Environmental Justice
July, 2021
June, 2021
- EPA Announces Plans To Strengthen Environmental Justice Through Criminal Enforcement
- DTSC Agency Over Toxic Mess in At-Risk Communities
- California Town Completely Without Running Water as Drought, Heat Wave Intensifies
- California town reportedly has no running water during heat wave
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- 20-1064 - Association of Irritated Residents et al v. Certainteed LLC
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- Report: Groundwater Overhaul Could Threaten Drinking Water Of More Than A Million Valley Residents
- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Debbie Stabenow Introduce Bill to Ensure Lead-Free Drinking Water for All Americans
- California was supposed to get protection from backyard oil drilling. Another missed deadline.
- The EPA Just Announced A $50 Million Push To Help Underserved Communities Tackle Pollution And Get Jobs
- Central Valley town without water — again — and repairs are weeks away amid heatwave
- Nonprofit calling for action after fire at southwest Fresno recycling center
- Environmental Justice ‘Finding Voice,’ if Not Votes, in States
- East Orosi one step closer to clean water as Tulare County moves to become administrator
- Enviro Expert: California’s ‘Clean Energy’ Policies Should Not Be Adopted by Federal Govt.
- California delays oil and gas health buffers for another time, while people die prematurely
- Little Manila Perseveres: How Filipinx Leaders in Stockton Are Organizing for the Next Generation
- As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing
- California's climate plan pits bioenergy against environmental justice goals
- Oil and Gas Industry Diverted 3 Billion Gallons of Freshwater for Drilling That Could Have Gone to Households
- Oilfield disposal site in western Kern set to close
- In the Shadow of Big Oil: Neighborhood Drilling in California
- Newsletter: Why a California oil workers union is getting behind clean energy
- Even With All Eyes on Racial Justice, Few Green Funders Are Sharing Their Data
- Environmental justice report targets farmworkers, pesticides
- Hefty budget offers chance for state to seal ‘Green New Deal’
- Mold, leaks and pests: Substandard housing conditions continue in Fresno
- 'Energy Justice' Nominee Brings Activist Voice To Biden's Climate Plans
- How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change
- Can California Avoid Another Toxic Waste Disaster?
- Latinx and Low-Income Communities Are Paying the Human Costs of Plastic Pollution
- Solar Bill That Split Dems, Environmentalists Fails
- Where are the U.S.’s natural gas pipelines? Often in vulnerable communities.
- Advocates call for early notification from ag commissioners of pesticide spraying
- U.S. Solar Power’s Land Grab Hits a Snag: Environmentalists
- Bill That Would Add 2 Environmental Justice Representatives to the AQMD Board and Help Improve Air Quality in the South Coast Air Basin Halts This Year but Conversations Will Continue
- Senate Passes Sen. Dodd’s water access and equity bill
- The Path to Climate Solutions Starts with Environmental Justice
April, 2021
- Newsom orders end to fracking in California by 2024, work toward phasing out all in-state oil production by 2045
- Newsom Announces Plans to Ban Fracking, Phase Out Oil Extraction in California
- California takes steps to ban fracking by 2024 and will halt oil extraction by 2045
- Newsom orders end to fracking in California by 2024, work toward phasing out all in-state oil production by 2045
- Gov. Newsom aims to phase out fracking; will halt issuance of permits by 2024
- 'Just transition' advocates revisit anti-oil campaign after key defeat in Sacramento
- How California Oil Spillers Fend Off New Climate Laws
- California wells will go dry this summer. ‘Alarm bells are sounding’ in the Valley
- 4 in 10 Americans breathe polluted air, with people of color hit hardest
- Groups Say It's Time For EPA To Update Oil Spill Response
- We keep improving, but Bakersfield still ranks among the most polluted cities in America
- Latinx Leaders Paving the Way for Climate Action
- Replacing Fossil Fuels with Community-Led Clean Energy
- New UC Center for Climate Justice launches
- Environmental Justice in the Biden Administration: Early Actions Draw First Bold Lines
- Free bottled water is coming to up to 42,000 Stanislaus-area homes with tainted wells
- It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions
- Advancing environmental justice through law
- California Lawmakers Vow to Hold DA Association Accountable for Misspent Funds
- Calif. rooftop solar fight could shift industry's future
- Low-income Californians must help state set climate change, economic justice goals
- Oil & Gas Scorecard will document industry’s influence on California politics
March, 2021
- CalEPA plans to post pesticide notifications for all counties
- Development of clean energy should be linked to needs and benefits of low-income communities
- California Launches Updated Environmental Justice Screening Tool
- The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Last Stand in California Oil Country
- Will Valley air district actually enforce new restrictions on agricultural burning?
- The road to clean air
- 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Introduced?
- Expected State Attorney General Action in Response to Post-Election Environmental Policy Change
- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Challenges a President Trump-era Rule Weakening of Crucial Requirements that Protect Public from Lead in Drinking Water
- Activists see remediation work as key to 'just transition' away from local oil production
- Air board tells San Joaquin Valley growers to phase out ag burns by 2025
- Factory Farms: New EPA Emissions Data Should Guide Biden on Agriculture and Climate
February, 2021
- 'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water
- County unveils plan to transform parks in underserved communities — but there's a hitch
- More Than 25 Million Americans Drink From the Worst Water Systems
- Arvin, Lamont area chosen for program to improve air quality in disadvantaged communities
- Center for Biological Diversity sues Cali over oil, gas drilling
- Renewable Energy Technology is Not Fully Helping Communities That Need it Most
- Los Angeles is Looking Into Clean Energy, But is it Enough?
- Big Decisions: The Future of US Environmental and Energy Policy
- California air board OKs crackdown on agricultural burning in San Joaquin Valley
- Air board tells San Joaquin Valley growers to phase out burns by 2025
- Exposure to Pollution Has Long-Term Effect on Multiple Generations
- Air pollution kills. Making that official can help us tackle it.
- The origins of environmental justice—and why it’s finally getting the attention it deserves
- Communities at the Heart of Climate Action
- Limit smoke pollution and support a healthy ag future. It’s time to ban field burning
- BC Awarded Nearly $2 Million to Develop the Kern Regional Workforce Coalition, A High Road Training Partnership
- Up in smoke: Burns in San Joaquin Valley vineyards, orchards may finally end
- New Updates to Groundbreaking CalEnviroScreen Environmental Justice Tool Released for Public Input
- Gov. Gavin Newsom is at a crossroads on climate action and environmental justice
- New bill seeks to ban fracking in California
- Kern Community Leaders Address Dangers of Oil and Gas at BC Webinar
- California to review carbon trading program as part of climate roadmap
- State lawmakers debut bill to ban oilfield techniques common in Kern
- New Bill Seeks to Ban Fracking in California
- Leyva introduces bill that seeks to ban harmful land uses
- Democratic State Lawmakers Propose Fracking Ban in California
- Calif. Senators Propose Banning Fracking In State By 2027
- California Lawmakers Move to Ban Fracking in Golden State
- CA Bill Would Ban New Fracking Permits and Phase Out the Practice
- California lawmaker proposes ban on fracking by 2027
- Senator Leyva Introduces Legislation to Protect California Communities and Residents from Pollutants
- Kern’s Planning Commission recommends approval of changes
- Ag Council president reflects on drinking water collaboration
- 40% of climate benefits? Explaining Biden's EJ promise
- Burning Fossil Fuels Caused One-Fifth of Premature Deaths in 2018
- Kern Residents Plead With Elected Officials To Stop The Expansion Of Oil And Gas In Rural Communities
- CPUC moves forward with plan to prevent 2021 blackouts despite criticism from environmental groups
- California is still oil country. This county wants to keep it that way.
- The Kern County Planning Commission Votes In Favor Of Gas and Oil Ordinance Despite Public Outcry
- Planning commission to discuss oil well ordinance, Kern County leaders express support, opposition
- Environmental Justice Members Resign from CARB Task Force on Carbon Offsets
- Environmental Justice: Close the fundraising gap in climate activism
- Fresno-area residents owe over $15 million on late water bills. Will they get a bailout?
- Anti-oil coalition presents 7,000 signatures ahead of county meeting on streamlined permitting
- Op-ed: Essential farmworkers deserve pesticide protections
- Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’
- Air District launches $12.5 million program to reduce ag dust
- Making environmental giving equitable
- What’s Next For State Climate Action In The US? 7 Areas To Watch
- County oil review set to resurface next week at contentious hearing
- Self-Sabotage: Climate Philanthropy’s Mistrust of Communities of Color Must End Now
- Biden Seeks To Put Teeth In Environmental Justice Policies
- Environmental Groups’ Greatest Obstacle May Not Be Republican Opposition
- Foundations Pledge to Direct More Grants to Climate Groups Led by People of Color
- UC Irvine's Michael Méndez on an Environmental Justice Agenda for 2021
- Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts
- Mapping Environmental Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration
- Mapping Environmental Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration
- Environmental justice groups applaud CalEPA’s directive on pesticide notifications
- Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California’s Carbon Market
- Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California’s Carbon Market
- Groups fear California blackout prevention plan could increase gas use, threaten climate goals
January, 2021
- Talks on expanding local pesticide notifications deadlock
- Ignored no longer, people of color shape climate action
- Will California’s regulators end the cycle of injustice and toxic contamination?
- With Democrats in power, an emboldened environmental movement confronts them
- California Human Right to Water Report and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0) Release
- Biden climate plan: Environmental justice 'writ large'
- Earthworks report reveals California fails to safely manage toxic oil and gas waste (that’s also radioactive)
- CA’s environmental agenda gets new energy
- Achieving the Human Right to Water in California
- EJ Groups Flex Muscle
- Cal Leaders Applaud Biden on Administration Action on Climate
- Pesticide report renews debate on health risks
- Kern County towns may be next for emissions reduction grants
- Report: New report finds California fails to safely manage radioactive and toxic oil and gas waste
- ‘The most basic form of PPE’: 1.6 million households face water shutoffs
- Reps. Barragán and Clarke reintroduce the Energy Resilient Communities Act to fight Climate Crisis
- Millions of Americans, Hundreds of Groups Support Halting Fossil Fuel Leasing, Permitting on Public Lands, Oceans
- What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment
- What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment
- Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept
- Unsafe Water More Common in Communities of Color
- The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration
- As Californians Rack Up $1 Billion in Water Debt, Advocates Fear Relief Could Come Too Late
- Air Resources Board Elevates Environmental Justice to Executive Level
- Kamala Harris says California’s water crisis is a racial injustice. Will she champion equity?
- Toxic Pesticide Faces New Scrutiny From Biden Administration
- Californians owe $1 billion in water bills, facing massive shutoffs. Is relief on the way?
- Low Income Communities Drowning In Water Debt, New California Water Board Survey Finds
- California households owe $1bn in water bills as affordability crisis worsens
- Can Climate Efforts Be the “Everything Policy Store”?
- Newsom budget hurts environmental justice programs
- How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Fight Climate Change and Structural Racism
- Democrats look to pass environmental justice package
- Solar for renters in environmental justice communities is key to building a resilient California
- Politicians join industry's campaign against phasing out California oil production
- Two Years Later, Newsom Has Failed on Climate
- Microgrids are coming — will they increase inequities?
- Environmental Groups Oppose Biden’s Top EPA Candidate
- Op-Ed: Finally, a Chance for Environmental Justice
- Neonic Pesticides: Potential Risks to Brain and Sperm
- Enjoying New Clout, Environmental Justice Groups May Press Biden
- Letters to the editor for Sunday, Jan. 3
- California’s New Year’s gift: More fracking permits, delayed safety regulations
December, 2020
- The 'Revolutionary' Fight Over California's Hidden Oil and Gas Wells
- Biden Faces Pressure to Tackle Backlog of 'Unfunded' Toxic Waste Sites
- More than ‘Build Back Better’: Climate groups tell Biden to ‘Build Back Fossil Free’
- How The Asian Pacific Environmental Network Built Trust Through Decades Of Organizing
- In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter
- This California Law Offers Biden a Tool in the Fight for Environmental Justice
- County fails to deliver pesticide protections for Ivanhoe community
- Planning commission approves Richgrove gas and oil well
- California's landmark cap-and-trade policy faces growing claims of environmental racism
- Racial Justice Activists Push Joe Biden to Reward Them with Administration Posts: ‘This Is a Litmus Test’
- Longtime Head of EPA’s Environmental Justice Program: Biden’s Climate Picks Show Power of Movements
- National Momentum for Equitable Building Decarbonization
- Racial justice advocates flex power, ask Biden to do more than ‘check the box’
- The climate crisis is hitting close to home. What can we do?
- The Vibe Of It All: Turning Stockton Into 'An Oasis Of Joy'
- Opinion: Ten pieces of good news for the environment in a dismal 2020
- ‘The Fight Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure is the Fight for Healthy Communities’
- Environmental justice groups block Mary Nichols’ path to EPA
- Climate stars surround Biden. Where does EPA fit in?
- The climate picks keep on coming
- California Must Set Clean Car Mandate to 2030 to Meet Climate Goals: Report Groups Push Gov. Newsom to Transform Passenger Fleet Faster
- Biden rejects California regulator for EPA job, after environmental justice complaints
- UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Granholm is Biden’s pick for Energy, signaling shift to green policies
- Environmental Justice and Climate Action: Are the two in conflict? What should we make of the attacks on Mary Nichols?
- Californian was frontrunner for Biden’s environmental chief. Why that may be in jeopardy
- Two New Transportation Leaders in California Legislature
- Claims of ‘Bleak’ Environmental Justice Record Appear to Fell a Biden Favorite
- Environmental Justice Leaders Look for a Focus on Disproportionately Impacted Communities of Color
- What do Fresno’s neglected and unhealthy spaces have to do with gun and gang violence?
- Groundbreaking Appointment: Liane Randolph to Chair CARB
- The battle over Nichols for EPA
- Why Mary Nichols could lose climate clout at EPA
- Toxic tap water in Latino towns is a legacy of racist policies, California officials say
- Who will fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat? Newsom ought to appoint a climate hawk
- How can we hold politicians to their promises on race and climate?
- Several US Regions' Found With Arsenic-Poisoned Drinking Water
- Xavier Becerra’s Move to the Biden Administration
- Newsom picks new leader for powerful California air board
- Governor Newsom Appoints New Chair to Air Resources Board
- Inequalities in Public Water Arsenic Concentrations in Counties and Community Water Systems across the United States, 2006–2011
- 550 Groups Ask Biden to Solve Plastic Pollution Crisis With Eight Executive Actions
- Xavier Becerra, H.H.S. Pick, Was California’s Anti-Trump Attack Dog
- Biden can’t move the needle on environmental justice without these 2 things
- What the fight over EPA chief says about Democratic divisions
- Xavier Becerra Brings Environmental Justice to Forefront
- Climate Hawks Vote: Staffing the Biden Administration with climate hawks
- Justice Served
- This Week in Fresnoland: Southwest residents voice contamination concerns
- A Biden-Harris Take on Environmental Justice: What to Expect
- Behind the 'Ultimate Hypocrisy' of Letting Vernon's Toxic Battery Plant Off the Hook for Millions
- The Energy 202: Biden calls climate change an 'emergency.' Now he's under pressure to officially declare it one.
- California’s Environmental Justice Policies Should Serve as A Model for the Biden-Harris Administration
- 70+ Organizations Oppose CARB Chair Mary Nichols for EPA
- Exide Bankruptcy Case Will Cost Californians Millions
- California Environmental Groups Tell Biden Not to Pick Mary Nichols for EPA
- California regulator might become Biden’s EPA chief. Why some environmentalists oppose her
November, 2020
- waterloop #64: Susana De Anda on the One Million Californians Without Drinking Water
- This Week in Fresnoland: Private well owners can shape state’s water decisions
- White House Races to Finalize Environmental Rollbacks
- Top California climate regulator wants to run Biden EPA
- Challenges to new California power plants now allowed in Superior Court
- California Court Strikes Down Limits on Fighting Dirty Power Plants
- Protect Agricultural Workers During COVID-19
- California’s Efforts to Reduce Pollution, Greenhouse Gases Are Inextricable from Environmental Justice
- Sunrun Announces Environmental Justice Initiatives
- Racial disparities in access to running water: 5 studies to know
- Groups Question Effectiveness of CA Cap-and-Trade Program
- ICYMI: Attorney General Becerra Releases First Video in New Series on Environmental Justice
- In California, 1 million people lack access to clean water
- Can California’s Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?
- If You Care About the Climate Crisis, You Must Care About Environmental Justice—Here’s Why
- L.A. Could Mandate Buffer Zones Around Oil, Gas Wells
- Boiling Point: Los Angeles can restrict oil and gas drilling with buffer zones, city attorney says
- Watch: Q&A on private wells and water quality in the central San Joaquin Valley
- 3yr investigation shows CA responds to oil & gas pollution complaints, but public isn’t protected
- A Quick Look at the Biden-Harris Clean Energy Plan, and its California Connections
- California Is Making Progress On Safe Water For All, But Work Remains
- How Will VP Harris Influence Climate Policy At The White House?
- Legal Protest Fights First Federal Oil-lease Sale in California in 8 Years
- Disadvantaged Communities May Get Overlooked For Climate Adaptation Funding
- What Does it Take to Meet State Climate and Equity Goals?
- California water board orders mandatory solution to East Orosi water situation
- YES! Youth Environmentally Savvy
- Geographies of insecure water access and the housing–water nexus in US cities
- New National Climate Change Guide Focuses On Impact In San Joaquin Valley Communities
- New Report Advances Equity Solutions for Community Choice Aggregators
October, 2020
- The Evolving Landscape of Environmental Justice in 2020 and Beyond
- The Evolving Landscape of Environmental Justice in 2020 and Beyond
- US election 2020: Can America's oil and gas workers be persuaded to vote for Joe Biden's green dream?
- California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice
- Scientists Share Coping Strategies for San Joaquin Valley Households at Risk of Extreme Climate Impacts
- California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice
- Air Board hopes to ban all ag burning, despite incentives drying up
- Parents Sue Chlorpyrifos Makers Corteva, Dow Over Child’s Autism
- California’s Prop 21 Endorsed by Over 300 Organizations and Elected Officials
- Additional measures, enforcement needed in San Joaquin Valley plan for clean air
- Communities Say NO to Oil Drilling, YES to Community Health
- San Joaquin Valley family says company’s toxic pesticide caused child’s disabilities
- Black employees at California environmental agency allege systemic racism at workplace
- On the Shoulders of Giants: The Lineage and Growth of California’s Intergenerational, Multiracial Youth Movement
- Getting Off Gas Must Benefit Those Burdened by Pollution
- Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution
- Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution
- San Joaquin Valley family says company’s toxic pesticide caused child’s disabilities
- Protect forgotten agricultural workers during COVID-19
- Cap and Trade-Offs: Did California's landmark legislation help or hurt the state's most vulnerable?
- California Announces THE END for Brain-Harming Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- EWG News Roundup (10/9): Nitrate Contaminates Water in California’s Majority-Latino Communities, Members of Congress Rake in Farm Subsidies and More
- Kern oil permitting review hits delay
- Environmental groups launch campaign against Kern oil permitting plan
- EWG Investigation: In California’s Majority-Latino Communities, 5.25 Million Drink Tap Water With Nitrate Above Federal Limit
- In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water
- Nitrate-tainted drinking water plagues California farmworker towns, study shows
- ‘United Latinos Vote’ Sends Loud Message to Sierra Club for ‘Hypocritical and Socially Divisive’ Scheme
- Activists Criticize Newsom for Not Addressing Oil Drilling
September, 2020
- Legislation will provide environmental justice to protect communities from toxics
- Pregnancy And Pesticides: A Study As Old As Its Subjects Reveals Health Concerns
- Thousands Oppose First Federal Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years, Center for Biological Diversity Reports
- Newsom’s Climate Order Snubs Environmental Justice Advocates and Protects Big Oil
- Thousands Oppose First Federal Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years
- Boiling Point: California won’t need to kill fossil fuel plants. They’re dying of old age
- Drinking water is contaminated in rural California. Why is it taking so long to fix?
- Consumer Reports Study Rates Foods with Pesticide Residues; Doesn’t Include Worker, Environmental Justice, Biodiversity Impacts
- In Open Letter to California, Climate and Environmental Justice Groups Outline Key Climate Actions for Gov. Newsom
- In California Conservation and Public Health Organizations Demand Clean Air, Environmental Justice for San Joaquin Valley, NPCA Reports
- EPA Challenged Over San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Approvals
- Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them.
- County prepares final version of critical oil and gas review
- Conservation and Public Health Organizations Demand Clean Air, Environmental Justice for San Joaquin Valley
- California Takes a Big Step Toward Making Polluters Pay for Their Messes
- The US Agriculture System Is a Disaster for Farmworkers and the Planet
- Air district seeks Kern County representative for environmental justice
- California Takes a Big Step Toward Making Polluters Pay for Their Messes
- Power Up: California may be burning. But it's also still drilling for oil
- EPA postpones speaker series on racism after White House order
- Lawmakers let oil and gas interests sicken us; Gov. Newsom can put us on the path to recovery
- Fresno area ‘surrounded by fires.’ Residents warned to stay inside from record-bad air
- Lawmakers let oil and gas interests sicken us; Gov. Newsom can put us on the path to recovery
- California farmworkers say they didn’t get masks during wildfires
- State senator’s vote on safety zones from oil drilling was wrong and poorly explained
- Watch: Fresno Voices — How the city failed its Black residents, and the path forward
- How Your Research Can Drive Environmental Justice Policy Change
- Senator Harris’ Environmental Justice Bill Tears Page From Personal Care Products Safety Act
- Groups for green jobs stage protest in front of McCarthy's Bakersfield home
- Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 9.3.20
- Children shouldn’t have to live right next to oil wells and fracking; Ventura County Supervisors pass setback rule
- Environmental Justice Voter Guide 2020
- California Democrats Kill Gas and Oil Regulations After Campaign Donations
- Amendments to California’s SB 1012 could shift oil well cleanup costs to taxpayers
August, 2020
- California’s attorney general sues Trump for the 100th time — to save the ‘Magna Carta’ of environmental laws
- The 3 CA Senate Dems who voted against drilling setbacks bill took big bucks from big oil
- Editorial: California is leading again on clean trucks and cleaner air
- CalMatters Commentary: Despite COVID-19, Legislature keeps natural resources in focus
- Is Carbon Capture a Political Scam?
- California vs. Trump hits the 100-lawsuit mark with new challenge to environmental rules
- More California Cities Including Environmental Justice in Plans
- California adopts major pollution cuts for diesel trucks and ships
- CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on Grounding COVID Recovery in Climate Action
- Fires Exacerbate Difficult Working Conditions For Farm Workers
- Community Voices: Be a climate champion
- California's cap-and-trade program pays for clean water fund
January, 2020
November, 2019
October, 2019
September, 2019
- We can not let health become like wealth – unequitably distributed: Mike Gatto
- Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Endangered Fish Species from Attacks by Trump
- California polluters may soon buy carbon “offsets” from the Amazon — is that ethical?
- As Indigenous Peoples Protest, California Approves Global Cap-and-trade Plan
July, 2019
June, 2019
- After a gas leak forced an evacuation in Arvin, California, residents decided to fight back
- Groundwater markets pose a risk to communities on wells or small water systems
- Some California regulators get poor grades from environmental watchdog
- California’s Population Is Majority-Minority. The Attorneys Who Represent It Are Overwhelmingly White.
- Is burning trash a good way to handle it? Waste incineration in 5 charts
- Fresno teen's air quality monitors vandalized
- Newsom Catches Heat for Using Climate Funds on Drinking Water Plan
- Hazmat situation near Dinuba, dozens exposed to pesticide
- Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers
- Progress in the Fight for Safe Drinking Water
- Pesticide Use Remains Near Record High in California, State Data Shows
- Looking at Social Justice #35: Nayamin Martinez,Executive Director, Central California Environmental Justice Network: Voices of the Valley: Stories from Environmental Justice Communities
- Environmental justice group submits 90,000 comments opposing local fracking, drilling plan
- Bureau of Land Management looking for public comment on oil drilling
- Close to Home: Californians deserve safe drinking water
- City Of Fresno Supports Safe Drinking Water Fund – With A Catch
- New Bureau of Environmental Justice Seeking Funding and Enforcement Power?
- How gambling losses could figure in bringing doctors, and clean water, to the valley
- New Drilling and Fracking in California Will Hurt Latino Communities
- New Drilling and Fracking Will Hurt Latino Communities
- Clean Water Fund and Partners Co-Launch Community Air Monitors in Lost Hills, a California Frontline Community
- CEJC Meets with California’s New Secretary of Environmental Protection — California Environmental Justice Coalition
May, 2019
- A long-awaited bill to fund drinking water systems in rural areas faces decision time
- Fracking: Inside a BLM report, Environmental Impacts, And The Public's Response
- Dolores Huerta condemns 'toxic taps,' supports proposed water tax at Valley ralley
- BLM stifles comments on fracking plan
- More Than 300 Public Water Systems Serve Unsafe Water In California
- Legislation to mandate setbacks from oil drilling sites becomes two-year bill
- Senator Hurtado and U.S. Senator Feinstein Collaborate to Restore Clean Water Supply in California
- Valley Air District prepare for distribution boom in Kern County
- Public Hearing on Fracking in Valley Not Recorded - 'I Feel Like The Process Is Rigged'
- 1 Million acres of California public land could be leased for drilling
- Rallies in Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara to Oppose Trump's Oil-leasing Plan for California
- How to Use Zoning Laws to Reduce Pollution in Low-Income Communities
- Weakling Or Bully? The Battle Over The CEQA, The State’s Iconic Environmental Law
- Can Zoning for Environmental Justice Reverse a Century of Zoning Racism?
- Is Your City Smart About How to Protect You From Pollution?
- Which cities have concrete strategies for environmental justice?
- Community Voices: Don't let what happened to my children happen to yours
- California defies Trump to ban pesticide linked to childhood brain damage
- Advocates Challenge EPA For Leaving Weak Clean Air Protections in Place in Eight States
- Can Zoning for Environmental Justice Reverse a Century of Zoning Racism?
- An Economic Perspective on Environmental Justice
- Cal-EPA will begin the cancellation process of pesticide but falls short of protecting communities
- Psyops 101: How Big Oil Infiltrates Public Discourse to Manipulate & Deceive
- Protect CEQA to Advance Environmental Justice and Protect Housing
April, 2019
- The California Public Utilities Commission Upholds Climate and Air Quality Requirements
- CAL EPA Environmental Justice Event in Stockton 4/29 Secretary Blumenfield and Stockton Mayor Tubbs to speak
- Protect the state’s environmental legacy from Trump’s onslaughts
- Clean Energy Benefits for Environmental Justice Communities: Support AB 961
- California Court Affirms Communities' Right to Fight Permits for Dirty Power Plants
- Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
- Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
- California's Drinking Water Crisis
March, 2019
- Billionaire Environmentalist Tom Steyer Joins Eduardo Garcia to Fight for Clean Water Across California
- Fight the Power?
- San Joaquin Valley is One of the Least Healthy Places in California, Study Finds. Here’s why
- De Leòn Joins USC Schwarzenegger Institute to Launch Statewide Fight Against Air Pollution
- Blacks, Hispanics Breathe More Pollution Than They Make
- Blacks, Hispanics Breathe More Pollution Than They Make
- Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
- Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
- Settlement Wins Protections at Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal
- Equity and Environmental Justice
- It's Time for California to Get Out of the Oil Business
February, 2019
- California Rolls Out $100 Million Low-income Solar Energy Program
- We can’t Wait for Washington’s Green New Deal. California Needs Just Transition Now
- Air Pollution Greatly Impacts the Poor, Study Finds
- New Report: Land Use Reforms Can Break Cycle of American Environmental Racism
- Giving Neighborhoods a Voice: Environmental Justice Workshop Focuses on Practices, Resources Aimed at Helping Communities
- Workshop Focuses on Bill Addressing Environmental Justice
- Oilfield Wastewater Disposal Operation Near Bakersfield Closes Under Pressure from Regulators, Environmentalists
- Young Advocates in Delano are Getting Loud with Hopes to Better their Community
- Newsom to Legislature: "Medical Emergency" of Contaminated Drinking Water Demands Political Will
- Communities For A Better Environment
- San Joaquin Valley Environmental Justice Tour - Fresno to Kettleman City
- How Can the Green New Deal Deliver Environmental Justice?
- EDF, Allies Urge D.C. Circuit to Close EPA Loophole for Toxic Air Pollution
- Do you reside in ‘disadvantaged community’?
- Planning for a Better Tomorrow
January, 2019
- New York State Passes Sweeping Climate Legislation That Could Affect Nearly All Sectors
- Community Engagement At Center Of New State Law On Air Protection
- The Story of California’s Two Incinerators
- The “original sin” of air quality regulations is keeping communities polluted. But that’s changing.
- Fresno County’s failed housing, land use compliance is discriminatory, says suit
December, 2018
- Natural Resources Agency Finalizes Updates to the CEQA Guidelines
- On the Line: A Bright REDD+ Line
- Fracking: For Gavin Newsom To Be A California Climate Hero, He'll Have To Fight The Oil And Gas Industry, Unlike Jerry Brown
- Green Zones Webinar Videos and Slides
- Opinion: California’s Largest Landowner Can Achieve Environmental Justice
November, 2018
- Balancing act: How does Fresno foster job growth amid environmental concerns?
- California Gov. Jerry Brown Was A Climate Leader, But His Vision Had A Fatal Flaw
- My turn: How Gavin Newsom can be the climate leader we need
- Indigenous forest guardians and environmental justice “sky protectors” rally in Sacramento to denounce tropical forest offsets
- Toxic taps abound in rural Tulare County, failed water bond brings no relief
- Prop. 3: California water projects bond measure goes down to defeat
October, 2018
- 2 visions for California criminal justice: Xavier Becerra, Steven Bailey contend for state attorney general
- Greening the Heart of the Central Valley
- States Shift Focus To Pollution Victims As Trump Nears 2 Major Climate Rollbacks
- Capitol Journal: Water bond Proposition 3 has something for everyone — and that’s the problem
- Arsenic Symposium calls attention to water contamination issues
- Endorsement: Proposition 3 is the wrong water bond for California. Vote no
- Why a Farmworker’s Daughter Interrupted Governor Brown at the Global Climate Action Summit
- Hemet sues Dow Chemical and Shell Oil over contaminated drinking water
- Fresno still ‘ground zero’ for terrible air. Why did Valley Air District blow off major hearing?
- Jerry Brown Didn’t Invite Grassroots Activists to His Climate Summit—They Came Anyway
- Water bond flowing with Valley solutions
- Environmental Justice Is Worth Fighting For
- The $8.9 Billion California Water Bond That Has Environmentalists Divided
- 2018 Environmental Justice Voter Guide
- Proposition 3 will pay for a multitude of water needs
- When David Beats Goliath: The Story of a Community that Came Together to Beat Big Oil
September, 2018
- Expanding Environmental Justice to Achieve a Just Transition
- Proposition 3 provides needed funds to improve Valley’s water infrastructure
- Water missed the main stage at the Global Climate Action Summit. It should be front and center.
- Bill protecting children from dangerous lead exposure approved by governor
- Conferences
- 2018 Ends and Chlorpyrifos Is Still Around
- A Victory in Arvin
- California's Looming Water Pollution Problem
- Where air pollution isn’t an abstraction
- Supervisors throw lifeline to struggling Lamont area
- Trump's Methane Rule Rollback Will Make More People Sick
- Bad Air And Inadequate Data Prove An Unhealthy Mix
- Protesters fills streets near SF climate summit, object to 'market-based' solutions
- Fitzgerald: How WaterFix hurts the poor
- Environmental Justice Topic Of New Delta Report
- Tunnel foes shift focus to Delta’s most disadvantaged communities
- Restore the Delta to release environmental justice report
- “Climate Capitalism Is Killing Our Communities”: Protesters Disrupt Gov. Brown’s SF Climate Summit
- Climate Change Isn’t Just Making It Difficult For Farmworkers. It’s Putting Their Lives In Danger.
- Thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- March for climate change: Huge gathering expected for Saturday rally in SF
August, 2018
- With Global Climate Action Summit, Paris Comes to San Francisco
- California's New Climate Plan Tackles Systemic Racism
- California Attorney General Says We Must Protect and Uphold NEPA, the Foundation of America’s Environmental Protections
- Trump admin has declared war on the environment
- Climate Defenders Mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March
- CalEnviroScreen: A Critical Tool for Achieving Environmental Justice in California
- 2018 Green Zones Report
- Healthy Soil is Ground Zero for Environmental Justice in Farm Communities
- 2018 California Voter Survey on National Monuments and Public Lands
July, 2018
- Green Upgrade: How California Is Pioneering ‘Energy Justice’
- Fed environmental leader visits Fresno for forum, tour
- The Green Jobs Revolution Needs to Include All of Us
- Stockton tour an eye-opener for health agency
- How California can make its cap-and-trade program more equitable
- Local air quality monitoring program to be used statewide
- Judge grants state attorney general intervention in Fresno environmental justice lawsuit
- California Meets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal Years Early
- California’s cap-and-trade air quality benefits go mostly out of state
- Blacks, Latinos live with state’s dirtiest air
June, 2018
- Board of Supervisors accept $2.6 billion preliminary budget
- Citizen science gives sense of empowerment in Arvin, but there are concerns
- Senate Committee passes bill that would make state more dependent on dirty energy
- Coalition applauds California’s low-income rooftop solar investment
- Attorney General intervenes in southwest Fresno residents' lawsuit on industrial park
- Primary Results Boost Environmental Justice in CA
- Assembly, Senate budget committees approve versions of SB 623, Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund
May, 2018
- California Today, America Tomorrow
- How a Foundation's Focus on Cities Made it a Leader in a Changing Environmental Movement
- Calif. Water Tax Proposal Faces Opposition From Local Leaders
- Department of Pesticide Regulation receives poor grades on report
- California's New Solar Mandate Is For Rich White People
April, 2018
February, 2018
- California’s attorney general puts polluters on notice with new environmental justice unit
- Attorney General Becerra opens environmental justice office
- California AG launches environmental justice unit focused on poorer communities
- New Environmental Justice Bureau aims to aggressively target environmental health
- Attorney General Becerra Establishes Bureau of Environmental Justice
- LIVE BLOG: Community advocates head to the capitol, urging legislators to invest in the valley to change poor health outcomes
December, 2017
November, 2017
- People Of Color Are More Likely To Be Exposed To Pollution Than White People
- Arvin air sample, and independent interpretation, Nov 20th 2017
- REPORT: How Pollution Trading Harms Black and Latinx Communities
- Climate change: Jerry Brown says he’s talked enough, wants to ‘get something done’
- New Reports Expose Racial and Economic Injustice, Ineffectiveness of Pollution Trading
- As So-Called ‘Climate Leaders’ Tout Cap-and-Trade, New Report Details Racial and Economic Injustice of Pollution Trading Schemes
- California’s Climate Emissions Are Falling, But Cap-And-Trade Is Not The Cause
- The good news? Gov. Brown has world’s attention on climate. The bad news? There’s no time to lose
- The environmental injustice and dirty oil behind California's 'green’ facade
- Fall 2017 Frontlines of Environmental Justice
- How Water Agencies Are Tackling Inequity
October, 2017
September, 2017
- Celebrating Water Justice in Visalia!
- Community Town Halls Across California
- Sometimes Justice Means Having Air You Can Breathe
- California Environmental Justice Coalition Networking Session: Building Unity, Solidarity and People Power in the Statewide Movement for Environmental and Climate Justice
- Farmers and environmental justice groups unite in support of clean drinking water fund
- Advancing Environmental Justice: A New State Regulatory Framework to Abate Community-Level Air Pollution Hotspots and Improve Health Outcomes
- Farmers, Environmental Leaders Urge Legislature To Support Safe Drinking Water Bill
- OP-ED: From Carpet to Clean Air: It’s Time for California to Stand Up for Environmental Justice
- California Environmental Justice Coalition Statewide Gathering
August, 2017
- Editorial: Hundreds of thousands of Californians lack access to safe drinking water. Let's fix that once and for all
- California’s Plan to Tackle a Carcinogen Widespread in Water
- Conservation, Environmental Justice, and Industry Lawsuit Asserts Water Boards Failed to Protect Clean Water from Agricultural Pollution
- Welcome Gladys Limón as Executive Director of CEJA!
July, 2017
- California's Cap and Trade Bill A Massive Blow to Environmental Justice Worldwide
- Environmental Justice Been Lost?
- To Slow Climate Change And Speed Up Environmental Justice
- Oil Change International joins California environmental justice groups in opposition to A.B. 398
- Immigration: Manuel Pastor on the Changing Face of California
- En Banc Hearing on Environmental Justice and Disadvantaged Communities
- Summer 2017 Frontlines of Environmental Justice
June, 2017
- It’s pollution as usual unless vulnerable communities’ leaders act: Guest commentary
- Dr. Arambula should lead way to healthy Valley air
- REGISTER: CEJC Statewide Conference in Sacramento, Aug. 12th-14th 2017!
- Q&A: California needs more local carbon offsets
- Meet our new Community Organizer: Cesar G. Aguirre.
- America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration
- California Senate Passes Bill Mandating 100% RPS
May, 2017
- Gov. Brown tours polluted L.A. neighborhoods to see firsthand where progress lags
- Expanding the Benefits of Renewable Energy
- California Capitol focuses on environmental injustice—but will it lead to real results?
- How California’s Greenhouse Gas Laws can Better Serve Disadvantaged Communities
- The fight for clean drinking water
- How California’s cap and trade market undermines environmental justice
- Chlorpyrifos Damaged my son's Brain for Life
- Stories From the Frontlines of Climate Change
- Drinking Water Is A Human Right, But These Valley Residents Don’t Have It
April, 2017
March, 2017
February, 2017
- Environmental Groups Say California's Climate Program Has Not Helped Them
- Development Director: California Environmental Justice Alliance
- CARB hires assistant executive officer for environmental justice
- We’re ill-served by state pollution regulators: Guest commentary
- We’re ill-served by state pollution regulators: Guest commentary
- Lawmakers push for ‘environmental justice’ in California carbon reduction policy
- California lawmakers hope new climate change proposal will help low-income communities harmed by pollution
- Introducing: The Environmental Justice Team Of Women’s Policy Institute-State
- The Burden Of Pollution And Proof
- Is California climate law worsening pollution in communities of color?
- State is sued over cancer-causing fumigant
- 2016 Environmental Justice Agency Assessment
- 2016 Environmental Justice Scorecard
January, 2017
- CARB Appoints First Environmental Justice Liaison
- CARB Appoints First Environmental Justice Liaison
- From Flint to Standing Rock to California’s Salinas Valley, Water is a Human Right
- EPA Ordered to Freeze All Contracts and Grant Programs, Including Environmental Justice Ones
- California’s future is in our hands - not in Washington D.C.
- New Calif. Carbon Trading Legislation Answers Big Oil's Call to Continue Business As Usual
- Big Oil Lobbyist Backs 'Well-Designed' California Carbon Trading Program
- Low-Income Communities Hit Hardest By Drought, Says Report
- Smoking Polluters: Visible Emissions and Citizen Science in the Valley
- GOV. BROWN APPOINTS RADICAL ENVIRO JUSTICE ACTIVISTS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
December, 2016
- Help us bring back in 2017 the “Roots of Resistance” conference!
- 2016 and beyond: Justice jumping genres.
- California’s renewable energy standards are important to vulnerable communities
- Members sought for Environmental Justice Advisory Group
- Valley air district seeks Merced County advisory group member
- Environmental Justice Enters Its Age of Anxiety
- Environmentalism Was Once a Social-Justice Movement
- “Civic Engagement and Social Justice in the Central Valley: Environmental Justice, Legal Advocacy, and Academic Research Perspectives”
November, 2016
October, 2016
September, 2016
- Leyva Environmental Justice Bill Signed Into Law
- New Report Slams EPA For “Environmental Racism” In Many Poor Communities
- California Passes Historic Environmental Bills
- New Report Highlights Equity Flaws in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
- Report outlines how to make equity part of California’s low-carbon economy
- Central Valley to gather to address racial, economic and environmental inequalities
- Environmentalists, state settle differences over hazardous waste site
- Environmental Justice Wins in the 2016 Legislative Session
- New Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs
August, 2016
- Pending Cap & Trade Spending Bill Will Provide Significant Benefits for the San Joaquin Valley
- A big question complicating the climate debate: Are current policies only benefiting the rich?
- CRLA Wins Precedents setting Environmental Justice Victory
- Report: Fresno could avoid 260 deaths a year with better air quality
- In California Clean Air Fight, Environmental Justice Takes a Leading Role
- A $1 billion plan to provide integrated solar energy for low-income renters
- Support SB 1000 - Penny Newman
- Climate change: Pollution hits low-income communities hardest
- Settlement Agreement