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Aging infrastructure may create higher flood risk in L.A., study finds
Between 197,000 and 874,000 city residents could experience a foot of flooding during an extreme storm, scientists found. Most of them don’t live in beachfront mansions.
A fossil museum uses the past to reimagine climate's future
As the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum undergoes a major redesign, its leaders hope it can do more to engage the public and educate visitors about the realities of climate change.
How California’s bullet train went off the rails
America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.
‘How one restaurateur transformed America’s energy industry’
Charif Souki’s long-shot bet on liquid natural gas paid off handsomely — and turned the United States into a leading fossil-fuel exporter.
A plastic factory feels the sting of rising energy prices
Rising energy costs are lifting the prices of key materials and intensifying inflation, compounding supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic.
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Mapping California’s oil spill: Aging pipes line the coast
The latest spill, thought to be from a decades-old pipeline that connected three platforms to a pumping station in Long Beach, has brought scrutiny to California's aging offshore oil and gas infrastructure.
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California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs
A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state.
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