For decades, government officials have too often ignored front-line communities when it comes to pollution protection and public amenities. President Biden has given three top White House officials until May 27 to figure out how to fix that…
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Experts say the state’s cap and trade program may be insufficient in meeting ambitious climate goals. And environmentalists have called the program unfair to polluted communities…
We always knew that burning fossil fuels was bad for our health. Now a report from Harvard University and a handful of British universities brings us new data to prove it…
Kern County residents, environmental and social justice advocates, and local elected leaders expressed their opposition to a proposed Kern County oil and gas expansion ordinance during a press conference this Wednesday…
The decision is part of California regulators’ broader efforts to ensure the rolling blackouts that affected the grid last August don’t occur again…
Juan Flores remembers vividly the first time he learned what fracking smelled like. He was breaking ground on a community garden near a school as part of his job as a community organizer in the small town of Shafter, California, when an acrid smell filled the air…
After hearing more than 100 public comments, the Kern County Planning Commission voted Friday to pass the recommendation for a proposed oil and gas ordinance that would allow the permitting of up to 40,000 new oil and gas wells over the next 20 years…
All week, we’ve been following an ordinance that could bring thousands of more oil wells to Kern County, and the planning commission will discuss the latest plans during a public meeting Thursday…
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a petition by a coalition of industry groups challenging California’s emission standards for certain off-road diesel engines, finding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was not “arbitrary or capricious” in concluding that the specific regulation was needed statewide…
Task force is about to issue a report recommending ways to expand the problematic but profitable offsets program. Advocates wanted to focus on ways to make it work for the climate and environment…