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The city will see continued heatwaves, but a new study says heat-damping urban vegetation is unevenly distributed

A UCLA-led study predicts that an equitable ‘greening’ plan could add up to a million years in collective life expectancy.

The higher levels of toxic pollution in certain areas compound other public health challenges.

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have been awarded $21 million by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to conduct a study of the 2016 Aliso Canyon gas leak.

Last summer, our state’s wildfire season was below normal—a welcome relief for firefighters and smoke-choked Washingtonians, especially city dwellers. However, that changed this fall.

Highlights from the San Francisco Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, KCRW-FM and others.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced on Nov. 1 the selection of the University of California, Los Angeles to conduct the Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study.

Research suggesting the 2020 California wildfires could have erased years of benefits from the state’s climate efforts has attracted international attention. Forest ecologists say it’s not that simple.

Highlights from the Washington Post, Associated Press, New York Times and others.

They canceled their Yellowstone trip because of flooding and took a road trip closer to home: Shasta Lake, which left this vacationer feeling stunned.