Environment

Investigative journalist Sharon Lerner unpacks how 3M lied to its employees — and by extension the American people — about the dangers of PFAS and PFOS.

from Good Food

A woman searches for her cat. A small business owner serves free coffee to firefighters. Hear two stories from Wrightwood residents enduring the Bridge Fire.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it the oldest observatory in the Angeles National Forest.

Line Fire destroys historic lookout tower in SoCal. Can they rebuild?

The Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it the oldest observatory in the Angeles National Forest.

from KCRW Features

SoCal is facing three big wildfires amid a blistering heat wave, including the Line Fire, which has burned more than 26,000 acres. How are firefighters coping?

Heat wave puts extra strain on firefighters tackling 3 blazes

SoCal is facing three big wildfires amid a blistering heat wave, including the Line Fire, which has burned more than 26,000 acres. How are firefighters coping?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A UC Davis scientist is trying to bioengineer cow microbes so they produce less methane.

Getting cows to release less methane: CA scientist turns to CRISPR

A UC Davis scientist is trying to bioengineer cow microbes so they produce less methane.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

You might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?

LA’s dirty beaches: Surfers are ‘stoked,’ families are cautious

You might know that Los Angeles beaches get dirty after a winter storm, but it remains a problem in the summer, too. Why? And does it keep anyone away?

from KCRW Features

At the farmers market, chef Dan Barber visits with Alex Weiser who is growing a new allium — garleek.

Garleek, the impossible allium, has chefs and farmers singing its praises

At the farmers market, chef Dan Barber visits with Alex Weiser who is growing a new allium — garleek.

from Good Food

Maanvi Singh reports on corporations buying up water rights, often in drought-stricken areas, and selling them to other communities, sometimes hundreds of miles away.

Private companies are profiting from water sales in Arizona, where H2O is worth more than oil

Maanvi Singh reports on corporations buying up water rights, often in drought-stricken areas, and selling them to other communities, sometimes hundreds of miles away.

from Good Food

Parts of Rancho Palos Verdes are sliding closer to the ocean, and residents are facing power cuts and property damage. KCRW hears from a homeowner and a geologist.

Landslides getting worse: What will Rancho Palos Verdes residents do?

Parts of Rancho Palos Verdes are sliding closer to the ocean, and residents are facing power cuts and property damage. KCRW hears from a homeowner and a geologist.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

SoCal is bracing for a blistering heat wave over the next few days. What can cities like LA and Phoenix do to adapt to extreme temperatures amid climate change?

Hotter climate can mean a wholesale transformation of society

SoCal is bracing for a blistering heat wave over the next few days. What can cities like LA and Phoenix do to adapt to extreme temperatures amid climate change?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

Kristyn Leach on building community through Second Generation Seeds

Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving.

from Good Food

Along the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal project in U.S. history finished today. Native tribes spent years pushing for it.

How much salmon will return to Klamath River after dam removal?

Along the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal project in U.S. history finished today. Native tribes spent years pushing for it.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That’s partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past five years.

Dying harms the planet. So CA legalized human composting

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That’s partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past five years.

from KCRW Features

Ron Howard reflects on a recent trip to Thailand where he had the chance to observe wild monkeys in their natural habitat.

Skillfully adapted Thai monkeys leave Ron Howard awestruck

Ron Howard reflects on a recent trip to Thailand where he had the chance to observe wild monkeys in their natural habitat.

from The Treatment

The epicenter of Monday’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake was in El Sereno on the Puente Hills fault system. While it's not as famous as the San Andreas fault, it could be more dangerous.

Beyond San Andreas: Monday’s 4.4 quake was from Puente Hills fault

The epicenter of Monday’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake was in El Sereno on the Puente Hills fault system. While it's not as famous as the San Andreas fault, it could be more dangerous.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After countless Olympic fans flew to Paris and American athletes insisted on A/C, France had a bigger-than-intended carbon footprint for the Summer Games.

How green were the Paris Olympics, what can LA learn for 2028?

After countless Olympic fans flew to Paris and American athletes insisted on A/C, France had a bigger-than-intended carbon footprint for the Summer Games.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Environmentalists are urging the Dodgers to drop a main sponsor, oil company Phillips 66, which owns the 76 chain of gas stations.

Dodgers fans call for team to cut ties with big oil

Environmentalists are urging the Dodgers to drop a main sponsor, oil company Phillips 66, which owns the 76 chain of gas stations.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.

Condo owners are ‘counting pennies’ as home insurance soars

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.

from KCRW Features

Catherine Roberts reports on pesticide residues lurking in 59 common fruits and vegetables.

Which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residue?

Catherine Roberts reports on pesticide residues lurking in 59 common fruits and vegetables.

from Good Food

Nonprofit Heal the Bay is out with its annual report card on water quality at CA beaches. It found that rainy winters may be making the ocean more toxic.

Rainy winters and sewage are worsening CA beach water quality

Nonprofit Heal the Bay is out with its annual report card on water quality at CA beaches. It found that rainy winters may be making the ocean more toxic.

from KCRW Features