A toxic chemical found in drinking water supplies across California is known to cause cancer but remains unregulated…
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The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for stricter pesticide regulations near schools, pointing out that children living in the Central Valley – especially Latinos – are the most vulnerable in California…
The incoming Trump administration is likely to see the greatest revival of environmentalism as a confrontational, grassroots, sometimes radical movement since at least 1970, when more than a million people took part in the first Earth Day…
Tulare County is perhaps the hardest hit region of the state when it comes to drought…
The rural Kings County community of Kettleman City, long plagued by unsafe drinking water, now has a clear path toward a clean water supply…
Community organizations have heralded Fresno’s draft Active Transportation Plan as a road map for bringing struggling neighborhoods in the south up to par with the north end of the city…
O’Reilly Auto Parts and its subsidiaries will pay a settlement of $9.86 million for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste at more than 525 of its stores throughout California, Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward announced…
A new plan by the California Air Resources Board will see the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 — “the most ambitious target in North America,” according to the air board…
Two experts in their fields of social and environmental justice spoke on the poor health conditions in the rural areas of the Central Valley on Nov. 21 as part of Bakersfield College Delano Campus’ C.H.A.P. (Cultural and Historical Awareness Program) fall series…
Kettleman City’s long wait for clean water is a bit shorter now that the State Water Resources Control Board has set a Dec. 6 meeting to finalize a grant to the community…