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Proposition 70 is a toxic ballot initiative that would undermine investments that are improving health, cleaning the air and fighting climate change. It would lead to budget gridlock and increase the power of corporate interests in California’s climate policy…
A proposed tax bill on water usage moving through the California State Legislature will make it harder for low-income families to afford, not easier as the bill claims, a group of local leaders who are opposed to the tax claim. Senate Bill 623, the “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund,” would charge every household in the state an additional 95 cents a month, which would pay to operate treatment plants in rural areas where water is polluted. The bill is currently being considered by state assemblymembers.
A new report released by Oil Change International in partnership with 14 other environmental justice and climate groups shows that California will fall short of its own commitment to climate leadership unless it embarks on a managed phase-out of its oil and gas production…
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is declaring its 2017-18 wintertime clean-air efforts a success, despite a troublesome December, according to a report to the district’s governing board. This past winter’s Check Before You Burn season marked the fourth season since the 2014 amendment to the wood-burning rule, which significantly increased the number of no-burn days for high polluting wood-burning devices, and allowed for a substantial increase in burn days for clean wood-burning devices…
In this past Wednesday’s (May 16, 2018) “Odds of reaching new(est) pollution standards in California’s San Joaquin Valley rather bleak,” Air Quality Matters post, I spelled out the main problem with air pollution in the Valley. Truth be told, the outlook has gone from bad to worse and in relatively short order…
Last month, California implemented a ban on spraying pesticides within a quarter mile of schools and daycares between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays. While this ban is among the toughest such bans in the nation, county governments and school districts are pushing forward with their own tougher restrictions on when and what is sprayed…
Farmworkers plant and harvest the California fruits and vegetables that feed our families. But when they turn the faucets in their own homes, they too often encounter something unthinkable — contaminated water, infused with unsafe levels of arsenic or nitrates from fertilizer…
The state agency responsible for regulating the pesticide industry received poor grades from an environmental issues coalition. The recently released California Environmental Justice Alliance’s (CEJA’s) 2017 Environmental Justice Agency Assessment provides assessments of nine agencies and lists an additional six agencies to monitor…
The state agency responsible for regulating the pesticide industry received poor grades from an environmental issues coalition.The recently released California Environmental Justice Alliance’s (CEJA’s) 2017 Environmental Justice Agency Assessment provides assessments of nine agencies and lists an additional six agencies to monitor. CEJA partnered with four organizations on the assessment — Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the Community Water Center (CWC) and The People’s Senate…