Hayley Smith is an environment reporter at the Los Angeles Times focused on climate policy, technology and solutions. She previously worked on the breaking news team. Originally from Miami, she holds a master’s degree in journalism from USC.
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A landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric will extend the life of the state’s remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new conservation in San Luis Obispo County.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court charges four oil companies with failing to properly clean up at least 227 idle or exhausted wells in the oil field near Baldwin Hills.
The challenge to President Trump’s wind ban was brought by attorneys general in 17 states, including California, and Washington.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah.
President Trump announced a plan to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry.
This year’s L.A. Auto Show saw new electric vehicle debuts in a shifting EV landscape.
The woman was found about 75 feet down an embankment near Highway 138 and Crestline Road on Nov. 18, officials said.
The proposed Western Gateway Pipeline from Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan would deliver gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to Arizona and California from as fast east as Missouri by 2029.
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Supreme Court to block new California laws that will require thousands of companies to disclose their emissions and their impacts on climate change.