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  • Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide

    Laura Garcia was halfway through the breakfast dishes when the spigot went dry. The small white tank beneath the sink that purified her undrinkable water had run out. Still, as annoying as that was, it was an improvement over the ...
  • Shafter Community Garden Groundbreaking

    On April 6th the Committee for a Better Shafter and the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment celebrated the groundbreaking of a four acre community garden. The community hopes to use the land to grow healthy, organic fruits ...
  • Air district's annual report cites progress, challenges

    The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has always had a difficult story to tell. Each year district officials assert that significant progress has been made in improving the valley's air quality. And each ...