Our families and school have gone more than a decade with toxic water because we couldn’t find a way to afford the expensive operation and maintenance costs of groundwater treatment. Alpaugh is working toward a solution by building an arsenic treatment plant, but without grant funding available to cover ongoing operation and maintenance expenses, the water district had to raise rates substantially…
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A coalition of California mayors, city councilors and community leaders has delivered a letter to California Assemblymembers to issue their support for moving California to 100% clean energy by 2045 through the passage of S.B.100…
A report from the Center for Environmental Public Policy provides new policy recommendations to help implement California’s recently legislated program to eliminate hotspots of severe air pollution harming the health of people in disadvantaged communities…
Join in discussion with the grassroots community and environmental justice leaders in the California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) to learn about each other’s work, and how we can work together to strengthen the unity, solidarity and effectiveness of the environmental and climate justice movement in California…
California farmers and environmental justice leaders are joining forces to support a bill that would help fund clean drinking water programs. To pay for those programs, the bill – authored by Central Coast state senator Bill Monning -proposes a 95-cent monthly fee for most water customers starting in 2020…
This report’s recommendations for dealing effectively with the criteria and toxic air contaminant challenges in environmental justice communities are based on the CEPP team’s research as well as information gathered from the dialogue sessions, working group meetings, and one-on-one and small group discussions with various stakeholders and experts…
The “diverse” group of experts are mostly representatives of water agencies, corporate agribusiness interests, PPIC staff and government officials, the same folks who are pushing the Delta Tunnels, the most environmentally destructive public works project in California history. No representatives of California Indian Tribes, recreational angling groups, commercial fishing organizations, family farming groups or grassroots environmental NGOS are scheduled to speak…
The study, conducted with researchers from the State University of New York and the University of Minnesota, tested 159 tap water samples from five different continents, according to Public Radio International…
California farmers and environmental justice leaders are joining forces to support a bill that would help fund a clean drinking water program. The coalition, which includes the Community Water Center, is urging California Assembly leaders to bring SB623, the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund to a vote, instead of tabling it until the next legislative session…
There’s a bill in the state Senate that if approved would impose for the first time in California a tax on public drinking water for both homes and businesses. SB 623, sponsored by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Monterey, would generate $2 billion over 15 years allegedly for a Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, which would provide emergency water and longer-term system fixes for hundreds of communities whose tap water doesn’t meet safe drinking-water standards…