A new study examining the efficacy of paying to preserve forests finds that carbon offsets do produce genuine emissions reductions…
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Tom Steyer, the San Francisco billionaire and environmentalist, came to Fresno to promise his support for a proposed Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund to help communities with contaminated water in the San Joaquin Valley…
The bills (AB 398 and AB 617) that Gov. Jerry Brown signed on July 25 and 26 represent the culmination of years of debate in the Capitol over global warming and air quality. Now that those bills have become law, what have we learned?
After Delta Stewardship Council Chairman Randy Fiorini delivered a more than one-hour speech to the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association in Folsom, he was asked by MCWRA Executive Director John Kingsbury to look into a crystal ball and foretell California’s future water infrastructure five years from now…
Decades after declaring 1,2,3 TCP a carcinogen, California is finally regulating the toxin. But the cost of remediation will be high and communities are turning toward litigation to pay for water treatment…
Decades after declaring 1,2,3-TCP a carcinogen, California is finally regulating the toxin. But the cost of remediation will be high and communities are turning toward litigation to pay for water treatment…
Last week, a coalition of non-profit and trade organizations filed a lawsuit in Sacramento California Superior Court against the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board claiming that the boards have repeatedly failed to enforce critical clean water rules designed to limit pollution from excess fertilizer, pesticides, and manure washing into streams and, ultimately, out to sea…
California survived its historic drought, in large part by using groundwater. It was a lifeline in the Central Valley, where it was the only source of water for many farmers. California regulators are charged with protecting that groundwater, but for years they failed to do so. Through a series of mistakes and miscommunication, they allowed oil companies to put wastewater into drinking water aquifers that were supposed to be safeguarded…
East Porterville was the hardest-hit community during the drought, when nearly 1,000 people were without water. Efforts to find a long-term fix have been successful but came with a big price tag and some important lessons…
With expanding opportunities to further build our movement, we put out a call for new leadership to strengthen and grow our alliance, bring renewed energy, ideas, and a bold vision to build on our success winning vigorous and innovative state policies that benefit and protect low-income communities and communities of color on the frontlines of pollution and poverty. After a rigorous search, CEJA Co-Directors and Steering Committee are pleased to welcome Gladys Limón as our first Executive Director…