Climate Change

The urgency of addressing human causes of climate change has long been apparent. To amplify this issue that's paramount to us all, KPBS has launched a Climate Change Desk to step up our coverage of this existential threat including reported stories and interviews with experts and newsmakers.

Health

FDA gives safety nod to 'no kill' meat, bringing it closer to sale in the U.S.

Allison Aubrey

The FDA has taken a first step towards green-lighting cultivated meat. The agency gave a safety nod to Upside Foods, which provided documentation to show their meat grown from animal cells is safe.
'It could just sweep us away': This school is on the front lines of climate change

Rebecca Hersher

Ryan Kellman

Climate change is an everyday reality for students and teachers living in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. At one school, they are trying to learn more about the forces that could upend their lives.
Environment

A proposed lithium mine presents a climate versus environment conflict

David Boraks

The U.S. wants to mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries to meet climate change goals. But residents near a proposed open-pit mine object.
Arts & Culture

Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her

Chloe Veltman

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life
Environment

Saint-Louis is being swallowed by the sea. Residents are bracing for a new reality

Ari Shapiro

Noah Caldwell

Matt Ozug

Ayen Bior

Sarah Handel

Ricci Shryock

The problem is as simple as it is devastating: the Atlantic Ocean is expanding into Senegal, and Saint-Louis is ground zero. Every year, the island loses a little bit of land to the sea.
It could get a lot worse: 3 dangerous tipping points the climate is approaching

Rebecca Hersher

Lauren Sommer

Global leaders are negotiating about how to cut greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible. Scientists say every passing day, and every tenth of a degree, makes a big difference.
Environment

Heavy rain, Tijuana River flow cause shoreline closure from border to Coronado

City News Service

The water contact closure previously in place for the Tijuana Slough shoreline was extended north, as the Tijuana River is flowing and reaching recreational waters, officials said.
Environment

Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Michael Copley

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.
Politics

California voters reject tax on rich for more electric cars

Kathleen Ronayne

Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes the measure. He says its a taxpayer-funded giveaway to rideshare company Lyft, which spent at least $45 million supporting the measure.
Environment

California settles with firm in Volkswagen emissions scandal

Don Thompson

Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler installed devices that made it seem like the vehicles were meeting emissions requirements. But the vehicles actually polluted at many times the legal limit.