A pattern that began almost half a century ago is about to play out in the Pacific Palisades. Big houses will get bigger, the total number of units will shrink, and the housing crisis and climate crisis will continue to cause chaos.

Um, what?

Donald Trump’s administration has wiped thousands of pages from government websites.

Employees were warned they could be fired at a moment’s notice.

NOAA employees reported getting spammed with explicit emails after a change in policy.

Lee Zeldin was struggling to answer basic questions about climate change in a foreboding sign for the agency.

Republicans have suggested conditioning the relief funds to California.

Senator Tommy Tuberville has some thoughts on aid for the Los Angeles fires.

As Los Angeles burns, Trump and his allies are exploiting tragedy to push their favorite grievances about “diversity” and water management.

The case is a harbinger of intrastate conflict to come, as red-state attorneys general ramp up their campaigns against blue-state governance.

After some shocking discoveries a few years back, Maine has led the charge in banning the use of sewage-based fertilizers, which have been found to contaminate farmlands with PFAS. Getting national policies on the books, however, may prove much harder.

A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals just threw a major wrench into the effort to protect the planet—and teed up another chance for the Supreme Court to take a bite out of the administrative state.

For climate activists, the current moment is almost unbearably bleak. But the task is clear: to build a mass movement that completely overhauls our current political system.

An environmental regulations case may potentially test Chief Justice John Roberts’s propensity for inventing novel legal doctrines out of thin air.

The high court will hear a trio of cases that might permit environmental scofflaws greater leave to go forum shopping for friendly lower court judges.

A gun case and a death penalty case are among those on the docket—with zero sign that the conservative majority cares about the court’s falling reputation.

In two new books, the rise of recycling is a story of illusory promises, often entwined with disturbing political agendas.

Kamala Harris needs to make an affirmative case for her climate policy, rather than accepting Trump’s framing.

Coming out strongly against microplastics, pesticides, and other forms of pollution could pull RFK Jr. voters to the Democrats. It’s also just good policy.