Boiling Point

By: L.A. Times Studios
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  • Climate change is battering California. Can the state find a way forward? Listen every Thursday as award-winning L.A. Times columnist Sammy Roth dives deep with scientists, energy leaders, legislators, activists and journalists who are experts on today's climate challenges and solutions. They’ll discuss everything from electric cars to renewable energy to the difficulties of phasing out fossil fuels. Sammy has been reporting on climate and energy in California and the American West for over a decade, touring sprawling solar farms, coal-fired power plants and hilltops blanketed with wind turbines. He’s focused on telling stories that challenge public officials and energy companies to do better.
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Episodes
  • Post-Fires, the L.A. Times Is Digging Up Dirt

    Post-Fires, the L.A. Times Is Digging Up Dirt
    May 8 2025

    After the Eaton and Palisades fires, federal agencies skipped standard testing for toxic metals in the soil of burned homes. A team of L.A.Times reporters, led by Tony Briscoe, stepped in to collect samples and investigate what was left behind. What they found was alarming.

    Read their investigation: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-05-04/treated-like-dirt-soil-testing-project
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    31 mins
  • Taking Stock at 101 Days

    Taking Stock at 101 Days
    May 1 2025

    In this panel discussion, some of the American West’s leading climate activists, scientists and policymakers share their thoughts on the first few months of the Trump administration – and why they’re still hopeful about holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Our guests are climate scientist Emily Fischer, California State Sen. Lena Gonzalez, environmental activist Anne Hedges and former Biden administration official Nada Wolff Culver.
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    36 mins
  • Inside L.A.’s Solar Megaproject

    Inside L.A.’s Solar Megaproject
    Apr 24 2025

    Sammy Roth tours the largest solar and battery storage facility ever built for Los Angeles. He also sits down with the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s CEO to learn what it’ll take to get to 100% clean electricity by 2035.
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    31 mins

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