Impacts www.nytimes.com What it's like to work in 115 degree weather in Phoenix Phoenix is facing a double heat and housing crisis that is falling hardest on people who have to suffer the sun.
Impacts Record-setting heat blasts the West: ‘Your skin is almost sizzling’ Fueled by climate change, the first major heat wave of the summer has seized the western U.S., toppling records and threatening lives.
Resilience www.nytimes.com Coronavirus makes cooling centers risky, just as scorching weather hits Officials are scrambling to find ways to protect residents against dueling threats of extreme heat and the coronavirus.
Impacts www.nytimes.com California is booming. Why are so many Californians unhappy? Fire, garbage and homelessness increasingly plague the Golden State.
Causes www.nytimes.com E.P.A. accuses California of 'significant' air and water problems In the Trump administration's latest jab at California, the Environmental Protection Agency is saying the state is not protecting its water quality.
Politics www.nytimes.com San Francisco to get environmental violation for homelessness, Trump says President Trump said that San Francisco was in “total violation” of environmental rules because needles used by homeless people were ending up in the ocean.