These young climate activists are pushing LBUSD to go completely green by 2040
Students organizing the Poly Green Schools Campaign want all the district’s campuses to run on 100% clean, renewable energy.
City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan to be presented to City Council Tuesday
The CAAP report tackles most of the things that can go wrong in Long Beach from climate change, and recommends steps to take to lessen those problems, steps that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars if they were all to be put into effect immediately.
California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars
The proposed rule would not ban people from owning gas-powered cars or selling them on the used car market. But it would end the sales of all new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks in the state of nearly 40 million people.
Close to home: Climate change and the future of Long Beach
The coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate headlines, but April 22, 2020 is also newsworthy as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
IN PICTURES: Hundreds rally at Bixby Park as part of national protest for climate action
Protesters hoping to draw attention to climate change during the United Nations Climate Action summit this week gathered at Bixby Park in Long Beach on Friday holding signs and waving at passing motorists as part of a “global strike.”
Global Climate Crisis Rally to hit Long Beach City Hall, Bixby Park on Friday
The march will start at City Hall at noon and the rally will start at the Bixby Park at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
New report shows temperatures have risen faster in Long Beach, L.A. than other parts of the world
Temperatures in the Long Beach region have climbed as much as 2.5 degrees Celsius, which are considered to be early warning signs of a dramatic climate shift, according to the Washington Post report.
Study finds Long Beach would have to spend $246 million in the next 20 years to hold back rising sea levels
A report released Wednesday by Center for Climate Integrity is billed as the first such study to give a dollar amount to the cost of building seawalls to protect communities against rising sea levels due to climate change.
Draft climate change plan suggests electrified air travel, vegetation on roofs and stronger seawalls
Long Beach officials devised a timeline through 2100 to tackle issues related to a warming planet, including worsening air quality, hotter temperatures and rising sea levels.
The impact of climate change on Long Beach port will be profound
Three of 10 shipping piers at the Port of Long Beach could be inundated with water—one of which houses a Southern California Edison substation—even in the mildest sea-level rise projections, according to an assessment risk compiled by the port.