California lawmakers propose legislation that could allow vicims of the devastating Southern California wildfires to sue oil and gas companies.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are sure to lecture us again this session about the need to step up our efforts to combat climate change.

A bill introduced in California’s state legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similarly to current law holding utilities liable for fires started by their equipment.

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the devastating Southern California wildfires.

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight blazes.

Home, auto and health insurance rates are on the rise. Here's what insurance commissioner Patty Kuderer says her office can and can't do.

The "Jeremiahs of climate change" tried to warn us, says a reader. The fires are evidence of the need to start listening to them.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the passenger airplane that collided in midair with an Army helicopter, leaving 67 people dead near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Billions in losses from natural disasters is triggering demand in sectors linked to wildfire recovery efforts. Read on for two recommendations with high growth potential.

With battery-powered cars, windmills, and solar farms California hopes to shrink its carbon footprint to nothing. But some see a downside.

L.A. had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to conservationists who have been trying to restore the lake for decades.