Up to 42,000 people in Stanislaus and Merced counties soon will get free bottled water because their wells are high in nitrate.
The cost of at least $1 million a year will be borne by farmers and other parties whose land contributed in the past to the problem..
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Air pollution has grave consequences — the World Health Organization estimates it kills 7 million people a year. Indeed, recent research suggests closer to 9 million people died from exposure to air pollution caused by burning fossil fuel each year from 2012 to 2018…
California is a global climate and environmental leader. When Sacramento enacts a new law or regulation, it often goes beyond what other states or the federal government requires. Despite this, however, many places in California fail to meet national standards…
The California District Attorneys Association spent millions earmarked for worker safety programs and prosecuting environmental violators on lobbying efforts and general expenditures…
Throughout 2020 and early 2021, California issued more than 300 permits to oil and gas companies for new underground injection wells — an intensive form of oil production and wastewater disposal…
A debate in California over rooftop solar may serve as a national litmus test for whether clean energy can scale up without creating inequitable costs for customers. Home to more rooftop solar capacity than any other state, California was a pioneer in adopting net metering, a system in place in many states that allows people with solar panels to sell excess power to the grid…
As a Central Valley farmer, I experience some of the most serious issues facing our state on a daily basis: climate change-fueled drought, navigating some of the strictest regulations, the painfully high cost of doing business and, most importantly, the erasure of struggling communities…
The scorecard looks at the last nine years of financial contributions from the oil and gas industry and climate voting records. Environmental justice coalition VISION, co-sponsor of SB 467, is hosting a webinar to share the results of their scorecard next Wednesday. Here’s the news advisory…
One of the highest priorities for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is to develop a framework for a statewide pesticide notification system, according to Assistant Director Nan Singhasemanon, who spoke to a community engagement group on Monday…
Work began in the dark. At 4 a.m., Briseida Flores could make out a fire burning in the distance. Floodlights illuminated the fields. And shoulder to shoulder with dozens of others, Ms. Flores pushed into the rows of corn. Swiftly, they plucked. One after the other. First under the lights, then by the first rays of daylight…