The nation's largest public pension fund offers a weak strategy for reaching a net-zero portfolio, perhaps to head off legislation forcing it to divest from oil companies and other air-polluting industries.
A U.N. report shows that big nations' fossil-fuel-boosting actions are at odds with their emissions-cutting pledges. They must do better at the COP28 climate summit.
LA's focus on quantity over quality has bogged down various goals to increase tree planting and canopy cover. That has to change. Shade is not just a nice-to-have amenity in a rapidly warming world.