This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sure, last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act — which included $370 billion in clean energy and climate investments — was the first time Congress had taken major action on global warming. It’s a theory of progress that’s hotly contested by much of …
At sunset from atop Haystack Butte, the desert floor below shimmers with a thousand lights. The explosive growth has had grave, far-reaching consequences, according to a Times review of state, county and court records as well as interviews with scores of local residents, legal and illegal cannabis growers, laborers, law enforcement, market analysts, community activists and public officials: Law enforcement …
REDDING, Calif. — Firefighters were making progress Friday against Northern California forest fires that burned several homes and forced thousands to flee communities even as authorities prepared for a hot, crowded Fourth of July weekend that could bring the threat of new blazes. Three wildfires near the towering Mount Shasta volcano an hour’s drive from the Oregon border have burned …
