Illnesses caused by agricultural pesticide exposure in California rose by an astonishing 50% in a single year, according to new data just released by the Department of Pesticide Regulation. The number of agricultural cases categorized as “definite,” “probable,” and “possible” for pesticide-related illnesses and injuries increased from 265 in 2014 to 397 in 2015…
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States and civil society organizations launched new lawsuits in late May against the Pruitt Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its continued attack against farmworker health and safety. Two separate lawsuits, one filed by attorneys general in the states of California, Maryland, and New York, and another by health and justice advocates represented by Earthjustice and Farmworker Justice take aim at EPA’s decision to delay the implementation of training requirements designed to protect farmworkers and their families…
California’s progress on reducing air pollution and climate action is at risk due to Proposition 70 — industry’s sneaky attempt to curb investments benefiting low income, working class communities. What appears as a fair deal on the surface is really an act of political expediency that will give polluters leverage over our health…
On Tuesday, the California State Senate approved legislation authored by Sen. Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) that will maximize greenhouse gas reduction and climate adaptation investments in low-income and under-resourced communities statewide. Cosponsored by the Trust for Public Land and The Greenlining Institute, SB 1072 would specifically create the Regional Climate Collaborative Program – to be administered by the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) – and guarantee local capacity building and technical assistance funding…
Several lawsuits have been filed against the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of farmworkers. The lawsuits have to do with mandatory training for pesticide use. They claim the EPA is delaying the release of new training materials designed to improve worker safety…
Fifty years ago, Joan Didion famously wrote that California is “a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension; in which the mind is troubled by some buried but ineradicable suspicion that things better work here, because here, under that immense bleached sky, is where we run out of continent…”
Several lawsuits have been filed against the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of farmworkers. The lawsuits have to do with mandatory training for pesticide use. They claim the EPA is delaying the release of new training materials designed to improve worker safety…
CalRecycle, Sacramento, California, has disapproved the proposed Carpet Stewardship Plan submitted by the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), Dalton, Georgia, after a public hearing, held May 15, 2018, because the proposal did not meet core requirements of California’s Carpet Recycling Act…
Kresge is on a mission to demonstrate that environmental philanthropy can get grassroots funding and equity right, and on a large scale. It’s running one initiative, for example, devoted entirely to backing community-based groups across the country to make sure climate resilience planning reflects the needs of low-income residents…
California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is falling short of protecting vulnerable communities in the state, especially low-income and communities of color. This, according to a new report by California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA), which assesses state agencies on eight environmental justice principles. The poor showing by DPR comes at the forefront of reports that the state’s pesticide use has increased, nearing record highs…