Sacramento, CA I September 14th, 2015 — The California Assembly and Senate passed five bills last week that advance a range of important measures to address the disproportionate burden of pollution and climate change on communities of color in California. The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA), an alliance of grassroots environmental justice groups, was a key supporter for many of the bills. From direct greenhouse gas emission cuts to reforming regulatory agencies, the measures take bold steps for environmental justice in statewide policy and continue California’s leadership on cutting edge solutions to climate change…
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On Wednesday, August 19th 2015, Central California Environmental Justice Network organizer Gustavo Aguirre Jr. was invited to share a presentation on Environmental Justice and community organizing in the California’s Central valley…
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has issued an “air alert” and health warning for poor air quality through Friday. …
Lynx Enterprises, a metal finishing firm in Tracy, has agreed to pay $28,750 in civil penalties and spend an additional $108,000 to develop hazardous waste training materials, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says…
Ideal Family Farms is one of 50 livestock projects around the country approved by the California Air Resources Board to offset emissions…
The air in the San Joaquin Valley hangs thick with gray-brown dust, a result of the state’s largest fire, which has burned through more than 160 square miles in the nearby hills…
In 2014, there was a rare occurrence in California: a new revenue stream of hundreds of millions of dollars—$872 million, to be exact, with more anticipated in future years — being funneled to state agencies through the newly implemented cap-and-trade program to curb greenhouse gas emissions…
The invasion of sewer flies moved residents of University Place subdivision to turn to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for help. Darting from a neighboring sewage plant, the flies descended upon the mostly African-American neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with such regularity that one resident posted this warning sign: Beware of attack fly…
On August 24-25th, our 2015 Congreso: People Power Policy brought together 250 community leaders from the frontlines of California’s most impacted regions to the Capitol to celebrate visionary grassroots policy-making fueled by power power across the state. The two-day gathering was filled with inspiring panels bridging environmental justice victories throughout the state and hands-on workshops on Green Zones, Energy Equity, and Climate Justice. Together we learned, strategized, and advocated for policies to build a stronger movement for equity and justice in statewide environmental policy…
With attention focused on hot-button water-related topics – drought, groundwater, fish requirements, sinking earth, fallowed fields, domestic wells going dry – here’s one you probably haven’t lost sleep over: chromium 6.
California, which fancies itself at the forefront of environmental issues, last year became the only state to say by law how much of the cancer-causing agent is safe in drinking water. This year, enforcers began slapping violations on communities that might have to spend millions of dollars curing the problem…