want To Solve The Climate Crisis? Treat It Like The War In Ukraine](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24384-want-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-treat-it-like-the-war-in-ukraine "Want To Solve The Climate Crisis?  Treat It Like The War In Ukraine")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/032z3.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24384-want-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-treat-it-like-the-war-in-ukraine)

PLANNING WATCH -  The [new report](https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf) from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) could not have been starker.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24384-want-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-treat-it-like-the-war-in-ukraine)

   ##  [ Do Cars Dream of an Electric Future?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24377-do-cars-dream-of-an-electric-future "Do Cars Dream of an Electric Future?")

      Details    Michael Barker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/032m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24377-do-cars-dream-of-an-electric-future)

GREEN ENERGY - It is no surprise that capitalism, a system that prioritizes private profit before all else, is destroying our planet.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24377-do-cars-dream-of-an-electric-future)

   ##  [ California Faces Heavy Lifting to Become Carbon Neutral](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24373-california-faces-heavy-lifting-to-become-carbon-neutral "California Faces Heavy Lifting to Become Carbon Neutral")

      Details    Caroline Winn / David G. Victor    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/032p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24373-california-faces-heavy-lifting-to-become-carbon-neutral)

CLIMATE WATCH - Recognizing the existential threat posed by climate change, California resolved to become carbon neutral by 2045,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24373-california-faces-heavy-lifting-to-become-carbon-neutral)

   ##  [ CA Briefly Hits 97% Running On Renewable Energy ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24370-ca-briefly-hits-97-running-on-renewable-energy "CA Briefly Hits 97% Running On Renewable Energy ")

      Details    Juan Cole    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/032s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24370-ca-briefly-hits-97-running-on-renewable-energy)

CALIFORNIA GREEN - California’s energy mix was powered 97% by renewable energy on Sunday, April 3 at at 3:39 p.m.,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24370-ca-briefly-hits-97-running-on-renewable-energy)

   ##  [ Extreme Summer Heat: How Do We Protect Workers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24369-extreme-summer-heat-how-do-we-protect-workers "Extreme Summer Heat:  How Do We Protect Workers?")

      Details    Shana Udvardy    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/032t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24369-extreme-summer-heat-how-do-we-protect-workers)

CLIMATE CHANGE - As I write this, it’s 83 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, DC, and I can’t help but long for those years when I was a kid, when spring felt like spring and seasons were demarcated.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24369-extreme-summer-heat-how-do-we-protect-workers)

   ##  [ The Oil War and Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24365-the-oil-war-and-climate-change "The Oil War and Climate Change")

      Details    Paul Rosenberg    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 18 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/031a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24365-the-oil-war-and-climate-change)

CLIMATE WATCH - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released April 4, warns that global emissions must peak in just three years to stay below the 1.5°C warming ceiling for a livable future.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24365-the-oil-war-and-climate-change)

   ##  [ Biden Resumes Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Land. Activists Outraged](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24347-biden-reumes-fossil-fuel-leases-on-public-land-activists-outraged "Biden Resumes Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Land.  Activists Outraged")

      Details    Brett Wilkins    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 18 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/031r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24347-biden-reumes-fossil-fuel-leases-on-public-land-activists-outraged)

CLIMATE WATCH - Activists condemned Friday's announcement by the Biden administration that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will resume oil and gas lease sales on public lands as yet another betrayal of President Joe Biden's promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate emergency.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24347-biden-reumes-fossil-fuel-leases-on-public-land-activists-outraged)

   ##  [ Scientists Hit the Streets](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24327-scientists-hit-the-streets "Scientists Hit the Streets")

      Details    ROBERT HUNZIKER, MA    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 14 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/030d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24327-scientists-hit-the-streets)

CLIMATE WATCH - A revolutionary slogan by climate scientists “1.5C is Dead – Climate Revolution Now!”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24327-scientists-hit-the-streets)

   ##  [ Fight Climate Emergency by Nationalizing US Fossil Fuel Industry](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24303-fight-climate-emergency-by-nationalizing-us-fossil-fuel-industry "Fight Climate Emergency by Nationalizing US Fossil Fuel Industry")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/029q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24303-fight-climate-emergency-by-nationalizing-us-fossil-fuel-industry)

OIL INDUSTRY - In the wake of a United Nations report that activists [**said**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/04/campaigners-say-ipcc-report-reveals-bleak-and-brutal-truth-about-climate-emergency) showed the "bleak and brutal truth" about the climate emergency,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24303-fight-climate-emergency-by-nationalizing-us-fossil-fuel-industry)

   ##  [ The Great Barrier Reef on Life Support](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24287-the-great-barrier-reef-on-life-support "The Great Barrier Reef on Life Support")

      Details    Robert Hunziker, MA    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 10 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/029d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24287-the-great-barrier-reef-on-life-support)

ECOSYSTEM - "Five bouts of mass bleaching since 1998 have turned the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) into a checkerboard of reefs with very different recent histories,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24287-the-great-barrier-reef-on-life-support)

   ##  [ The Fossil Fuels Era Must End. Clean Energy Transformation Must Start Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24268-the-fossil-fuels-era-must-end-clean-energy-transformation-must-start-now "The Fossil Fuels Era Must End. Clean Energy Transformation Must Start Now")

      Details    Abigail Dillen    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 07 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/028q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24268-the-fossil-fuels-era-must-end-clean-energy-transformation-must-start-now)

FOSSIL FUEL POLITICS - A transition to renewable energy that is both fast and fair is eminently possible.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24268-the-fossil-fuels-era-must-end-clean-energy-transformation-must-start-now)

   ##  [ Climate Collapse or Nuclear Winter, Take Your Pick](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24245-climate-collapse-or-nuclear-winter-take-your-pick "Climate Collapse or Nuclear Winter, Take Your Pick")

      Details    Eve Ottenberg    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 04 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/027m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24245-climate-collapse-or-nuclear-winter-take-your-pick)

CLIMATE OF WAR - One of the many lousy effects of the Russia/Ukraine war has been on the climate.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24245-climate-collapse-or-nuclear-winter-take-your-pick)

   ##  [ Wood-Pellet Manufacturing Destroys Our Rainforests](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24228-wood-pellet-manufacturing-destroys-our-rainforests "Wood-Pellet Manufacturing Destroys Our Rainforests")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 04 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/027d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24228-wood-pellet-manufacturing-destroys-our-rainforests)

CLIMATE WATCH - The wood-pellet industry has full-scale operations smack dab in the heart of British Columbia’s Inland Temperate Rainforest, the last rainforest of its kind in the North.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24228-wood-pellet-manufacturing-destroys-our-rainforests)

   ##  [ Climate Change: We ‘re Past the Tipping Point of No Return](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24170-climate-change-we-re-past-the-tipping-point-of-no-return "Climate Change:  We ‘re Past the Tipping Point of No Return")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24170-climate-change-we-re-past-the-tipping-point-of-no-return)

CLIMATE WATCH - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in many respects, is a Delphic institution whose reports are a function of political discretion,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24170-climate-change-we-re-past-the-tipping-point-of-no-return)

   ##  [ SEC Proposes First Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24138-sec-proposes-first-climate-disclosure-rules-for-public-companies "SEC Proposes First Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies")

      Details    Andrew Freedman    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24138-sec-proposes-first-climate-disclosure-rules-for-public-companies)

CLIMATE - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 Monday to propose regulations that, for the first time, require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions as well as their exposure to climate change risks.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24138-sec-proposes-first-climate-disclosure-rules-for-public-companies)

   ##  [ Breaking Records: Hotter Than Hell in Antarctica ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24137-antarctica-crushes-records "Breaking Records: Hotter Than Hell in Antarctica ")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24137-antarctica-crushes-records)

CLIMATE WATCH - Extreme climate hits Antarctica, smashing records, shocking scientists as temperatures soar 50F to 90F degrees above normal. Welcome to climate change’s newest upheaval.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24137-antarctica-crushes-records)

   ##  [ What Crisis? Californians Continue to Waste Water](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24099-what-crisis-californians-continue-to-waste-water "What Crisis? Californians Continue to Waste Water")

      Details    Rachel Becker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24099-what-crisis-californians-continue-to-waste-water)

CA DROUGHT - Californians used 2.6% more water in January compared to before the drought emergency was declared, a sign that urban residents are ignoring the state’s pleas to take the drought seriously and cut back.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24099-what-crisis-californians-continue-to-waste-water)

1. [ The Best Climate Policy You've Probably Never Heard Of](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24097-the-best-climate-policy-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of)
2. [ Switching to Sustainable Energy Should Not Be Based On U.S. Foreign Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24092-switching-to-sustainable-energy-can-put-autocrats-out-of-business)
3. [ Climate Change Horror Story is Starting to Come True…and World Leaders Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24087-climate-change-horror-story-is-starting-to-come-true-and-world-leaders-ignore)
4. [ Bees in the Anthropocene: Four Thoughts](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24082-bees-in-the-anthropocene-four-thoughts)
5. [ Reimagining The Sepulveda Basin Into A Grand Park In Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24029-reimagining-the-sepulveda-basin-into-a-grand-park-in-los-angeles)
6. [ Conflict and Climate Change: Is This the New Normal?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23960-conflict-and-climate-change-is-this-the-new-normal)
7. [ Factory Farms Destroy Ecosystems](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23942-factory-farms-destroy-ecosystems)
8. [ As Evidence of Cap and Trade Problems Mounts, California Air Regulators Remain Defiant](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23938-as-evidence-of-cap-and-trade-problems-mounts-california-air-regulators-remain-defiant)
9. [ Can California Be Trusted to Clean Up Vulnerable Communities?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23922-can-the-california-be-trusted-to-clean-up-vulnerable-communities)
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