This is a civil rights complaint by El Pueblo para el Aire y Agua Limpia (“El Pueblo”) and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice (“Greenaction”), under Title VI of the United States Civil Rights Act and its implementing regulations against the Department of Toxic Substances Control and California Environmental Protection Agency (collectively “DTSC/CalEPA”) for discriminating on the basis of race in approving the expansion of the Chemical Waste Management Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility through use of flawed, defective and racially discriminatory procedures, studies and permit processes…
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With about 42,000 active wells, Kern County, California is home to three-quarters of California’s oil drilling and 95 percent of the state’s hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activity…
Residents, local environmental advocates, and state representatives will gather Thursday to share input and concerns on air pollution and discuss California’s Climate Plan…
Doctors said there’s a perfect storm of pollution in this heat wave, but you can keep track of the danger from the comfort of home…
California Environmental Justice Alliance activists discuss the history and successes of environmental justice movements in California.
An oil and gas wastewater disposal company agreed to change how it handles oilfield produced water at two facilities east of Bakersfield under a settlement reached with three environmental groups, those groups announced Thursday…
Community Water Center’s Kristin Dobbin is calling on the Board of Supervisors to consider recommendations addressing groundwater overdraft…
Tulare County District 1 Supervisor Allen Ishida knows the importance of water and farming, but he also knows the situation the county has found itself in with dropping well levels…
Rural communities struggling with failing wells, poor water quality and other drought-related problems have lots of opportunities to pay for new projects, agency representatives told local officials during a meeting here…
California State Water Board holds meeting in Bakersfield about high levels of 1,2,3 TCP in the wate
The State Water Board held a public workshop in Bakersfield Tuesday on the pesticide byproduct 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP)…