A five year survey released by the California Department of Water Resources reveals half of the levees that guard California cities from a major flood don’t meet modern standards, and if a levee were to break in the wrong place, it could cut off the drinking water supply to the Bay Area for months or even years…
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This year, the California legislature is poised to make big decisions on how our state will meet our ambitious climate change goals and assure that we continue to reduce localized air pollution…
Nobody knows where the birth defects came from, but the citizens of Kettleman City have a suspicion. Since 1982, the town of 1,500 nestled in the fertile San Joaquin Valley has been host to a hazardous waste facility. Throughout years of wariness and suspicion concerning the dump, its neighbors had lacked visible indication of its dangers. That was until about ten years ago, when a disproportionate number of Kettleman City’s infants began inheriting birth defects, including cleft lip, cleft palate, and heart murmurs. Some babies have even died…
California is a climate leader, but in order to maintain this leadership, we must address the core environmental justice and equity issues within out current programs…
Stepping further into its role as the nation’s pioneer on climate issues, California might soon clear a hurdle that has long frustrated environmental advocates: Republicans say they’re joining the fight against global warming…
California regulators are proposing a strict limit on a toxic man-made chemical that has contaminated water supplies throughout the state, particularly in its vast agricultural heartland…
Multinational chemical companies Dow Chemical Company and Shell Chemical Company knowingly sold and marketed fumigants contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical that had a strong propensity to leach into and remain in groundwater, according to a recent report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and a lawsuit against the companies…
This first Earth Day under the Trump administration, we’re reminded that environmental and clean energy progress at the local level – in our states and our communities – is more important than ever…
The U.C. Davis Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Law has launched an exciting new Water Justice Clinic designed to advocate for clean, healthy and adequate water supplies for all Californians…
This week, the Assembly Transportation Committee approved Assembly Bill 179 by Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (D-Corona) by a vote of 9 to 5…