Health
July, 2021
June, 2021
- California was supposed to get protection from backyard oil drilling. Another missed deadline.
- Nonprofit calling for action after fire at southwest Fresno recycling center
- California Oil Regulators Missed Another Deadline to Release New Health and Safety Rules
- East Orosi one step closer to clean water as Tulare County moves to become administrator
- California delays oil and gas health buffers for another time, while people die prematurely
- In the Shadow of Big Oil: Neighborhood Drilling in California
- Mold, leaks and pests: Substandard housing conditions continue in Fresno
- Can California Avoid Another Toxic Waste Disaster?
April, 2021
- 4 in 10 Americans breathe polluted air, with people of color hit hardest
- We keep improving, but Bakersfield still ranks among the most polluted cities in America
- Finding alternatives to agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley
- Replacing Fossil Fuels with Community-Led Clean Energy
- 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 is greenlighting oil wells linked to groundwater pollution
- Oil & Gas Scorecard will document industry’s influence on California politics
February, 2021
- 'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water
- Exposure to Pollution Has Long-Term Effect on Multiple Generations
- Conservatives call Biden pick for HHS Xavier Becerra an 'extremist,' oppose nomination
- The Kern County Planning Commission Votes In Favor Of Gas and Oil Ordinance Despite Public Outcry
- Op-ed: Essential farmworkers deserve pesticide protections
- Biden Seeks To Put Teeth In Environmental Justice Policies
- Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts
January, 2021
October, 2020
September, 2020
- Air quality in San Joaquin Valley is ‘worst we’ve ever had,’ officials say
- 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
- Plume from massive fires swirling over Fresno area. Here’s how to stay safe
- Where is the ash in Stanislaus County coming from, and how long will it be here?
- Senator Harris’ Environmental Justice Bill Tears Page From Personal Care Products Safety Act
- Children shouldn’t have to live right next to oil wells and fracking; Ventura County Supervisors pass setback rule
- California Democrats Kill Gas and Oil Regulations After Campaign Donations
August, 2020
June, 2019
May, 2019
- They Grow the Nation’s Food, but They Can’t Drink the Water
- To improve the Valley’s poor air quality, focus must be to reduce vehicles on the road
- 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
- Children's Environmental Health Centers To Lose All EPA Funding Under Administration Proposal
- Letter to the Editor: We don't need any more drilling
- With cleaner Valley air, there can never, ever be any going back
- Is Your City Smart About How to Protect You From Pollution?
- Community Voices: Don't let what happened to my children happen to yours
- California defies Trump to ban pesticide linked to childhood brain damage
- Community Voices: Don’t let what happened to my children happen to yours
April, 2019
- Air Quality Up but Still Poor for Central Valley Areas
- Thick and Viscous: California Oil Production Among the Dirtiest in the Country
- SJ County’s air failing to meet American Lung Association standards
- Trump Releases Plan to Reopen California Public Lands to Drilling, Fracking Proposal Targets More Than 1 Million Acres for Oil Leases
- Report: Despite Improvements, Valley Air Still Worst In The Country
- Report: Fresno Valley rank No. 1 in U.S. for polluted air - receives letter 'F' failing grades
- Fracking Yosemite: Administration Unveils Plan for More than 1.6 Million Acres, Including Near National Parks
- State of California Confirms Kettleman City at Risk from Pollution
- California's Drinking Water Crisis
March, 2019
- California Governor's Plan to Create New Drinking Water Tax Faces Resistance
- California Already Has a Green New Deal. Here's How It Works
- 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
- 3-year old Break for Medium-Sized CAFOs Gets Challenged in D.C. court
- Governor Newsom's Clean Water Tax A 'Moral Imperative' To Some, A Burden To Others
- Clearing the Air: Three Victories for the People
- Tackling the Water Crisis will be Just as Hard as it Sounds
- California Water Tax: Mixed Reactions in Valley Over Proposal
- Pesticides and Autism
- The U.S. Nail Salon Crisis
- New Campaign to ‘Unmask’ Fresno, Cut Air Pollution. ‘We are the Canary in the Coal Mine’
- Hear why Doctors Demand Clean Air in New Unmask Fresno Campaign
- Green New Dealers, Look to California
- Gov. Newsom Calls for New Tap Tax on Californians with Clean Drinking Water
- De Leòn Joins USC Schwarzenegger Institute to Launch Statewide Fight Against Air Pollution
- Following Scathing Report, Air District’s Emissions Banking Program Faces Scrutiny
- Latino Life: Valley Residents Rally For Better Treatment
- 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?
- Settlement Wins Protections at Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal
- Community Voices: What does 'safety' mean?
- It's Time for California to Get Out of the Oil Business
February, 2019
- One Nonprofit is Noticing a Spike in Asthma Diagnosis in Children
- Shafter to Benefit from State Community Air Protection Program
- Air Pollution Greatly Impacts the Poor, Study Finds
- Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley
- Newsom Water Tax Offers a Phony Fix to a Moral Outrage
- 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
- New Governor can See Past Coast All the Way to the Valley. That’s a Change.
- Workshop Focuses on Bill Addressing Environmental Justice
- Newsom to Legislature: "Medical Emergency" of Contaminated Drinking Water Demands Political Will
- True: ‘More than a Million Californians’ don’t have Clean Drinking Water … It Could be Higher
- Warning Issued for Increased Risk of Respiratory Problems in Several Central Valley Counties
- California Wastewater Company Halts Disposal
- Editorial: California’s Contaminated Drinking Water is a Disgrace
- EDF, Allies Urge D.C. Circuit to Close EPA Loophole for Toxic Air Pollution
- California Cases of Potentially Deadly “Valley Fever” are Starting to Soar
- Californians with Bad Water Ask for Help while Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s Proposed Tax
- Air quality Regulators Visit Lamont to Explore New Avenues Toward Cleaner Air
- Plan promises cleaner air by 2024
- Assembly Hearing Addresses Unsafe Drinking Water Issues
- California’s $5 Billion Clean-Air Plan Lacking One Thing: Money
- Slowing the Revolving Door + Early Childhood Unions + Clean H2O
- Do you reside in ‘disadvantaged community’?
- Does New Air Pollution Plan Make Valley a Safer Place to Live? Don’t Hold your Breath
January, 2019
- Delano residents voice concerns, questions over water and soil contamination
- Residue of banned pesticide found on California produce
- Group submits petitions with 1 million signatures urging Brown to phase out fossil fuels
- 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
- Kern county leads the state with use of toxic pesticide, but plans to regulate it
- Dismissing science has put these California workers at risk
- Teen’s data shows air quality is worse in south Fresno. He’s taking his work to schools
- Valley air board doing poor job of recognizing reality of climate change
- Steyer: Deregulation Is Killing People
- Fresno Unified will consider a ban on Roundup, citing cancer risks to staff and students
- Fresno Unified will consider a ban on Roundup, citing cancer risks to staff and students
- Coalition challenges USDA loan exemption
- Why Communities Across America are Pushing to Close Waste Incinerators
- Natural Resources Agency Finalizes Updates to the CEQA Guidelines
- California Criticized for Adopting Inadequate Measures to Restrict the Highly Toxic Chlopyrifos
- Despite decades of cleanup, respiratory disease deaths plague California county
- Election results good news for air quality, climate
- In California’s Fertile Valley, Industry and Agriculture Hang Heavy in the Air
November, 2018
- California Gov. Jerry Brown Was A Climate Leader, But His Vision Had A Fatal Flaw
- Looking Back in Lemoore
- Sky Protectors' Win Against California's Carbon Colonialism
- Here’s How Many Months are Shaved off People’s Lives in Merced Due to Air Pollution
- Fresno Unified Suspends All Outdoor Activities Due to 'Very Unhealthy' Air Quality
- My turn: How Gavin Newsom can be the climate leader we need
- Big bucks being spent to clean Central Valley air
- Air pollution is shaving years from people’s lives. Where is it claiming the most?
- Air Quality Index Remains Unhealthy Across the Valley
- Why emissions banking in California's San Joaquin Valley puts air quality at risk
October, 2018
September, 2018
August, 2018
- Noxious Mix of Smoke And Pollution Stresses Health In California's Heartland
- Californians Need Safe Drinking Water Now
- Report concludes city water safe to drink
- Safe Drinking Water for All
- California Lawmakers Eye Voluntary Tax To Pay For Central Valley Water Contamination
- Trump admin has declared war on the environment
- In Parts Of California Blanketed With Wildfire Smoke, Breathing Is 'A Chore'
- Federal judicial panel bans the pesticide chlorpyrifos
- Bad air quality in Kern County: causes and effects
- Air District needs to be clearer about health threats in Valley’s polluted air
- Healthy Soil is Ground Zero for Environmental Justice in Farm Communities
- Next Article NIEHS road trip opens eyes to San Joaquin health challenges
July, 2018
- Fed environmental leader visits Fresno for forum, tour
- Nuclear, noise concerns at Site 300 meeting
- Stockton tour an eye-opener for health agency
- Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California's mega farms
- Appeals court says state agency did not abuse its power in setting daily lead level limit
- Fresno, Clovis Plan To Mix Recycled Sewer Water For Drinking
- California Environmental Groups Hesitant To Celebrate The Milestone Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction
- Judge grants state attorney general intervention in Fresno environmental justice lawsuit
- Cheap Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data
- Air officials ask Valley residents to consider negative health effects of fireworks
- Merced air is bad from fires up north. Fireworks will make it worse, experts say
June, 2018
- Overpumping Groundwater Linked To Arsenic Threat
- Toxic Trap: Groundwater Overpumping Boosts Arsenic in California Aquifer
- Another Danger from Overpumping Groundwater: Arsenic
- California must invest in cleaning up polluted communities
- Does your water district fail to comply with drinking water standards?
- More Californians getting sick from pesticides, according to latest state report
- State and Health Groups Sue EPA to Protect Farmworker Health
April, 2018
- Pesticide Use Near Record High in California
- Millions coming to valley nonprofits to improve health outcomes, create equity
- Millions coming to valley nonprofits to improve health outcomes, create equity
- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Could Bring a Breath of Fresh Air
- BC hosts second annual Health and Social Justice Hackathon
- BC hosts second annual Health and Social Justice Hackathon
March, 2018
February, 2018
January, 2018
November, 2017
October, 2017
September, 2017
August, 2017
- Pesticides linked to birth abnormalities in major new study
- Researchers unravel the negative effects of pesticide exposure on birth outcomes
- Agricultural pesticide use and adverse birth outcomes in the San Joaquin Valley of California
- Video: Toxic Taps: Meet California’s Newest Water Contaminant
- California’s Plan to Tackle a Carcinogen Widespread in Water
July, 2017
- 16 Cancer-Causing Contaminants Fill Our California Water, Study Finds
- ‘Insidious’ Drinking Water Carcinogen Has California Water Customers Facing Rate Hikes
- PRESS RELEASE: State Votes to Protect Californians From Carcinogen, TCP
- Clean Water Plan for Long-Suffering San Joaquin Valley Towns Derailed
- California to vote on regulating toxic chemicals in water
- California Sets Nation’s Toughest Tap Water Limit for Carcinogenic ‘Garbage’ Chemical
- Cap-and-Trade Showdown: Will Big Oil Have the Last Word?