California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
A ton of methane is 83 times worse for the climate than a ton of carbon dioxide, when compared over twenty years.
State unveils new climate change blueprint packed with strategies tackling fossil fuels
The California Air Resources Board’s draft of its ambitious proposal, called a scoping plan, outlines policies that focus on reducing reliance on oil, capturing carbon dioxide emitted by industries and increasing dependence on renewable power sources, such as wind, solar and electric cars.
Local youth can apply for jobs to improve the environment as part of new Climate Corps
The Long Beach program will be open to residents between the ages of 16 and 30, and will pay approximately 380 program participants between $16 and $27 an hour.
Long Beach to create Youth Climate Corps with $5 million in state funding
Mayor Robert Garcia proposed the program after the Big City Mayor’s Coalition, a group of mayors from California’s 13 biggest cities, successfully lobbied Gov. Gavin Newsom to include funding for climate change in the 2021 state budget.
Assembly leader: California isn’t leading on climate
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, a Democrat who represents Lakewood and parts of Long Beach, delivered that stark assessment of California’s efforts to combat climate change in a Monday phone call from the United Nations conference in Scotland.
In the age of megafires, Long Beach firefighters battle blazes across the West
As the drought-stricken state burns, more and more firefighters are being asked to trade their normal routine of house fires and car wrecks for raging infernos tearing through rural communities.
These students want LBUSD to go green, and they’re keeping pressure on the school board
Members of the student-led Long Beach Green Schools Campaign have become a consistent presence at the biweekly Long Beach Unified Board of Education meetings.
California still deep in drought despite atmospheric river
Tuesday’s storm couldn’t wash away the long-term problem of a drought that scientists say is part of a warming and drying trend driven by climate change.
Washington neighborhood is already burdened by rising temperatures, survey shows
The survey, conducted in June, showed 40% of respondents experienced negative health symptoms on hot days, and 79% said that “heat changes how I travel.”
Could rising sea levels pollute fresh groundwater? Long Beach researchers are going to find out
The goal is to bring awareness to environmental officials and state planners of the neighborhoods most impacted.