This spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded nearly $6.4 million to the air district to replace older diesel trucks for those that run nearly 90% cleaner, and older farm tractors for those that meet the latest emissions standards.That chunk of change ultimately will affect 144 trucks and 237 agricultural tractors, air officials say. That’s a lot of harmful nitrogen oxide and soot particles that won’t be getting into the air…
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The Trump administration is not only trying to revive the dying coal industry, but is working to slow the rapid growth of solar power. It is slapping punitive tariffs on imported solar panels and proposing to slash federal funding for solar research. But at the state and local levels, governments and citizens continue to invest in a future where all Americans share the economic and environmental benefits of solar power…
This spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded nearly $6.4 million to the air district to replace older diesel trucks for those that run nearly 90 percent cleaner, and older farm tractors for those that meet the latest emissions standards…
Nitrates can cause a host of problems including diminished oxygen carrying capacity, a condition called blue baby syndrome. The chemical is insidious because it’s odorless, colorless and tasteless. And, along with arsenic and 1,2,3-TCP, nitrates are among the most prevalent contaminants, both naturally occurring and not, in water systems throughout the state. How prevalent? One million Californians, perhaps many more, can’t drink from their tap. Or shouldn’t…
Constituents of Assemblymember Adam Gray held signs and shouted several chants outside of his Merced office. They were asking for the lawmaker’s support in getting clean water to Merced County. Specifically, asking his support in SB 623, a bill that would create a fund to help maintain the state’s drinking water systems…
California just became the first state in the U.S. to require all new buildings feature solar panels come 2020. After all, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will amount to 115,000 dirty cars off the road and a decrease in natural gas consumption, also resulting in fewer pollutants emitted. But there’s a problem: This move, a costly way to combat climate change, isn’t for low-income communities, including many California immigrant communities and communities of color…
Members of the Dolores Huerta Foundation will join local families at a rally in Downtown Bakersfield Friday morning at 11 a.m.Families with toxic tap water will hold a rally at the center of the drinking water crisis in Kern County as they push for passage of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to create a Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, according to the foundation…
According to the Community Water Center, more than one million Californians are exposed to unsafe drinking water a year.SB-623, the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, aims to decontaminate toxic tap water. Friday, community members and advocates with the Dolores Huerta Foundation rallied at the Liberty Bell calling on state lawmakers to support it…
Farmers in California, the nation’s top agricultural state, are applying near-record levels of pesticides despite the rising popularity of organic produce and concerns about the health of farmworkers and rural schoolchildren…
A plan to help fix some of the state’s most persistent drinking-water problems is opposed by many water agencies, but a similar scheme has worked in the energy sector for decades…