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Blanca Begert

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environmental journalist @latimes | previously @insideclimate @POLITICO @Grist @KCET | @YaleEnvironment MESc | blanca.begert@latimes.com | signal: bbegert.73

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A global milestone for California solar power

In May, over half of its electricity came from sun

View Front PageLos Angeles Times • AUG 1, 2026

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2 bills boost solar options for renters

California lawmakers approve measures to expand access beyond rooftop systems.

With:Ian James
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Los Angeles Times•SEP 1, 2026
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Deal is reached on regulation of data centers

California lawmakers compromise over legislation addressing facilities' energy use.

With:Dakota Smith
LA
Los Angeles Times•AUG 30, 2026
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Hydrogen is losing the state's clean car fuel race

A decades-old green vision faces a bleak outlook as costs rise and batteries win out.

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Los Angeles Times•AUG 17, 2026
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Lawmakers target soaring fuel profits

California officials seek to crack down on ‘absolutely obscene’ gains amid Iran war.

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Los Angeles Times•AUG 5, 2026
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A global milestone for California solar power

In May, over half of its electricity came from sun

LA
Los Angeles Times•AUG 1, 2026•Lead Story
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Why data centers don’t compute in California

Energy costs, regulations are built-in obstacles

LA
Los Angeles Times•JUN 24, 2026
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Heat wave illnesses can now be tracked

New L.A. County tool offers weather-linked data to the public on a 'near real time' basis.

LA
Los Angeles Times•JUN 4, 2026
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Data center ban goes before voters

Monterey Park hopes to set precedent as the first city to use ballot box to bar such sites.

LA
Los Angeles Times•JUN 2, 2026
A local interest story regarding a municipal ballot measure on land use for technology infrastructure.
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At the biggest World Cup ever, climate is a loser

Expanded games in far-flung cities will double carbon output, researchers warn.

LA
Los Angeles Times•MAY 18, 2026•Lead Story
Focuses on the collision between federal border security infrastructure and Native American cultural preservation. The framing grounds a broad national policy debate in a specific, local geographical and cultural context.
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Last tanker may augur California oil shortage

Ship that left before war is final delivery from gulf

LA
Los Angeles Times•MAY 3, 2026•Lead Story
The paper connects a distant geopolitical conflict directly to local economic impacts, focusing on the logistical reality of oil supply chains and their impending effect on California.
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A blow to in-home abortion access

Federal court ruling blocking the mailing of mifepristone could hit rural areas hard.

LA
Los Angeles Times•MAY 3, 2026
Reports on the local implications of a federal court ruling restricting the mailing of abortion medication.
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After fires, many are building all-electric

Costs and climate change have homeowners reconsidering gas

LA
Los Angeles Times•APR 19, 2026
Explores a local shift towards sustainable housing reconstruction following wildfires, driven by a combination of climate awareness and economic factors.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Blanca Begert in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.