Features
Table Talk
Katy Yaroslavsky: Pragmatic Voice at City Hall
Councilmember on making progress in difficult times
Research
Special Report: Suburbs and the Lessons of Paris
Paris is connecting its suburbs by rail. It could be a model for L.A.
Research
Be Afraid: Climate Change
When it comes to the climate, fear may help inspire much-needed urgency
Profile
Mary Nichols: A Lifetime in Search of Clean Air
She began by being the first lawyer to sue under the Clean Air Act. Now, she oversees California’s response to climate change.
Table Talk
Bill McKibben: Sounding the Alarm
Climate change is not a problem for the future. Heat, drought, storms and fires are upon us now
Profile
Bob Hertzberg on the Big Issues
“What’s the problem you’re trying to solve? What does the research say about how to get there? And then how do you convince people?”
Research
Special Report: Long Beach Faces Climate Change
One city’s efforts to move beyond debate over climate change and begin preparing for its effects
Research
Special Report: The Video
A look at the story, in video, behind the efforts by Long Beach to address climate change
Research
Brown v. Trump on Climate Change
Jerry Brown and Donald Trump see the world differently. One will prevail.
Research
Energy Policy Reconsidered
“We help utilities and utility regulators think about how to design programs … to bring more clean power into the air.”
Research
Power Users: Learning to Waste Less
UCLA researchers create a new atlas to map energy use and identify ways to conserve.
Research
Changing Habits, Saving Power
How to convince consumers to track their energy usage and reduce it — the study of incentives.
Sketches
Landscape
The Roadway of the American Future
Ann Carlson on transportation safety, climate change and dark politics
Landscape
California Paradox: Drought by the sea
Facing a critical drought, California considers the costs and benefits of desalination
Exclusively Online
“A Lighter Look” — Elon Musk and Brain Implants
Rick Meyer’s regularly appearing column takes a lighter look at politics and public affairs around the world. This month: “Brain Implants?”
Takeaway
Battle lines drawn: Now what?
In the clash over California and national values, the stakes are high and the research compelling.
Landscape
Mark Gold: Grand Challenge for a Proven Advocate
Mark Gold, once of Heal the Bay, bring his advocacy skills to UCLA’s Grand Challenge.
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Jerry Brown on the Earth
Video special: Gov. Jerry Brown discusses environmentalism, politics and his own history.
