This year’s elections will have a far larger impact on the world for many reasons — but the biggest, at least for me, is that time has run out on climate change…
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Four affordable-housing projects, with features to reduce residents’ need to drive in Fresno and Tulare counties, has won a collective $31.4 million in state grants and loans…
California’s landmark greenhouse-gas reduction law, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, turned 10 last month. Like most precocious 10-year-olds, AB 32 (as it’s better known) is very much a work in progress…
A new report from the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity suggests that these efforts might not be working as far as the state’s greenhouse gas emissions trading program is concerned…
Pollution – like income- is unequally distributed. In fact, pollution exposure is more unequally distributed than income in the U.S. for some pollutants…
Last month, the AGUA Coalition and CWC hosted federal officials from the US EPA’s Office of Water to share their experiences and expertise as the federal agency develops its National Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water…
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Thursday announced an update to the way the pesticide Telone is used and managed in the state…
Although Californians are legally guaranteed the human right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water, many communities in California face exceedingly high water rates…
We’re thrilled to share that Governor Jerry Brown signed into law six important bills that advance environmental and water justice…