Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, talks about the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District receiving a Targeted Air Shed grant of nearly $6 million, which will help fund changing out wood-burning devices and replacing farm tractors. The district also received a federal grant that will help fund additional tractor replacements…
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Earlier this year, CWC partnered with California State University, Fresno, Office of Community and Economic Development and California Water Institute, to convene representatives from Central Valley counties, nonprofits, and state and federal agencies to better understand the challenges in the drought response and then work toward solutions…
As people throughout the world celebrate President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Kern County residents are currently on a four-day fast for their dignity and their children’s future. They are seeking to draw attention to the environmental health issues related to fracking and extreme oil extraction in their county, where most of the state’s oil wells are located…
The oil industry isn’t only polluting our air; it’s polluting our politics as well…
The drought in California for four years exacerbated the water problem in rural areas of the state. For example, in the Central Valley many communities have water but is contaminated and therefore not suitable for drinking or cooking, forcing residents to buy bottled water. “We have water in the house, but is small and very expensive,” says Rosario Gonzalez, a resident of Cantua Creek-a farming community of just 700 inhabitants unincorporated Fresno County…
The oil industry isn’t only polluting our air; it’s polluting our politics as well.
Take a look at the latest lobbying figures released by the California Secretary of State’s Office…
When California was building its carbon emissions cap and trade program, environmental justice activist Vien Truong and a few others came to the state with an idea…
As California’s water crisis looms over the agricultural industry, conversations have focused on the threat to big growers while often overlooking the devastating potential impact to the laborers and small migrant communities…
Joined by many of our close community partners, allies, and supporters, we honored Leaders in the Face of Drought at our Water Justice Celebration in Visalia on October 27, 2015. CWC’s Co-Directors Susana De Anda and Laurel Firestone, as well as Gov. Brown’s Legislative Secretary Martha Guzman-Acevez, acknowledged the courage and hard work of residents, organizations, and elected officials who are striving to ensure their communities have access to water during California’s devastating drought…
With the Benghazi hearing sucking up everyone’s attention Oct. 22, I’m betting you missed the House Science, Space and Technology Committee’s hearing the same day on the new ozone standard set by the EPA earlier this month…