Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed several news bills into law that impact California water…
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Like most government agencies that receive federal funds, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is bound by federal law to ensure there is no illegal discrimination in the way those funds are used…
Environmental Justice groups and state regulators are hailing a landmark agreement involving San Francisco’s Greenaction organization, Kettleman City’s El Pueblo activist group and two state agencies; the Department of Toxic Substances Control and Cal EPA…
Amidst Gov. Jerry Brown signing a flurry of legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the California Environmental Justice Alliance released a September 14 report highlighting a dirty secret: The state’s landmark reduction program, cap and trade, has possibly made things worse in disadvantaged communities…
Legislation signed this month by Gov. Jerry Brown requires California’s dairy industry to answer for its contribution to global warming by making a 40 percent cut in methane emissions in coming years…
Due to friendly state policies pushing more renewable energy, a massive solar park proposed for Kings County appears ready for expansion…
For the 71 students attending Joel Hidahl Elementary School with asthma, an internet website and smart phone app could mean the difference in breathing well or not at all…
According to Rosalva Beas, a caregiver at the daycare, there’s danger in the wind. Beas looks through the fence, past the playing kids, towards the distant pear orchards…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of unlawfully ignoring environmentalist pleas to regulate air emissions from confined animal feeding operations…