A California appeals panel sent the Golden State back to court over claims it failed to analyze the environmental and health effects of new oil and gas wells in Central California before greenlighting them for drilling…
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State officials knew for a generation that many Californians lack access to clean, safe drinking water, yet, disgracefully, they did not begin to address the issue until five years ago…
Conservationists have forced the Trump administration to halt plans to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate in California to oil drilling and fracking…
The Trump administration may like questioning solid science, but those of us who have harvested crops in the fields are well aware that the pesticide chlorpyrifos is too toxic to be used on our fruits and vegetables…
Testimonies from environmental justice movements across California.
In 2012, California made history when it became the first U.S. state to declare that clean drinking water is a human right. But five years later, nearly 300 communities still can’t drink their water, according to new state data—many of which are in the San Joaquin Valley…
[N]early 300 communities still can’t drink their water, according to new state data—many of which are in the San Joaquin Valley…
Today we debut a series about drinking water, in which we explore where these communities are and why it’s so difficult to get clean water…
There’s a new set of public opinion polls out on the views of San Joaquin Valley residents on a variety of issues, from the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act to water and immigration…
CVAQ Director, Dolores Weller interviews Will Barrett, Senior Policy Associate for American Lung Association of CA…