It’s time we give more credit to the unsung hero of our state’s climate policies: the Low Carbon Fuel Standard…
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Southern California has some of the dirtiest air in the country, but it’s a lot more breathable than it used to be…
A legislative effort to extend California’s climate change policies past 2020 is proving more difficult than policymakers had bargained for…
With over 1,500 homes that have run completely out of water since 2014, Tulare County is at the epicenter of the drought…
The California Public Utilities Commission is being urged to spend up to $1 billion from the state’s cap-and-trade tax to pay for solar energy systems to benefit low-income renters…
SB1000, the Planning for Healthy Communities Act by Senatory Connie Leyva, will improve local planning efforts by requiring an Environmental Justice Element in citywide General Plans to reduce disproportionate environmental and health impacts in our state’s toxic hotspots and help move us closer to #HealthyHoods…
The Central Valley town’s residents have been living with arsenic-tainted tap water for decades…
There are a lot of questions surrounding California climate policy right now…
There are a lot of questions surrounding California climate policy right now…
This Settlement Agreement (Agreement) is made, entered into and executed by and between Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and El Pueblo para el Aire y Agua Limpia (collectively, Complainants) and the California Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Toxic Substances Control…