On April 6, 2017, a California appellate court lifted one of those clouds of uncertainty, issuing a 2-1 decision that preserves the state’s landmark cap-and-trade program – at least through 2020…
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[M]illions of homes across the state are connected to water sources contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) and until recently, few Californians knew about it, let alone had any way to fight it…
Kern County is a region replete with paradoxes, many of which create significant challenges to achieving healthy lives and neighborhoods…
Farmworker communities and health advocates in the Central Valley are asking California Gov. Jerry Brown to step up to enact a statewide ban of the brain-harming pesticide Chlorpyrifos…
Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia’s hometown of Bell Gardens is so notoriously contaminated by toxic waste sites and freeways stacked with diesel trucks that some residents of nearby towns call it “Bell Garbage”…
Only 30 people took advantage of the last day to sign up for the second phase of the East Porterville Water Connection Project at the Drought Resource Center, a number Julie Phillips said is somewhat disappointing…
Gov. Jerry Brown and California’s Senate president blasted President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the Clean Power Plan…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in attempts to roll-back former President Barack Obama’s legislation aimed to curb global warming…