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East Porterville homeowners eligible for a cost-free connection to a new sustainable water supply must sign up for the service by March 31 or miss this final opportunity to do so, the state Department of Water Resources says…
The San Joaquin Valley is under the gun from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to meet impossible to attain air quality standards in the next few years or lose federal highway funding…
By paying for offsets, companies can generate environmental benefits anywhere in the country — they are not required to invest in green projects in California — as an alternative to cleaning up their own operations…
While the Trump administration orders the EPA do less to protect Americans from dirty air and water, and Congress threatens to dismantle the agency altogether, Food & Water Watch and 34 advocacy organizations are demanding that the agency do more to protect communities from factory farms…
Amendments to a bill extending California’s carbon market beyond 2020 would prioritise carbon offsetting in the state’s disadvantaged communities, prompting environmental justice campaigners to suggest they are open to a compromise on the controversial issue…
Hundreds of drinking-water wells across California’s San Joaquin Valley have been found to contain 1,2,3-trichloropropane, a likely human carcinogen…
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be discussing issues related to safe drinking water in disadvantaged communities at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, March 7th…
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be discussing issues related to safe drinking water in disadvantaged communities at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, March 7th. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento.
The latest data from California’s Water Resources Control Board show 700,000 Californians are currently being exposed to contaminated water at home or at school…