Los Angeles Times staff writer Hayley Smith has won a 2025 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award, a contest that recognizes ...

At the Hammer Museum's biennial Made in L.A. exhibition, anxieties around climate change and environmental degradation pervade recent work.

Going into United Nations climate negotiations, it appears the talks may do more than just focus on implementing past ...

As summer gets underway, climate scientists have a warning: The season could be a scorcher, and children could be particularly at risk to the dangers that presents. Summer has become hotter in most ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- As working sessions began at the Summit of the Americas in downtown Los Angeles, President Joe Biden Thursday challenged business leaders to join with Western Hemisphere nations ...

Researchers in California have pinpointed an unexpected impact of frequent droughts: an increase in human-wildlife conflict.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of ...

Quantavia Smith, who was often homeless for a decade, now has a studio apartment in Los Angeles with easy access to public ...

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While the national government remains slow to deal with climate change, many cities have been moving ahead. Why the difference? Well, cities tend to be more homogenous politically, which makes any ...