Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported. The Associated Press
The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. Alejandra Borunda
California fire victims say fighting with insurance companies has delayed rebuilding Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid. Michael Copley
Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers' A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. The Associated Press
Washington state pumps more tax dollars toward green jet fuel A who’s who from Washington state business and Democratic politics on Thursday extolled the virtues of alternative jet fuel and said the state would strive to become the nation’s leading enabler of greener flying. Tom Banse
California makes headway to restore wetlands California's Bay Area now has more than 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh.
Washington state’s climate-fighting claim is hot air, officials admit Washington state officials have issued a correction after they were caught exaggerating the benefits of state spending to curb climate change. John Ryan
One year later, 'Firestorm' investigates the systems that failed during the LA Fires Journalist Jacob Soboroff says covering the wildfires was the most important assignment he's ever undertaken. His new book offers a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe. Tonya Mosley
Trump says cost was behind his water pipeline veto, but some say it's retribution The president says his veto of a Colorado infrastructure project is about "fiscal sanity." Some say the president is retaliating against the state for political reasons.
On some farms, bats are pest control Farmers conventionally rely on pesticides to protect their crops. But bats are a more eco-friendly solution.
