Sacramento, CA — Twenty-seven health, water, and environmental groups have commented on the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s multimillion dollar plan which calls for unfettered statewide spraying for pests…
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Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice has recently released a film discussing its 15+ years defending community rights and fighting for environmental justice. Hear directly from the grassroots leaders and activists impacted by environmental racism and injustice by checking out the video below.
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice has recently released a film discussing its 15+ years defending community rights and fighting for environmental justice. Hear directly from the grassroots leaders and activists impacted by environmental racism and injustice by checking out the video below…
More than 287,000 residents of San Joaquin County face disproportionately high environmental health risks, the state has concluded.
That finding will allow local communities to compete for hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from California’s new cap-and-trade climate change program — money that could then be reinvested in the most vulnerable neighborhoods…
More than 287,000 residents of San Joaquin County face disproportionately high environmental health risks, the state has concluded.
That finding will allow local communities to compete for hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from California’s new cap-and-trade climate change program — money that could then be reinvested in the most vulnerable neighborhoods…
State leaders announced Friday that more than $200 million in greenhouse gases cap-and-trade money would be invested in the census tracts of California’s most disadvantaged communities — about 20% of which are in the San Joaquin Valley.
In a ranking of the census tracts earlier this year, Fresno had more than a dozen of the 20 worst places in the state, focused primarily in downtown, south and west. Other Valley locations included Selma…
The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) today announced that it has prioritized disadvantaged communities across the state for projects funded by California’s cap-and-trade program. As a result, more than $200 million of $832 million in cap-and-trade proceeds from the 2014-2015 budget will be earmarked for low-income areas, including those in Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley…
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a new head of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, whose previous leader departed amid criticism that the agency was falling short in its mission to police polluters…
Central California Environmental Justice Network (CCEJN) would like to thank everyone for their participation in our Roots of Resilience, 2014 conference. As mentioned at the conference, CCEJN thrives most with the participation from our partners. We will follow-up with more ways to support the work towards environmental justice in the San Joaquin Valley…
Citing the need to address environmental and health issues in communities disproportionately affected by pollution, California Secretary for Environmental Protection Matt Rodriquez announced the selection of 13 organizations for this year’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grants. The grants will provide nearly $250,000 to these community-based nonprofit groups and federally recognized tribal governments to support environmental justice-related projects across California…