Climate
Weather, energy and a coastline under pressure.
-
Watch: storm surge batters Port Avalon’s eastern seawall
Waves overtopped the seawall for the second time this year. Engineers say the structure is near the end of its life.
-
The vanishing coastline
A photographer spent a year on the Avalon coast, documenting a shoreline that is retreating by up to two meters a year.
-
Offshore wind farm will power 400,000 homes, developers say
Construction on the 62-turbine project begins next spring, 25 kilometers offshore.
-
Our heat map shows a 9-degree gap between the city’s hottest and coolest blocks
Neighborhoods with the fewest trees ran the hottest on summer afternoons.
-
Refinery agrees to cut flaring after residents documented hundreds of events
A neighborhood group logged 312 flaring events in a year using phone cameras.
-
Reservoir falls to its lowest level in 30 years
The water authority is asking residents to cut outdoor watering by half.