Rey León has been fighting for Huron, ‘The heart of the Valley,” as he calls his home town for more than 20 years…
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For an idea of what President-elect Donald Trump thinks about environmental justice—that is, when minorities and low-income communities suffer disproportionately from environmental harms—look to the Bronx…
Californians relying on small water utilities to bring drinking water into their homes, or who work or go to school in places providing their own water, are far more likely to be exposed to lead, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data by The Desert Sun and USA TODAY…
The leaders of this former oil boomtown never gave 2-year-old Adam Walton a chance to avoid the poison…
The Paris Agreement boosted confidence in the future of carbon markets, with an international PwC survey of large companies – members of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) –revealing that 82% expected existing carbon markets would expand as a result of the ground-breaking deal…
Serious clashes over environmental policy between California and President-elect Donald Trump’s administration are likely…
Tulare County Supervisors Tuesday directed staff to come up with a draft ordinance which would place a moratorium on the drilling of new ag wells on land currently not in production…
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by CWC’s Asha Kreiling on the need for a drinking water standard for 1,2,3,-TCP this morning…
Although the San Joaquin Valley has some of the most stringent smog-fighting laws in the United States, people should brace for even harsher rules that could affect home stoves and fireplaces, farmers, restaurants, food processors and Modesto’s Gallo winery, as well as cars, trucks and other vehicles…
The California Legislature last week received a load of bad publicity because of a new law that attempts to reduce the methane output of dairy cows dramatically — putting California on the cutting edge of worldwide efforts to regulate cow flatulence…