At their last meeting on September 6, 2016, the Arvin City Council passed and adopted a resolution that “affirms its commitment to promote and encourage the efforts of the State Water Resources Control Board to establish the most health protective Maximum Contaminant Level of 5 parts per trillion for 1,2,3-Trichloropropane…”
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The Kings River Water Quality Coalition along with several other South Valley water quality coalitions received a $2 million grant from the federal government to address nitrate leaching from irrigated agriculture…
California is renewing its leadership in combating climate change with a bill signed yesterday by Governor Jerry Brown…
A new EWG analysis of federal data from nationwide drinking water tests shows that the compound contaminates water supplies for more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states…
In California’s Central Valley, where verdant fields of fruit and vegetables unfurl under sunny skies, the water that feeds them — and flows into taps across the region — contains a toxic and silent poison…
AB 197, which accompanied a carbon reduction bill known as SB 32, prioritizes direct emission reductions likely to improve air quality; increases public access to information about carbon, conventional, and toxic emissions; and establishes a new cross-cutting legislative oversight committee to systematically monitor California’s multi-faceted climate programs…
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed SB 1383 by Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), which establishes the nation’s toughest restrictions on destructive super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane…
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is dedicated to the integration of environmental justice principles and goals into its public health and air-quality programs, policies and activities…
In the second installment of our series canvassing California water experts, Water Deeply spoke with Max Gomberg about what inspires him as water conservation and climate change manager at the State Water Resources Control Board…
On Sept. 8 Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 32 into law, an extension of California’s historic and game changing climate law. It aims to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030…