Millions of Butterflies Said to Die Migrating
- Share via
MEXICO CITY — Millions of monarch butterflies that migrated last winter from Canada to Mexico died because of the destruction of Mexican forests by logging, an environmentalist said Tuesday.
“It was a massive death. The ground was carpeted with butterflies,” said Homero Aridjis, leader of the Group of 100, Mexico’s best-known environmental group.
A full 70% of those that flew from Ontario to their natural habitat in Mexico’s central state of Michoacan died because of deforestation and resulting climate changes, Aridjis said.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
