This blog post describes an ongoing project between CCEJN and U.S. EPA to engage San Joaquin Valley (the Valley) community members in citizen science…
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It was immediately clear that the EJAC, virtually unknown outside regulatory circles, wields considerable influence over CARB, particularly with respect to plans for updating regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change…
At the close of their legislative session in August, California lawmakers passed one of the world’s most significant climate policies—SB 32, named after the state’s original climate law from a decade earlier, AB 32…
Assemblyman Devon Mathis introduced a new bill primarily for the children and staff of new schools built in rural areas…
The California carbon market could rebound from a sluggish 2016 — assuming it survives the new year…
Governor Jerry Brown has just appointed two radical environmental justice activists to the California Public Utilities Commission, replacing two commissioners whose terms expired January 1, 2017…
From toxic levels of lead coursing through pipes in Flint, Michigan, to the ongoing fight for clean water raging in California’s Central Valley—where chemical waste sites have contaminated local water sources for decades—to the start of a massive protest over an oil pipeline that could poison groundwater in the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, water was a hot-button issue throughout 2016…
The state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources ordered the companies to stop pumping wastewater from drilling operations into 10 underground aquifers, which the oil companies were using despite federal regulations protecting the groundwater…
The Community Water Center published earlier this week a nine-minute video, spotlighting the problems some Valley residents deal with because they lack clean water…
As you take well-deserved time off to gather with your loved ones to celebrate the holidays, the Central California Environmental Justice Network (CCEJN) thank you for being a strong ally in promoting environmental justice…