On January 12, California Assemblymembers Autumn R. Burke, Jim Cooper, Evan Low, and Blanca Rubio introduced legislation, AB 151, to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program beyond 2020…
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Three sites in the San Joaquin Valley, including Jefferson Elementary in Lindsay, have been added to the network monitoring pesticide concentrations in the air…
Yesterday afternoon, the State Water Resources Control Board sent a permit amendment notice to all public water systems in California requiring them to offer free tap water testing for lead contamination to the schools they serve. The move comes after mounting concerns over the lack of requirements for water quality testing in schools, especially after the disaster in Flint, Michigan.
Public water systems are already required to test their water where they distribute it, but that’s not the only place to test for lead…
Two areas in the central San Joaquin Valley have been added to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s air monitoring list, and will begin giving samples this month…
A report released in September 2016 documents “critical flaws” in California’s carbon trading system, proving many of the concerns the environmental justice community has long raised…
Water is essential for life, yet not everyone in California has access to safe, affordable water…
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows releases of toxic chemicals into the air fell 56% from 2005-2015…
The proposal acknowledges that many of California’s disadvantaged communities rely on contaminated groundwater and lack the resources to operate and maintain safe drinking water systems, but it stops short of any additional funding to fix the problem…
A report released this week argues the consequences of the drought have been more pronounced in some communities than others…