If you value science – as I do – you know that climate change is a fact; a fact that already has detrimental impacts on California.If you value justice – as I do – you know it is wrong for disadvantaged communities to endure heavy pollution burdens on top of socioeconomic ills…
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To environmental justice advocates, the Richmond refinery symbolizes all that’s wrong with California’s climate regulation. Cap-and-trade, the state’s carbon trading scheme and the primary tool in its climate fight, has allowed Chevron to meet its emissions cap even as it pollutes as usual, by purchasing unused pollution credits from other entities covered under the same law…
“The entire California environmental justice community stands in opposition to this package. Oil Change International stands with them, as we stand with communities impacted by the oil & gas industry around the world. These are bad bills, and they should be opposed by climate champions in California…
While rolling out their plan to extend California’s cap-and-trade program, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders have portrayed their proposal as a win on two fronts: reaching the state’s ambitious climate goals and tackling local air pollution…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s bid to extend the state’s cap-and-trade system for fighting climate change illuminates some of the fault lines running through the Legislature — and through the governor’s own party…
Sierra Business Council (SBC) is pleased to support the bipartisan approach to extend the California Cap and Trade program advanced by Governor Brown’s office and Assembly members Eduardo Garcia and Cristina Garcia today. SBC is incredibly grateful for the leadership and persistence of Governor Brown on this issue…
When it comes to a discussion of environmental justice, social and economic equity, immigration and many other issues affecting the urban landscape, few know more than Manuel Pastor. A Los Angeles native and son of a janitor, Pastor grew up in a working class community and experienced first hand the struggles of being part of the lower economic scale…
The recent drought underscored the struggles of private well owners as wells across Tulare County went dry. But an underlying issue has existed all along: even those who have drinking water don’t necessarily know if it’s safe…
Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders released a plan Monday to extend through 2030 California’s cap-and-trade program, a key piece of the state’s quest to fight climate change by drastically reducing emissions from greenhouse gases…
After weeks of back-and-forth between environmentalists and business interests, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders introduced a proposal Monday to reauthorize California’s cap and trade program, the centerpiece of the state’s efforts to battle climate change…