Climate and Environment

PG&E says power cuts are the best way to prevent devastating wildfires during California’s most fire-prone time of year. Yet many of the company’s customers, watchdogs, and regulators say they are skeptical of the company’s motives. Two plans that have been proposed for the utility’s path out of bankruptcy include a clause allowing the company's financiers to renegotiate or back out if PG&E ignites another fire that burns more than 500 homes. A new tragedy could also hurt victims of previous fires.

The day California’s deadliest-ever wildfire erupted, about 2,000 state employees responded to the blaze. Among them were more than 500 prison inmates.

A look at some of the numbers that defined 2018's deadly Camp Fire.

Murray’s early influence on energy and environmental policy within the Trump administration was chronicled as part of the 2017 FRONTLINE documentary, "War on the EPA."

A year after the devastating Camp Fire, who’s to blame and why was it so catastrophic? With accounts from survivors and first responders, the inside story of the most destructive fire in California history, its causes and the impact of climate change.

To prepare for the Supreme Court's current term, we recommend brushing up on the issues with six FRONTLINE documentaries. 

Uncounted deaths. Unheeded warnings. Here are key takeaways from FRONTLINE's groundbreaking investigation of a crisis that continues.

A deadly outbreak during the water crisis officially killed 12 people. A FRONTLINE investigation strongly suggests the toll was much higher. Here's how we did it.

A note from FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath about "Flint's Deadly Water."

Following a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that coincided with the Flint water crisis, a team of scientists urged Nick Lyon to step up monitoring of the disease or else more people could die. His response, they say, was, “They’ll have to die of something.”