Sammy Roth

1 week ago | latimes.com | Sammy Roth

Long before Clayton Kershaw donned No. 22 and Fernando Valenzuela wore No. 34, another number told fans it was time for Dodger baseball: 76. Union Oil Co., the 76 gasoline brand’s former owner, helped finance Dodger Stadium’s construction. The brand’s current owner, Phillips 66, remains a major sponsor. Through six World Series titles, orange-and-blue 76 logos have been a constant presence at Chavez Ravine. They tower above the scoreboards and grace the outfield walls.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Sammy Roth

Donald Trump had just been elected president when I first visited the sprawling Wyoming ranch of conservative billionaire Phil Anschutz in late 2016. But my tour guides didn’t let President Trump’s well-known disdain for wind power stop them from sharing their story: With Anschutz’s fortune behind them, and huge profits ahead, they were preparing to build America’s largest wind farm. America’s future was renewable. When I visited again in 2022, their story was the same: Wind turbines, all the way.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Sammy Roth

The radiation containment domes at Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station were, truth be told, pretty boring to look at: giant mounds of concrete, snap a picture, move on. The enormous cooling towers and evaporation ponds were marginally more interesting — all that recycled water, baking in the Sonoran Desert. You know what really struck my fancy, though? The paintings on conference room walls.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Sammy Roth

Warren Buffett attends the world premiere of the documentary “Becoming Warren Buffett” in New York City in 2017. Warren Buffett has invested tens of billions of dollars in fossil fuels, propping up some of the nation’s dirtiest coal plants as well as major oil and gas suppliers even as the climate crisis threatens human civilization.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Sammy Roth

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at an April 19 event in Santa Monica to mark 100 days since the Palisades fire. Los Angeles is still reeling from its most devastating wildfires ever. In the next few months, temperatures could hit triple digits. Yet Mayor Karen Bass wants to eliminate the city’s climate emergency office. Yes, L.A. faces a $1-billion budget shortfall.