A pollutant that has leached into California aquifers since farmers first began using synthetic fertilizer continues to accumulate and would not be removed from groundwater even if the state’s agriculture businesses abruptly quit using nitrogen-based materials to boost the productivity of their crops…
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The focus of the discomfort of the moderate Democrats of California’s interior is the greenhouse bill proposed State Senator Fran Pavely, who authored AB32 back when she was an Assembly member…
Environmental justice advocates are hailing a federal civil rights settlement reached with state regulators over a hazardous waste landfill expansion permit as a model for future agreements nationwide to ensure that the health of minority residents is protected when projects may harm the environment and safety…
The state Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with two environmental groups that ends a civil rights complaint over an expansion permit for Chemical Waste Management’s Kettleman Hills hazardous waste landfill…
Thirty-three years ago the obscure word “selenium” flashed across the national consciousness when it was learned that bird embryos were suffering grotesque deformities and death as a result of selenium poisoning of the food chain at Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in western Fresno County…
Fresno could avoid 260 deaths a year with better air quality, according to a new report by the American Thoracic Society…
The Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Environmental Protection Agency today announced a historic agreement with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice (Greenaction) and El Pueblo/People for Clean Air & Water of Kettleman City (El Pueblo) to resolve Greenaction and El Pueblo’s civil rights complaint over DTSC’s 2014 decision to approve a permit to expand the Kettleman Hills hazardous waste landfill…
Affordable housing and environmental groups, including NRDC, are urging the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a groundbreaking proposal to put solar panels on the roofs of affordable housing under the state’s new solar law…
When we talk about water in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s often to highlight water problems, like dry wells, contaminated drinking water or, more recently, toxic algae in lakes and reservoirs…
[A]rguably the most important water policy up for a vote this year is currently facing an uphill battle in Sacramento, and we all need to rally to ensure that it passes…