Climate crisis in the American west
‘Potentially historic’ heatwave threatens more than 130 million people across US
Temperatures could crest 100F (38C) in many regions after breaking records and sparking dozens of wildfires
Revealed: The rural Californians who can’t sell their businesses – because LA is their landlord
Los Angeles has long owned large swathes of the Owens valley. An investigation reveals how the city has tightened its grip
‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought
In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away
Tell us: have you created a DIY climate solution in your US community?
US oil companies to merge in $26bn deal as firms rush to buy up drilling land
‘This place wanted to be a wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a wildlife sanctuary
Phoenix has driest monsoon season since record-keeping began in 1895
America's dirty divide
‘The burns can cook them’: searing sidewalks cause horrific injuries in USOur unequal earth
An Arizona malbec? How the arid state became America’s newest wine countryCalifornia judge pauses sweeping of homeless encampments amid heatwave
California’s largest wildfire of the year threatens fragile desert ecosystem
‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west
Millions in US under warnings as record heat expected to continue next week
US south-west bakes under potentially deadly record high temperatures
US west braces for fiercest temperatures yet as ‘supercharged’ heatwave arrives
‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival
‘What are we willing to sacrifice?’ A journey down America’s most endangered river
Biden’s efforts to clear wildfire fuel in US forests are falling short
Mixed early results from administration initiative as federal land managers skip at-risk communities for less threatened areas
‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life
Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir
Climate risks have made California uninsurable. When will we wake up?
Kate AronoffState Farm will almost entirely stop issuing new policies in California – with climate-exacerbated wildfires and bad public policy a large reason why
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