Hayley Smith is an environment reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she covers the many ways climate change is reshaping life in California, including drought, floods, wildfires and deadly heat. She previously worked on the breaking news team. Originally from Miami, she holds a master’s degree in journalism from USC.
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April 22, 2024
Giant sun shades, 40-foot-tall air filters, stratospheric sulfur injections: Here are some of the wild and wondrous ways we might save the planet.
April 22, 2024
With summer approaching, California is trying again to protect workers from heat, after an effort to implement a new safety measures was derailed last month.
April 19, 2024
Current conditions are promising, but L.A. must maintain its ethos of conservation and prepare for an inevitable return to dry times ahead, LADWP officials say.
April 15, 2024
With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees, last month was warmer than any previous March on record, according to European climate officials.
April 10, 2024
Assembly Bill 1963 would sundown the use of the herbicide paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and other health issues, beginning in January 2026.
April 8, 2024
Protecting Los Angeles County from 14 different climate change impacts will cost taxpayers at least $12.5 billion by the end of 2040, according to new research.
April 4, 2024
The latest back-to-back water years have become the wettest on record for Los Angeles since the late 1800s, with more than 52 inches falling since October 2022. And officials say more is on the way.
April 1, 2024
Concerns about the endangered desert pupfish delay Colorado River conservation plans in Imperial Valley
March 27, 2024
Blistering global temperatures have one NASA scientist warning: ‘We could be in uncharted territory.’ Others aren’t so sure.
March 27, 2024