States Across Wildfire-Prone West Are Using AI for Early Detection May 7, 2026 By Dorany Pineda and Brittany Peterson On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human...
Water to Surge into Drought-Depleted Lake Powell But at Costs Elsewhere April 27, 2026 By Mead Gruver and Dorany Pineda Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water—as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at...
Tijuana River Sewage Is Sickening Thousands in California April 21, 2026 By Julie Watson and Dorany Pineda The smell of rotten eggs permeates Steve Egger’s Southern California home, especially at night as the nearby Tijuana River foams...
Study Ties Particle Pollution From Wildfire Smoke to 24,100 US Deaths Per Year February 6, 2026 By Dorany Pineda Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States,...
California Wants to Mix Hydrogen With Gas to Cut Pollution. Critics Say That Poses Risks January 13, 2026 By Dorany Pineda Alma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb...
Their Homes Survived The LA Wildfires; A Year Later They Fear Living in Them January 7, 2026 By Dorany Pineda and Jae C. Hong “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the...
Sea Level Rise Threatens Thousands of US Hazardous Sites, Study Finds November 21, 2025 By Dorany Pineda If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk...
Researchers in California Are Mapping Rural Heat to Protect Farmworkers October 28, 2025 By Dorany Pineda and Jae C. Hong In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start...
Heat Draws Visitors to Death Valley, Where It’s Tough to Communicate Risk August 25, 2025 By Dorany Pineda Ray Estrada’s 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas’ scorching summers, but he’d always wanted to experience the heat in...
Homes Charred to Rubble in LA Fires Are Given New Life Through Recycling July 23, 2025 By Dorany Pineda Candace Frazee recently walked through the burnt remains of The Bunny Museum, searching for anything that could be salvaged before...