California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Friday led a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from airplanes at a level that would result in no reductions in emissions as compared to business-as-usual…
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Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2021 budget proposes shifting money from environmental equity programs to fire prevention, a move that has angered advocates…
It’s a new year and as always, I hope that it brings better things for all of us. I’m still reeling from a truly traumatizing 2020, a year of racial awakening and multiple, overlapping crises that were severely felt in Black and Brown communities…
Ten health and environmental groups from around the country filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today opposing the Trump administration’s creation of a loophole for large emitters of dangerous air pollution…
Two conservation groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to require adequate pollution controls for the oil and methane gas industry in Chicago and six areas of California — together home to more than 26 million people. Many of these areas already have some of the worst air quality in the country…
Climate change and environmental justice will be early priorities for the new Biden administration and Democratic Congress, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chairwoman Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) said yesterday…
The Biden administration has announced its nominees for the Cabinet and Cabinet-rank positions. These early nominees provide insight into the direction the Biden administration intends to take the federal agencies…
In 2020, Californians dealt with historic wildfires, extreme heat, and power blackouts, all in the midst of a pandemic…
California’s petroleum industry kicked off a public campaign Wednesday aimed at fending off efforts in Sacramento to scale back in-state oil and natural gas production…
In releasing his initial budget proposal on Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to overhaul the state’s approach to pesticide regulation. Newsom wants to replace the flat fee on pesticide sales with a tiered approach based on U.S. EPA toxicity warnings…