ICN California

Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water

A new study finds that the mining and processing of the metal critical to EV batteries and renewable energy storage projects depletes and contaminates surface water, often in already vulnerable communities.

By Wyatt Myskow

Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum

By Liza Gross

California’s Bay Area is Heating Up. Its Infrastructure Isn’t Designed For It

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

California Oil Town Chose a Firm with Oil Industry Ties to Review Impacts of an Unprecedented 20-Year Drilling Permit Extension

By Liza Gross

California Regulators Approve Community Solar Decision Opposed by Solar Advocates

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

On California’s Central Coast, Battery Storage Is on the Ballot

By Erin Rode

As California Considers Warning Labels for Gas Stoves, Researchers Learn More About Their Negative Health Impacts

By Victoria St. Martin

After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California

By Liza Gross

Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay

By Liza Gross

Battle to Prioritize Public Health over Oil Company Profits Heats Up

By Liza Gross

A Major Technology for Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Approaching Its Moment of Truth

By Dan Gearino

California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize

By Liza Gross

Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest

By Noel Lyn Smith

California Leads the Nation in Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant, Study Finds

By Phil McKenna, Liza Gross

Kraft Heinz Faces Shareholder Vote On Its ‘Deceptive’ Recycling Labels

By James Bruggers

Potential Changes to Alternate-Fuel Standards Could Hike Gas Prices in California. Critics See a ‘Regressive Tax’ on Low-Income Communities

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

California’s Latino Communities Most at Risk From Exposure to Brain-Damaging Weed Killer

By Liza Gross