#  CLIMATE

   ##  [ How Much Do Cows Really Hasten Climate Change?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18803-how-much-do-cows-really-hasten-climate-change "How Much Do Cows Really Hasten Climate Change?")

      Details    Charlie Gray    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 11 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2019/099f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18803-how-much-do-cows-really-hasten-climate-change)

**BEGREEN--**Change in climate is a common phenomenon in recent times and apart from scientific backing, there is now evident physical evidence. Scientists believe that the major reason for the warming of our planet is human activity.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18803-how-much-do-cows-really-hasten-climate-change)

   ##  [ California: Selling Credits for Forest Protection Didn’t Work Before … Why Does Air Board Think It will Now?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18471-california-selling-credits-for-forest-protection-didn-t-work-before-why-does-air-board-think-it-will-now "California: Selling Credits for Forest Protection Didn’t Work Before … Why Does Air Board Think It will Now?")

      Details    Judith Lewis Mernit    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2019/076d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18471-california-selling-credits-for-forest-protection-didn-t-work-before-why-does-air-board-think-it-will-now)

**BEGREEN**--This past June 17**,** four members of the California Assembly sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board, granting cautious blessing to the air board’s proposal for saving the world’s tropical forests. That proposal, the California [Tropical Forest Standard](https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/ghgsectors/tropicalforests/final_ea_ca_tropical_forest_standard.pdf), was crafted over the last decade by air board staff and would set guidelines to improve the integrity of tropical forest-based carbon credits.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18471-california-selling-credits-for-forest-protection-didn-t-work-before-why-does-air-board-think-it-will-now)

   ##  [ The Green New Deal Must Be Global](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18208-the-green-new-deal-must-be-global "The Green New Deal Must Be Global")

      Details    William Minter    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 08 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/064d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18208-the-green-new-deal-must-be-global)

**BEGREEN**--[June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/07/15/earth-just-had-its-hottest-june-record-track-warmest-july/?utm_term=.0f534dff4bc5). July was even hotter — in fact, it was [the hottest month ever recorded worldwide](https://www.cloudhq-mkt4.net/mail_track/link/bd943a2c8a726fdee0fae06d658052b3?uid=79544&url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/july-weather-hottest-month-ever-climate-change-heatwave-global-warming-wmo-a9035356.html), as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100 degrees.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18208-the-green-new-deal-must-be-global)

   ##  [ Nowhere to Hide from The Terrible Truth of Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18186-nowhere-to-hide-from-the-terrible-truth-of-climate-change "Nowhere to Hide from The Terrible Truth of Climate Change")

      Details    Joelle Gergis    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 05 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/063a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18186-nowhere-to-hide-from-the-terrible-truth-of-climate-change)

**BEGREEN--**In June, I delivered a keynote presentation on Australia’s vulnerability to climate change and our policy challenges at the annual meeting of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, the main conference for those working in the climate science community. I saw it as an opportunity to summarize the post-election political and scientific reality we now face.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18186-nowhere-to-hide-from-the-terrible-truth-of-climate-change)

   ##  [ Deadly Heat Waves Sweep Globe, Planet Warming at Rate Not Seen in 2,000 Years](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18131-deadly-heat-waves-sweep-globe-planet-warming-at-rate-not-seen-in-2-000-years "Deadly Heat Waves Sweep Globe, Planet Warming at Rate Not Seen in 2,000 Years")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     July 25 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2019/060t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18131-deadly-heat-waves-sweep-globe-planet-warming-at-rate-not-seen-in-2-000-years)

**BEGREEN**--As France, India, the U.S., and other nations face unprecedented and [deadly](https://grist.org/article/during-deadly-heat-wave-new-york-utility-cut-power-to-high-risk-neighborhoods/) heat waves, new research published Wednesday showed the planet has warmed more quickly in recent decades than at any point in the past 2,000 years.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18131-deadly-heat-waves-sweep-globe-planet-warming-at-rate-not-seen-in-2-000-years)

   ##  [ Will Republican Climate Change Proposals Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17665-will-republican-climate-change-proposals-work "Will Republican Climate Change Proposals Work?")

      Details    Kate Wheeling    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 13 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2019/039w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17665-will-republican-climate-change-proposals-work)

**BEGREEN--**The Republican Party's stance on climate change has been shifting. Prominent conservatives who once might have been [labeled](https://www.wired.com/2015/01/senators-dont-believe-human-caused-climate-change/) climate deniers have begun acknowledging the reality that our climate is changing. Though not all have accepted the role of humans in causing that change, many now say that human action must be a part of the solution, releasing conservative climate policies to counter environmental policies from the left, including the [Green New Deal](https://psmag.com/economics/will-the-green-new-deal-work-heres-what-the-research-says).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17665-will-republican-climate-change-proposals-work)

   ##  [ Biodiversity at Risk! Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17587-biodiversity-at-risk-bavarians-vote-to-stop-extinction "Biodiversity at Risk! Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     May 02 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2019/036t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17587-biodiversity-at-risk-bavarians-vote-to-stop-extinction)

**CLIMATE CHANGE**--The world is in the throes of an extinction crisis unlike any throughout paleoclimate history, a.k.a., the Sixth Mass Extinction -- keeping in mind that the normal “background rate” for extinction is 1-to-5 species gone per year. But, what if it’s five every 24 hours?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17587-biodiversity-at-risk-bavarians-vote-to-stop-extinction)

   ##  [ Why Is Going Green So Hard? Because Our System Isn’t!](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17502-why-is-going-green-so-hard-because-our-system-isn-t "Why Is Going Green So Hard? Because Our System Isn’t!")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 18 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/032o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17502-why-is-going-green-so-hard-because-our-system-isn-t)

**OTHERWORDS**--Every year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17502-why-is-going-green-so-hard-because-our-system-isn-t)

   ##  [ To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up Washington](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17283-to-clean-up-the-planet-clean-up-washington "To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up Washington")

      Details    John Sarbanes & Michael Brune    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2019/022u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17283-to-clean-up-the-planet-clean-up-washington)

**BEGREEN**--For decades, majorities of Americans have favored swift, meaningful action on climate change. They understand that we must transition away from dirty fuels and toward clean, renewable energy. Yet despite this overwhelming support, Congress has repeatedly failed to act.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17283-to-clean-up-the-planet-clean-up-washington)

   ##  [ Re-Inhabiting Planet Earth](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17239-re-inhabiting-planet-earth "Re-Inhabiting Planet Earth")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 07 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2019/020r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17239-re-inhabiting-planet-earth)

**BEGREEN**--“I believe that for a moment I thought the explosion might set fire to the atmosphere and thus finish the Earth, even though I knew that this was not possible.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17239-re-inhabiting-planet-earth)

   ##  [ Can Cities Like LA Help Preserve the Butterflies and the Bees?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17134-can-cities-like-la-help-preserve-the-butterflies-and-the-bees "Can Cities Like LA Help Preserve the Butterflies and the Bees?")

      Details    Mike Gaworecki    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 18 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/015z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17134-can-cities-like-la-help-preserve-the-butterflies-and-the-bees)

**BE GREEN**--Many pollinator insect species like bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are on the decline, due in large part to habitat destruction driven by conversion of land to agricultural fields and urbanization. But, while cities are generally considered to be poorer in biodiversity than rural areas, new research finds that urban areas could actually play a key role in conserving pollinator communities.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17134-can-cities-like-la-help-preserve-the-butterflies-and-the-bees)

   ##  [ NASA Warning: City-Sized 1,000-Foot Deep Cavity Found in Glacier … Could Change Course of Civilization](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17027-nasa-warning-city-sized-1-000-foot-deep-cavity-found-in-glacier-could-change-course-of-civilization "NASA Warning: City-Sized 1,000-Foot Deep Cavity Found in Glacier … Could Change Course of Civilization")

      Details    Julia Conley    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 31 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/010s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17027-nasa-warning-city-sized-1-000-foot-deep-cavity-found-in-glacier-could-change-course-of-civilization)

BEGREEN--NASA scientists were startled when a recent exploratory mission revealed a huge and rapidly-growing cavity on the underside of one of Antaractica's glaciers—signaling that the ice mass has been melting much faster than experts realized.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17027-nasa-warning-city-sized-1-000-foot-deep-cavity-found-in-glacier-could-change-course-of-civilization)

   ##  [ Rich People: A Threat to Our Very Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16982-rich-people-a-threat-to-our-very-planet "Rich People: A Threat to Our Very Planet")

      Details    Sam Pizzigati    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 24 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/008r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16982-rich-people-a-threat-to-our-very-planet)

BEGREEN--We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry.

That’s the conclusion of another new [blockbuster study](https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1809600115) on climate change, this one from *the National Academy of Sciences*. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study details, has made for the fastest climate changes our Earth has ever seen.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16982-rich-people-a-threat-to-our-very-planet)

   ##  [ How to Convince a Conservative That Climate Change Is Real](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16919-how-to-convince-a-conservative-that-climate-change-is-real "How to Convince a Conservative That Climate Change Is Real")

      Details    Tom Jacobs    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16919-how-to-convince-a-conservative-that-climate-change-is-real)

BE GREEN--More Americans are taking climate change seriously. A [new report](http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/who-is-changing-their-mind-about-global-warming-and-why/) by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication reveals that 8 percent of participants in three separate surveys said they had changed their mind on the topic over the previous year—and of those, 84 percent said their level of concern had increased.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16919-how-to-convince-a-conservative-that-climate-change-is-real)

   ##  [ 'We Are Speeding Towards the Precipice of Irrevocable Climate Chaos'](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16699-we-are-speeding-towards-the-precipice-of-irrevocable-climate-chaos "'We Are Speeding Towards the Precipice of Irrevocable Climate Chaos'")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 06 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2018/098u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16699-we-are-speeding-towards-the-precipice-of-irrevocable-climate-chaos)

BE GREEN--As world leaders are meeting at the COP24 in Poland to discuss how to achieve goals outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists and activists are raising alarm about "[brutal](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/05/brutal-news-global-carbon-emissions-jump-to-all-time-high-in-2018)" [new research](http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm) published by the Global Carbon Project on Wednesday which offers the international community a "[reality check](https://www.apnews.com/17fa2a7bf70b4bec844d836c795d5a57)" by showing that carbon emissions will hit a record high this year.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16699-we-are-speeding-towards-the-precipice-of-irrevocable-climate-chaos)

   ##  [ Why Growth Can’t Be Green](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16204-why-growth-can-t-be-green "Why Growth Can’t Be Green")

      Details    Jason Hickel    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 17 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2018/075v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16204-why-growth-can-t-be-green)

BE GREEN--Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16204-why-growth-can-t-be-green)

   ##  [ Victory! California on Brink of Mandating 100% Clean Energy by 2045](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16120-victory-california-on-brink-of-mandating-100-clean-energy-by-2045 "Victory! California on Brink of Mandating 100% Clean Energy by 2045")

      Details    Andrea Germanos    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 30 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/070b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16120-victory-california-on-brink-of-mandating-100-clean-energy-by-2045)

CLIMATE POLITICS--Climate activists are cheering after the California Assembly passed legislation on Tuesday that requires the state to transition to 100 percent fossil-fuel free electricity generation by the year 2045.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16120-victory-california-on-brink-of-mandating-100-clean-energy-by-2045)

   ##  [ 5 Terrifying Takeaways from California’s New Climate Assessment](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16107-5-terrifying-takeaways-from-california-s-new-climate-assessment "5 Terrifying Takeaways from California’s New Climate Assessment")

      Details    Lydia O’Connor    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 30 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/070u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16107-5-terrifying-takeaways-from-california-s-new-climate-assessment)

CLIMATE POLITICS--The California Natural Resources Agency just released its fourth [Climate Change Assessment](http://www.climateassessment.ca.gov/state/docs/20180827-StatewideSummary.pdf), a call to action on rising global temperatures — the state’s first in six years.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16107-5-terrifying-takeaways-from-california-s-new-climate-assessment)

   ##  [ Join TBF Volunteer Events to Protect Wildlife and Our Coastal Economy](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16073-join-tbf-volunteer-events-to-protect-wildlife-and-our-coastal-economy "Join TBF Volunteer Events to Protect Wildlife and Our Coastal Economy")

      Details    Julie du Brow    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16073-join-tbf-volunteer-events-to-protect-wildlife-and-our-coastal-economy)

BE GREEN--Nationally, our coasts and estuaries offer irreplaceable environmental benefits, and are worth nearly $1 trillion annually to the American economy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/16073-join-tbf-volunteer-events-to-protect-wildlife-and-our-coastal-economy)

   ##  [ Hottest Four Years Ever? 2015. 2016. 2017. 2018?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15945-hottest-four-years-ever-2015-2016-2017-2018 "Hottest Four Years Ever? 2015. 2016. 2017. 2018?")

      Details    Common Dreams Staff    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 06 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/063v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15945-hottest-four-years-ever-2015-2016-2017-2018)

BE GREEN--"The impacts of climate change are no longer subtle," Michael Mann, a climate scientist and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, told CNN.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15945-hottest-four-years-ever-2015-2016-2017-2018)

   ##  [ Supremes Refuse to Halt Climate Change Lawsuit Brought by Kids](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15926-supremes-refuse-to-halt-climate-change-lawsuit-brought-by-kids "Supremes Refuse to Halt Climate Change Lawsuit Brought by Kids")

      Details    Jack Herrera    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/062p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15926-supremes-refuse-to-halt-climate-change-lawsuit-brought-by-kids)

BE GREEN--The United States Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a lawsuit that represents a novel attempt by children and teenagers to sue the federal government over its inaction on climate change.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/15926-supremes-refuse-to-halt-climate-change-lawsuit-brought-by-kids)

   ##  [ Trump Administration Takes Aim at Protections for California Desert](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14839-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-protections-for-california-desert "Trump Administration Takes Aim at Protections for California Desert")

      Details    Mary Papenfuss    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 05 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/011g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14839-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-protections-for-california-desert)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS-Trump administration officials announced this week that they’re now considering dropping protections for a vast swath of the California desert to open up more land to energy development.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14839-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-protections-for-california-desert)

   ##  [ Climate Change Denier-in-Chief … Not as Effective as He Would Have Us Believe](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14808-climate-change-denier-in-chief-not-as-effective-as-he-would-have-us-believe "Climate Change Denier-in-Chief … Not as Effective as He Would Have Us Believe")

      Details    Aubrey Menarndt and Luke Menard    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14808-climate-change-denier-in-chief-not-as-effective-as-he-would-have-us-believe)

BE GREEN--Long before assuming office, President Donald Trump established himself as a [**climate change denier**](http://www.newsweek.com/what-has-trump-said-about-global-warming-quotes-climate-change-paris-agreement-618898), one [**firmly opposed**](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/11/trump-presidency-a-disaster-for-the-planet-climate-change) to most legislation aimed at environmental protection. In his first year in office, he’s shown himself to be determined, yet somewhat ineffectual, at rolling back environmental protections put in place by former administrations.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14808-climate-change-denier-in-chief-not-as-effective-as-he-would-have-us-believe)

   ##  [ To Save Oceans and Planet, Greenpeace Backs Plan to Create Largest Protected Area on Earth](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14692-to-save-oceans-and-planet-greenpeace-backs-plan-to-create-largest-protected-area-on-earth "To Save Oceans and Planet, Greenpeace Backs Plan to Create Largest Protected Area on Earth")

      Details    Julia Conley    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 15 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14692-to-save-oceans-and-planet-greenpeace-backs-plan-to-create-largest-protected-area-on-earth)

BE GREEN--Greenpeace is launching a campaign on Monday to back the creation of the largest protected area in the history of conservation by setting aside 700,000 square miles of seas surrounding Antarctica in order to save fragile marine ecosystems and curb the damage to key planetary systems.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14692-to-save-oceans-and-planet-greenpeace-backs-plan-to-create-largest-protected-area-on-earth)

   ##  [ The Thomas Fire Could Become the Largest Wildfire in California History … No Rain Likely ‘til Next Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14530-the-thomas-fire-could-become-the-largest-wildfire-in-california-history-no-rain-likely-til-next-year "The Thomas Fire Could Become the Largest Wildfire in California History … No Rain Likely ‘til Next Year")

      Details    Eric Hllthaus    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14530-the-thomas-fire-could-become-the-largest-wildfire-in-california-history-no-rain-likely-til-next-year)

BE GREEN---As a [December megafire](https://psmag.com/tag/thomas-fire) continues to spread, there are new indications that occasionally extreme fire weather will persist across Southern California for at least [two more weeks](https://psmag.com/environment/california-wildfires-no-end-in-sight), with an urgent new weather forecast for the next few days. California's [terrifying, Dantean](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/californias-apocalyptic-fires) December will last a little longer. *(Photo above: The Thomas Fire approaches a home on December 12th, 2017, in Montecito, California.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14530-the-thomas-fire-could-become-the-largest-wildfire-in-california-history-no-rain-likely-til-next-year)

   ##  [ What to Do When Private Corporations Extract Gas from the Public’s Backyard … and, Something Goes Wrong](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14498-what-to-do-when-private-corporations-extract-gas-from-the-public-s-backyard-and-something-goes-wrong "What to Do When Private Corporations Extract Gas from the Public’s Backyard … and, Something Goes Wrong")

      Details    Sara Roos    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 07 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/098c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14498-what-to-do-when-private-corporations-extract-gas-from-the-public-s-backyard-and-something-goes-wrong)

VOICES--Last week, late on Wednesday night (11/29/17) and on into Thursday, thousands of residents across Los Angeles’ Westside smelled “gas” touching off concern, fear, distress, worry and … a host of adverse health effects.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14498-what-to-do-when-private-corporations-extract-gas-from-the-public-s-backyard-and-something-goes-wrong)

   ##  [ 'Ecological Armageddon': Warnings from Scientists as Flying Insects Disappear](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14204-ecological-armageddon-warnings-from-scientists-as-flying-insects-disappear "'Ecological Armageddon': Warnings from Scientists as Flying Insects Disappear")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 19 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14204-ecological-armageddon-warnings-from-scientists-as-flying-insects-disappear)

BE GREEN---A new [study](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809#sec010) published Wednesday, revealing populations of flying insects like bees and butterflies plunged more than 75 percent in German nature preserves over the past 27 years, has scientists calling for further research into probable causes such as climate change and pesticide use, and raising alarms about a potential "ecological Armageddon."

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14204-ecological-armageddon-warnings-from-scientists-as-flying-insects-disappear)

   ##  [ Finding a Common Language on Climate](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14052-finding-a-common-language-on-climate "Finding a Common Language on Climate")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/076a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/14052-finding-a-common-language-on-climate)

BE GREEN--If you don’t already agree with me on something, odds are I can’t convince you I’m right.

There’s plenty of science showing that the global climate crisis is already affecting us, that vaccines don’t cause autism, and that humans evolved from a common ancestor with apes. Yet many Americans don’t believe in man-made climate change, the safety of vaccines, or hum›an evolution. *(Photo above: Cuba after Hurricane Irma.)*

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   ##  [ Alert! New GMO War](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13945-alert-new-gmo-war "Alert! New GMO War")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 07 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/072e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13945-alert-new-gmo-war)

TRIGGER HAPPY WITH TOXINS--For many years, genetically engineered crops were said to be environmentally responsible.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13945-alert-new-gmo-war)

   ##  [ How Man-Made Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Much Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13905-how-man-made-climate-change-made-hurricane-harvey-much-worse "How Man-Made Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Much Worse")

      Details    Juan Cole    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13905-how-man-made-climate-change-made-hurricane-harvey-much-worse)

BEGREEN--The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to normality.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13905-how-man-made-climate-change-made-hurricane-harvey-much-worse)

   ##  [ Scientists Leak Global Heating Study Before Trump Can Suppress it](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13779-scientists-leak-global-heating-study-before-trump-can-suppress-it "Scientists Leak Global Heating Study Before Trump Can Suppress it")

      Details    Juan Cole    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/064h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13779-scientists-leak-global-heating-study-before-trump-can-suppress-it)

BE GREEN--A [draft report](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914641/Draft-of-the-Climate-Science-Special-Report.pdf) on the current impact of global heating on the United States, produced by 13 Federal agencies, has been leaked to the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html%20). The scientists who leaked it are afraid that the anti-science Trump administration will suppress the findings to help its friends in Big Oil.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13779-scientists-leak-global-heating-study-before-trump-can-suppress-it)

1. [ Climate Change May Bring More Rain to California](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13661-climate-change-may-bring-more-rain-to-california)
2. [ More Than 200 Killed: 2016 Was Deadliest Year Ever for Earth Defenders](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13598-more-than-200-killed-2016-was-deadliest-year-ever-for-earth-defenders)
3. [ Want to be Green? Forget Mass Transit, Work at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13498-want-to-be-green-forget-mass-transit-work-at-home)
4. [ Who Needs Anti-Climate Change Trump … Lead by LA Mayor, ‘Climate Mayors’ Adopt Paris Agreement](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13474-who-needs-anti-climate-change-trump-lead-by-la-mayor-climate-mayors-adopt-paris-agreement)
5. [ Impossible Goals: California’s Global Warming High-Speed Train](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13467-impossible-goals-california-s-global-warming-high-speed-train)
6. [ Friends of LA River Mobilizes the Largest Urban River Cleanup in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13163-friends-of-la-river-mobilizes-the-largest-urban-river-cleanup-in-america)
7. [ Earth Day, the Climate Agreement and March for Science](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13072-earth-day-the-climate-agreement-and-march-for-science)
8. [ LA River Needs Your Help … Make an Earth Day Commitment](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/13023-la-river-needs-your-help-make-an-earth-day-commitment)
9. [ Alert! EPA Rejects Own Science, Greenlights Brain-Damaging Pesticide](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/12932-alert-epa-rejects-own-science-greenlights-brain-damaging-pesticide)
10. [ Trump, GOP Moving to Restrict Info on Racial Disparity and Fair Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/12916-trump-gop-moving-to-restrict-info-on-racial-disparity-and-fair-housing)

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