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Western states have failed to reach a crucial agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River, missing a federal deadline that was set for Tuesday. The impasse leaves one of America’s most vital water sources in deeper uncertainty as…
With the Trump administration notably absent from this year’s United Nations climate summit, California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as the highest-ranking American official at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. In a pointed critique of federal climate policy, Newsom described President…
The incoming Trump administration is moving forward with plans to open California’s offshore waters to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades, setting the stage for a major environmental and political showdown with the Golden State. According…
A California hunter’s harrowing three-week ordeal in the Sierra National Forest has ended in a remarkable rescue, highlighting both the unforgiving nature of wilderness environments and the human will to survive. Ron Dailey disappeared on October 13 while on a…
High in Yosemite’s granite wilderness, conservation writer Beth Pratt greets a small pika by name as it darts between sun-warmed boulders. “Hello, Sophie!” she calls to the round, rabbit-like creature—just one of over 150 species that call this iconic national…
