NEW: Arizona wants you to think it's the hub of the #cleanenergy transition. But in rural Mohave County, leaders voted to ban solar, then to allow a gas-fired peaker plant near retiree homes.

Buckle up for my #longread about the residents fighting back:
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19 Pomona College protesters arrested after storming, occupying president's office latimes.com/california/sto…

Animal rights activists collected more than 37,000 signatures from Sonoma County residents to put an end to large-scale animal farming — forcing the Board of Supervisors to either enact or match the ordinance themselves, or put it on the November ballot.
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Just 57 corporations are tearing our climate apart.

And they couldn't care less.

They have to be stopped, by any means possible.

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“Thousands of schools in the Philippines have stopped in-person classes due to unbearable heat. In Indonesia, prolonged dry weather has caused rice prices to soar. In Thailand’s waters, temperatures are so high scientists fear coral could be destroyed.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

California’s mountains are covered with snow, reservoirs are mostly filled and hills across the state are sprouting green grass and wildflowers. After a second wet winter, the state is heading into spring and summer with boosted water supplies. latimes.com/environment/st…

On #WorldWaterDay , I'd like to share a few recent pieces about some of our water problems, as well as solutions, in California and other parts of the world:

Water-related conflicts are on the rise worldwide
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It's a good day as an editor when I get to learn about ice age sloths and how young kids happened upon such an ancient sloth bone in the Santa Cruz Mountains

thank you for the levity Jack Lee!

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Why the spread of organic farms may prompt growers to use more pesticide, not less Karen Kaplan latimes.com/environment/st…

'four of 93 #plastic packaging items were confirmed to have ended up in a materials recovery center...Thirteen were trucked to landfills.Two were tracked to an incinerator...three went to the Port of Los Angeles — presumably destined for overseas'
Susanne Rust
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What has so deeply resonated with Godzilla Minus One audiences? The horror behind the horror? The real and true trauma of war and annihilation? Come see me and others at #wondercon and #WC2024 / Anaheim.

🚨BREAKING NEWS! I just was informed by our emergency response team of an oil spill off HB. Early thoughts are that it’s from a platform. Our county teams and coast guard are heading out now to investigate. I’ll keep you updated.

Placentas, blood, lungs, brain and now arterial plaque. New research: Microplastics = heart disease. latimes.com/environment/st…

California gray near Martha's Vineyard?? 🐋👀 nytimes.com/2024/03/06/sci…

Does anybody (maybe some investigative reporters) see the irony in any of this?

A heated custody battle over a transgender child in California has gone viral, w/ the father's backers calling him a 'hero,' the mother a 'groomer' and the state out of control.

That narrative leaves a lot out.

Read Brittny Mejia and my latest:

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California snowpack update after the blizzard: now 104% of average for this time of year, up from 84% last week

BREAKING: great apes including bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans have been listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature meaning they are on the very brink of extinction 🧵

My latest story includes mountain lions, vegetarians, deer hunters, my dad, growing up in 1970s/80s, Gen X, Vietnam weapons systems, human scent, Westchester Co., NY, Palo Alto, college co-eds... latimes.com/california/sto…

Not every day you get to write about your dad for work: latimes.com/california/sto…