2012
December, 2012
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- New Year Brings Safer Drinking Water to CA Farm Country
- Local groups among those who sue EPA over rules on pesticide emissions
- California Environmental Justice Alliance 2012 Year in Review
- “25 Stories” grows up!
- New Valley air plan will cut fireplace use in 2014
- Confusing air standards will save lives
- Valley water quality board adopts pollutant rules
- Slideshow: America's Dirtiest Cities
- America's 20 Dirtiest Cities
- Valley groups push for better air pollution info
- Latinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them?
- U.S. EPA Awards Five Calif. Groups Nearly $125,000 in Environmental Justice Grants
- Chemical Waste Management Fined Over PCBs at Kettleman City
November, 2012
- Farmers welcome changes but still oppose groundwater plan
- Clean Air Advocates Call for Valley-wide Emergency Air Alert System
- Moms stand up for pesticide-free air in CA's central valley
- Earth log: Fatal heart attack risk rises in winter because of Valley air
- Central Valley residents tire of receiving L.A.'s urban waste
- Kettleman City activists seek to block expansion of toxic dump
- Bottled water on Thanksgiving menu in tainted region
- Kettleman City’s toxic spills
- Earth Log: Study cites bad water in poor towns
- An advocate for clean water: Susana De Anda co-founded Community Water Center
- Consumer Watchdog Applauds DTSC on Kettleman Landfill Citations, But Warns DTSC Not To Issue Permit to Expand
- Toxic landfill cited for not reporting spills
- State slaps Kettleman toxic waste facility with 72 violations
- 72 Violations for Kettleman City Landfill
- State cites waste dump for 72 violations in spills
- Kettleman City landfill could face sanctions for unreported spills
- State Busts Chemical Waste Management for 72 Violations at Kettleman Hills Toxic Dump, as Another Kettleman City Child Dies
- Armona frustrated over high water bills
- Environmental justice implications of arsenic contamination: a cross-sectional, cluster-design examining exposure and compliance in community drinking water systems
- Earth Log: Lawmakers focus on fixing water
- Farmworkers’ Endless Worry: Tainted Tap Water
- Tulare County Looking to Clean Up Rural Tap Water
- The Poorest People in California Are Paying the Most for Drinking Water
- Lawmakers want to fix bureaucratic funding maze for clean water
- Dairy ruling should have little impact
- Dairy waste's impact on groundwater focus of court ruling
- Ruling Could Tighten Dairy Waste Monitoring
- KMPH Special Report: What’s Really In Your Water?
- Appellate Court (Sacramento) Overturns Order Regulating Dairies Because of Failure to Protect Groundwater
- Toward a Valley Vision: Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS) in the San Joaquin Valley
- California's first auction of greenhouse-gas credits nears
- Building Environmental Justice for Healthy Communities
October, 2012
- Canadian oil company to drill more wells near Kettleman City
- Poll: Latino voters support conservation
- Earth Log: Lawsuit challenges Valley's dirty-air penalty
- High Speed Rail in the Valley
- Continued expense to Valley drivers?
- Survey: Drinking water compliance eludes some California schools
- Women on Top Awards: The Transformers
- Air-monitor spat could cost Valley millions
- Come on, put that air monitor back
- EPA sued over San Joaquin Valley vehicle fees
- Photo Tour: Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Comes to California Farm Country
- Residents lead charge toward health, environmental sustainability
- Los Verdes are the Greenest: Latinos are the next generation of environmentalists in the U.S.
- Air regulators push for reinstallation of monitoring station
- Arvin Residents Take On Air Pollution With 'Bucket Brigade'
- Facing the Climate Gap: How Environmental Justice Communities are Leading the Way to a More Sustainable and Equitable California
- Facing the Climate Gap: How Low-Income Communities of Color Are Leading the Charge on Climate Solutions
- California State Policy: Everyone Has a Legal Right to Affordable, Clean Water
- Arvin group claims hazardous gas still lingers near Community Recycling facility
- Activists claim air data proves Lamont recycling facility is dangerous
- A Recognition to Cesar Chavez's Monumental Environmental Legacy
- Everyone Eats There California’s Central Valley is our greatest food resource. So why are we treating it so badly?
- Study links pesticides to childhood illnesses
- Valley towns still wait for Kings River water
- Latinos a ‘Core Conservation Community,’ Poll Finds
- The right to clean water Now that it’s a right, what’s the plan?
- California takes historic step in safe water for all
- Celebrating the Right to Water
September, 2012
- Air District Official Misleads Public With Air Alert Statements
- San Joaquin Valley air better but still pretty bad
- California law on human right to water sets example for others – UN expert
- Back to Getting Directions from the Scarecrow……
- Governor Brown Signs Human Right to Water Bill
- Governor Brown Signs Human Right to Water Bill
- The Co-Benefits Of Pricing Carbon: How Lowering Local Pollution Can Help Achieve Environmental Justice
- Air-quality changes bring mixed reviews
- Census shows Central Valley areas among poorest in nation
- Impoverished rural town of Monson getting water filters
- McEwen: Just like TV, clean-air effort showing reruns
- CUMULATIVE IMPACTS: A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR EJ COMMUNITIES
- California's Progressive Disorder
- Rubio failed to promote 'Solar for All' opportunity
- U.S. EPA Fines Kettleman City Landfill for Improper Analysis of PCBs Waste
- CEJA AND ALLIES FIGHT HARD FOR SOLAR FOR ALL
- New environmental screening tool stirs debate
- Cal/EPA Makes $250,000 Available to Environmental Justice Communities for Environmental Projects
- New environmental screening tool stirs debate
- Press Release: President Obama Asked to Stand Up for Latinos
- Latinos ask Obama's help over toxic waste landfills
- New goals hard to meet even as valley air improves
August, 2012
- Jesse Morrow Mountain
- EPA approves California air quality plan
- Environmental Justice Does Not Mean What They Think It Means
- Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Plan to Improve Air Quality Approved by U.S. EPA
- Draft Kettleman City Community Assessment Summary
- Kings County HSR foes vent frustration
- Rail critics take new approach
- Valley air pollution could halt road funds
- Solar legislation opposed by utilities
- Climate forecast dire for San Joaquin Valley regions, report says
- A Just Transition: Lessons Learned from the Environmental Justice Movement
- Officials issue air warning for Valley
- Valley farmers wary of new water rules
- Chem Waste confident of expanding hazmat landfill
- Commentary: Should California maps carry the skull and crossbones?
- Climate Report Spells Trouble For L.A., Desert, Central Valley
- California's greenhouse gas "cap and trade" program survives legal challenge
- Landfill revenue to fund Kettleman water treatment
- Earth Log: Should bad air drive school schedules?
- Who carries their water?
- Kettleman City's water deal depends on landfill expansion
- California Water: No More Tadpoles, Please
- Kettleman City's toxic landfill almost at capacity
- Clearing the Air – August 2012
July, 2012
- DRAFT CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCREENING TOOL
- Cal/EPA releases draft environmental health screening tool for public input
- Fracking in the Central Valley
- JOIN CEJA IN THE CAPITOL AUGUST 16TH!
- Easton water tested positive for contaminants
- Private wells outside Fresno test positive for contaminants
- Valley airs soot woes at EPA hearing
- At Public Forum, Californians Will Tell EPA: Protect Us From Deadly Pollution
- Central Valley's ecological state studied
- Earth Log: Bad ozone day renews debate about warnings
- Much of Valley’s water not safe to drink
- A Hidden Killer
- Council to consider landfill expansion
- The State of the Great Central Valley of California
- Raise a glass of root beer in his honor: Luke Cole would have been 50 today
- Southern California sewage will fertilize Kings County ag land
- Even for Valley, Thursday's ozone was special
- Drift Happens
- Rubio visits, listens
- California groups urge Governor to reject international forest carbon credits
- Kettleman residents could get clean tap water by 2015
- Delano Residents Demand Town Hall Meeting Over Water Fees
- California Air Resources Board’s Climate Change Scoping Plan Complies With The Global Warming Solutions Act Of 2006
- Kettleman City gets clean water funding
- DPH Commits $8 Million to Safe Drinking Water in Kettleman City
- Kettleman City faces 3-year wait for clean water
- United States: California Court Of Appeal Upholds Statewide Climate Change Scoping Plan
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS DECLINE IN KETTLEMAN CITY BIRTH DEFECTS
June, 2012
- California Cap and Trade Survives Appellate Fight
- CLCV to Honor Environmental Justice Advocate Martha Guzman-Aceves
- State Appeals Court Rejects Environmental Justice Groups' Cap and Trade Claims, Sides with ARB
- Federal money to help open clinic in Kettleman City
- Opinion: Environmental policies must tackle social inequities
- State updates Kettlemen City birth defect report
- Kettleman City Residents Face Off Against State Health Officials
- State: Kettleman birth defects decline
- Time to adopt tighter rules on air pollution
- Latinos lack asthma info
- Officials to update Kettleman birth-defect study
- APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS CAL. CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN
- Birth Defect Study
- State health officials say Kettleman birth-defect rate has dropped
- Environmental Justice and GHG Cap-and-Trade: It's More than a Complaint
- Farmworkers Pay a Heavy Price for California's Bounty
- NEW CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT ATTACKS CALIFORNIA’S GREENHOUSE GAS CAP & TRADE PROGRAM AS RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY
- EPA complaint says cap and trade racially biased
- EJ Advocates Renew Efforts to Block Cap and Trade
- San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution and the Factory Dairy Industry
- Enviro Groups Call Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Program Biased
- Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: No beba el agua. Don't drink the water.
- West Fresno's 60 Year Struggle
May, 2012
- Field trip for Kettleman students sparks controversy
- Groundwater nitrate issue dumped in agriculture’s lap
- People's Health in the San Joaquin Valley
- Air Watch
- Increase in mining traffic heightens Valley air pollution worries
- Ozone Violation in the Valley Foothills Infuriates Air Board
- County seeks further study of nitrate issue
- Bill Watch: Asm. Perea on the 2012 Human Right to Water package
- Rural towns devise unique plan to solve water problems
- New health issues arise in Kettleman City
- Local Groups Highlight Lack of Safe Water in Schools, Call for Implementation of the Human Right to Water
- EVENT: Why is the Valley sick?
- Cumulative Environmental Vulnerability and Environmental Justice in California’s San Joaquin Valley
- Valley water agencies look at farming contamination
- The Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
- EPA will begin monitoring TCP nationally
April, 2012
- FAIL: the Lung Association's air quality ratings
- Not all are equal in terms of Air Quality Improvements
- Little improvement seen in valley air quality
- Most polluted cities in the United States
- State of the Air 2012: San Joaquin Valley
- Failing air grade seen as deceptive
- California's Lungs Need a Passing Grade
- Senate panel approves water bill with provisions for California farmers
- 'Garbage' chemical TCP threatens Valley water
- Our View: Clean water solution held up by politics
- California’s Progress Toward Clean Air
- Air officials try to counter bad report card
- EPA proposes air pollution limit for Valley pesticides
- Solar rooftops sought in poor communities
- Mamá e hija luchan por agua potable
- Fresno residents file lawsuit over 40 year old odor
- Neglected for decades, unincorporated communities lack basic public services
- Latino concern for environment grows
- His cause is well-grounded
- Pesticide TCP omitted from Fresno Co. water reports
- The American Lung Association's Annual State of the Air 2012 Report
- EPA Region 9 Focuses on Aiding "Underserved" Communities
March, 2012
- Assemblymember Perea Honors Members of the Community Water Center in Sacramento Women of the Year Ceremony
- Photos showing at the Fresno Regional Foundation
- Amid health fears, Japanese maker suspends methyl iodide
- Our View: No easy answers in farm pollution
- Pesticides sickened 25 in S.J. in 2009, officials say
- Arvin Toxic Tour
- Nitrate Contaminating Drinking Water for More Than 254,000 Californians
- Doctors Expect Climate Change to Worsen Lung Diseases
- Central Valley Drinking Water Contamination
- New concerns over potential Valley water contamination
- Groundwater nitrate contamination grows in California farm areas
- New study blames ag for nitrate problem
- Nitrates in California's water, study finds
- Big Ag's Water Pollution Costs Billions to Manage: Study
- One in Ten People Exposed to Contaminated Water
- UC Davis nitrate report prompts calls for action
- Report: Nitrate from Fertilizer Polluting Drinking Water in Ag Regions
- Report: Calif. nitrate contamination spreading
- Farming communities facing crisis over nitrate pollution, study says
- UC study: Cropland threatens drinking water for 250,000 in Valley
- Environmental Justice as Environmental Impact: The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and the California Environmental Quality Act
- Growing costs and concern for drinking water in the Tulare Basin and Salinas Valley
- Decisions affecting Valley health risks often unseen
- Life expectancy varies by zip code in San Joaquin Valley
- EPA Ducks Claims Over Backsliding Valley Air
- Lamont water issues need permanent fix
- Concerns easier to address
- Tapped out: Community hopes water woes will end soon
- Growth of composting strains oversight of industry
- Ninth Circuit decision in Air v. EPA threatens to disrupt federal highway funding and transportation improvement projects
- Dr. Alex Sherriffs
- GREENACTION UPDATES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- Place Matters for Health in the San Joaquin Valley
February, 2012
- Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment February Newsletter
- California Government Has No Idea Fracking Is Happening
- How Clean Air Standards Save Lives: Even One Bad Air Day Can Increase Heart Attack Risk
- Minority health study revealed at conference
- EPA’s San Joaquin Valley smog actions challenged
- EPA’s Refusal To Clean Up Smog Pollution Challenged
- Earthlog: Toxin in our water to be revealed
- National air pollution story has connection here
- The Second Biggest Air Board Coverup of 2011
- State does have a way to detect dangerous, unregulated chemical
- Not a Drop to Drink
- Greenhouse gas battle could reap billions in auctions
- Residents Next to Freeway Monitor Their Own Air
- Fracking along the Kern
- Shell employees sterilized by dibromochloropropane – DBCP
- Hearts and Air Pollution: 5 Deadly Air Pollutants Measured on 5 Continents
- California’s Representatives Must Lead the Way on Clean Energy
- TCP in Valley drinking water: Story just gets scarier
- Valley's soul worth more than gravel
- UC Research Resource Center to Serve San Joaquin Valley
- Greenaction Update from the Front Lines of Environmental Justice!
- Unrelenting Air Pollution in California's San Joaquin Valley This Winter
- Grayson activist honored with Legacy Award
- Update: Air Monitoring Task Force in Arvin
- Valley air a priority? We'll see
- Seminar examines California, Finland’s justice system
January, 2012
- EPA commits to help improve drinking water
- EPA commits to help clean area air
- Ninth Circuit Invalidates EPA’s Approval of Valley’s 2004 One-Hour Ozone SIP Based On Failure to Address “Stale” Emissions Data
- Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment January 2012 Newsletter
- Worst Winter on Record
- Residents Challenge Coal-Burning Permit
- Will EPA stay course?
- Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water
- What is in that glass of Milk?
- Research: Air Pollution: Increased Hospitalizations, Decreased Airway Function
- Residents to EPA: “We’re simply telling you our reality”
- EPA Provides $21 Million to San Joaquin Valley to Help Clean Up Polluted Air
- California passes new auto emission rules
- Kern County: In the News
- Garbage fees may rise as county revisits Covanta contract
- It is Insane to Continue Burning Coal in the San Joaquin Valley
- California Must Continue Leading the Country on Clean Cars
- Efforts to bring clean water to Tulare County
- EPA plan keeps Valley front, center
- EPA Announces Millions in Grants to Clean Air Projects in San Joaquin Valley
- Plan Would Clean Up Valley's Air and Water
- EPA visit to highlight Valley’s public health, environmental justice issues
- EPA's valley visit signals hope, officials say
- Court Rejects Weak Central Valley Air Pollution Plan
- EPA's $21m won't fix Valley's toxic air
- Judge: EPA must revisit ozone plan
- Court sends Valley ozone plan back to EPA
- EPA turns its attention to San Joaquin Valley
- Court tosses San Joaquin Valley air pollution control plan
- Supreme Court: San Joaquin Valley must redo climate control plan
- Court Orders EPA To Revisit its Approval of the Valley’s Ozone Plan
- Kettleman water project gains momentum
- Kettleman City learns small town water upgrades take time
- Winter air pollution raises health worries
- Fresno Regional Foundation awards grants
- More to the valley's pollution problems than wood-burning
- Kettleman City set to receive $8 million in state water funds
- Video Release from Global Justice Ecology Project: A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
- Bucket Brigade Strikes Again
- Arvin Group Says Toxic Gas Escaping Community Recycling
- Bucket brigade evaluates toxic tour results
- Valley kids head back to school amidst dirty air
- California's Central Valley Slammed By Record Air Pollution
- In San Joaquin Valley, poor most affected by environmental hazards
- High Levels of Locally Produced Pollution Cause the Poorest December Air Quality in over Ten Years
- In the RED Sector
- Focus on asthma in the Central San Joaquin Valley