Emily St John Mandel’s new novel presents divergent visions of our world and future – particularly of the US as a state at a crossroads.
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A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US coast. The results could mean better forecasts.
Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.
Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
A push in California to tax billionaires will be an important test of the political power of the rich – and the health of US democracy.
For many gig workers, app-based work is no longer just about extra cash but economic need, a new survey finds.
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
Celebrity probate battles deal with the same legal issues that courts handle every day for many families that are not in the news.
Australia may enter spring with a highly flammable landscape – and no room for complacency.
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
The ‘Mother Road’ has long symbolized freedom and reinvention. But its history reveals a more complicated story shaped by migration, segregation and the highways that eventually circumvented it.
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
California’s leaders have repeatedly promised to tackle homelessness. But they don’t consistently make it a high priority for using state funds, researchers found.
Western states are figuring out how to make electricity-sharing work, but it isn’t easy. Texas learned that the hard way.
Salmon have faced a boom-bust cycle for years. Making their recovery last longer will require some big changes, including how hatcheries produce fish.
Suspending the federal gas tax, which would require Congress to agree, would drop gas prices only about 4% – less in high-cost states like California.
As US gas prices climb, politicians are looking at ways to lower them. An economist breaks down what does − and doesn’t − move the number on the sign at the gas station.
First Choice, the crisis pregnancy center chain that brought the case, argued that merely issuing a subpoena can deter donors from making a gift.
A review of nearly 100 years of high school yearbooks from Salinas High School in California showcases a nostalgic, not always accurate, version of high school.
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Scientist and Director of Research Communication for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Wildfire Specialist, University of California Cooperative Extension; Adjunct Professor at the Bren School, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor, Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara
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Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Institute for Humane Studies
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Adjunct Assistant Professor and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Graduate Research Fellow of Sustainable Design and Construction, Stanford University
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Director Emeritus, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources