Ian James
@ByIanJames
Water Reporter, Los Angeles Times, examining water issues and climate change in California and the West | Also: https://bsky.app/profile/ianjames.bsky.social
New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening droughts in the Western U.S. Scientists say the severity of future droughts will be determined largely by how much more planet-heating gases humans release into the atmosphere. latimes.com/environment/st…
“Accurate news and information has become an increasingly fleeting resource. But it’s one that should rank not far behind clean air, food and water on the list of things we need to maintain a healthy and fair society.” Good stuff from @RaineyTime: latimes.com/california/new…
🚨 On June 13, ICE arrested Javier Diaz Santana, a DACA recipient granted protection to legally work and live in the U.S. Javier, 32, is deaf and uses sign language to communicate. ICE held him for 25 days and released him with an ankle monitor. latimes.com/california/sto…
Chabria: 3 things that should scare us about Trump's fake video of Obama latimes.com/politics/story…
ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter calmatters.org/justice/2025/0…
How a California cloud-seeding company became the center of a Texas flood conspiracy latimes.com/environment/st…
With little more than a mask and a prayer, Juan Heredia goes where others can’t — or won’t — to recover drowning victims. @jackdolanLAT latimes.com/california/sto…
Border Patrol raids in Sacramento intended to send message: ‘No such thing as a sanctuary state’ w/@brittny_mejia latimes.com/california/sto…
Should California connect its power grid with the rest of the American West, so everyone can share renewable energy more easily? Or would a regional market drown CA in expensive coal? My column on the political battle that's dividing environmentalists: latimes.com/environment/ne…
A new private firefighting tech company aims to utilize an untapped resource during major fires: residential pools. But one major question is still unanswered ... Does the tech work? My latest for @latimes! latimes.com/environment/st…
“It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next.” newyorker.com/news/annals-of…
“Heat-related mortality for people over 65 increased by 85 percent between 2000–2004 and 2017–2021” and “By 2100, nearly three quarters of the population may be exposed to dangerous environmental heat for at least 20 days each year, up from 30 percent.” worksinprogress.news/p/heat-waves?u…
It’s still too painful for me to listen to the sound of his voice. The white-hot grief I felt in 1999 rushing up. But when I turn on that Telefunken Opus 7, I can feel my dad 😉 at me from across an unbreachable expanse of space and time. kqed.org/news/12047317/… via @KQEDnews
The July Sidney Award goes to @latimes for their high-impact coverage of Trump's ICE raids: hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…
Detainees say they are being held in inhumane conditions at the detention camp in the Everglades. "We're like rats in an experiment," one man said. "A lot of us have our residency documents and we don't understand why we're here." cbsnews.com/miami/news/all…
Video: ICE agents drive SUV through protesters in San Francisco missionlocal.org/2025/07/video-…
Big News here at @latimes : I'm gonna be writing our Essential California newsletter, starting TOMORROW morning. SIGN UP!: latimes.com/archives/sign-…
For more than 40 years, @raineytime has reported on California’s ruptures, contradictions, characters and conundrums. Read his @latimes newsletter: latimes.com/california/new…
🌡️ While not impossible, this heat would be exceptionally rare without climate change. The Climate Shift Index hits Level 5 in Phoenix, Santa Fe, Fresno, Vegas & Denver—meaning human influence made this heat 5x more likely. 🧵/3