The American Dream (Water Not Included)
Real estate developers are running a dark-money campaign to overturn new housing rules — and ignore basic laws of nature.
Environment
Breaking news and critical investigations into the world’s mounting climate crisis, with a focus on those who are exacerbating and profiting from the disaster.
Trump’s EPA Just Deleted Climate Change
The environmental agency just scrubbed most mentions of the global crisis from its online presence.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Clean Energy Carries On
Clean energy money stays in clean hands, reproductive health is shielded from harm, Big Landlord takes a hit, and geothermal energy pumps up the heat.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The Big Court Rejects Big Oil’s Accountability Dodge
Climate killers head to trial, an oasis forms in an abortion desert, students score another payday, and the Golden State gets golden laws.
How America Created Cities Built To Burn (Part 2)
Decades of real estate lobbying pushed Californians further into fire zones. Will the fires force the state to rethink how to house its population?
Biden Boosts AI Despite Energy Dept. Warning
Just before the president’s executive order, his own administration sounded the alarm about data centers’ energy consumption, water use, and emissions.
We Will All Be Paying For L.A.’s Wildfires
Los Angeles’ wildfires and an industry-tied insurance regulator may prove a tipping point for the country’s faltering financial safety net.
How To End This Disaster Movie
We get to decide whether the L.A. fires are a wake-up call or a funeral pyre.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Biden’s Grand Finale
Biden drills down on offshore drilling, credit scores get healthier, social security gets a hand, and sketchy mortgage lenders are locked out.
The Architects Of L.A.’s Wildfire Devastation
Developers and real estate interests crushed efforts to limit development in high-wildfire-risk areas — including in L.A. neighborhoods now in ashes.