Stories by Debra Kahn

Residents rebuilding after the catastrophic Tubbs fire are paying higher premiums

New York City, London and Sydney are among the cities whose emissions are declining, a new report finds

Legal battles loom and pollution levels could rise as fuel economy standards are relaxed

Plan seeks to encourage carbon sequestration development and expand options for credits

Lawyers for Chevron in climate suit argue energy demand, not extraction, drives emissions

The rules seek to preserve the state’s authority to regulate emissions from two sectors that the administration has backed away from

Sea ice loss in the Arctic may trigger atmospheric effects that drive precipitation away from the state

Strong winds and months of record-high temperatures have fueled the destructive fires

 In California, offsets from forests totaled 4.7 million metric tons of carbon in 2015

The emissions market will cover roughly a quarter of the country's industrial CO²

The state’s landmark system for curbing carbon emissions can continue through at least 2020

One of the biggest challenges will be to figure out how to reduce emissions from the state's 1.4 million dairy cows

And they are seeking training at record numbers on how to better communicate with the public

Excessive warmth, not lack of precipitation, drove low snowpack in Spring 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown is determined to cement the state's climate goals by law or by vote

The price of allowances will rise also, encouraging businesses to clean up emissions

Century-long buildup of dead wood and clutter is making bad fires worse, officials claim

A deal is struck to close California’s last nuclear power plant, replacing the lost electricity through renewables and energy efficiency

A plan under study would link the state to California and Quebec

States across the U.S. are moving forward with renewables, energy efficiency and electric cars

The illegal software was also in Porsche and Audi vehicles

NASA satellites show that aquifers are rapidly depleting and hold less water than expected

How can a new office building cut energy costs and stay chic?

Super low-flow appliances, mandated for 2016, will save 10 billion gallons of water in the first year alone