When reports come out naming poor valley communities without adequate supplies of clean water, most of the trouble spots are in the southern San Joaquin Valley. But one neighborhood in Stanislaus County repeatedly makes the list: Monterey Park Tract.
The independent special district responsible for providing water to that neighborhood west of Ceres also has had serious leadership and financial problems, which are major reasons for the water problems that have forced many of the households to buy bottled water for drinking.
Now, through persistent effort and cooperation by several organizations, there’s a solution in sight for the 47 households in this unincorporated area off Monte Vista Avenue, between Crows Landing and Carpenter roads…
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As part of the kickoff event for Fresnans Against Fracking, last Saturday, July 15,2013 speakers, activists, and community members gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno to foster a comprehensive discussion around the issue of fracking…
An extensive new study confirms a long-suspected link between crippling birth defects and the nitrate contamination that threatens drinking water for 250,000 people in the San Joaquin Valley.
The study took place in the Midwest, but its findings hit hard in the Valley, where research last year showed farm-related nitrate pollution is extensive and expanding in the underground water of Fresno, Tulare and Kern counties…
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has approved the HECA power plant in Kern County arguing that the plant will mitigate the effects of its emissions (over 6,000 tons of pollution per year, not including the influx of mobile sources bringing in coal and petroleum coke to Kern County).
The California Energy Commission is now reviewing the proposal and will reveal reports within the next months. Despite the tagline that this project will bring “Clean Energy” most environmental justice groups understand that this plant will cause added pollution to Kern County and the vallley that will not be mitigated by the plant!..
The Department of Pesticide Regulation is taking recommendations on control and regulation measures for the fumigant pesticide chloropicrin until July 31, 2013. Below you will find the official language of the letter submitted to DPR on behalf of CCEJN. We invite you to use similar recommendations, or take the language to submit your own letters to DPR. For any more questions please write comments below…
On Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced the approval of a draft permit requested by Chemical Waste Management Inc. to expand and redesign the Kettleman Hills Facility. This marks a dark day for activists and residents of Kettleman City and the San Joaquin Valley that have spent years fighting the expansion of this polluter in Kings County…
On Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced the approval of a draft permit requested by Chemical Waste Management Inc. to expand and redesign the Kettleman Hills Facility. This marks a dark day for activists and residents of Kettleman City and the San Joaquin Valley that have spent years fighting the expansion of this polluter in Kings County…
A major toxic waste dump near a Central Valley hamlet is poised to expand, and a troubled battery recycler in Vernon has been cleared to reopen according to key decisions Tuesday that sparked fury in nearby low-income communities.
At the center of both decisions is a little-known California agency, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, which has repeatedly cited both facilities for violations of hazardous waste regulations…
California regulators are recommending allowing a major expansion of the largest hazardous waste dump in the Western United States, even though some residents blame the dump for birth defects and have opposed the expansion, officials said on Tuesday.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control said it has issued a draft expansion permit that would allow the landfill near Kettleman City – a farmworker community in the state’s Central Valley midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles – to expand by 5 million cubic yards.
The landfill, which is operated by Chemical Waste Management, currently houses 10.7 million cubic yards of hazardous waste.
Environmental organizations and residents have opposed the expansion of the 1,600-acre landfill for years. The landfill has been fined numerous times by state and federal regulators for improper waste disposal and other problems…
The state is moving toward giving Chemical Waste Management Inc. permission to expand its Kettleman Hills toxic waste landfill by five million cubic yards — about half its current size.
CMI is a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control says the public will be given time to comment on the proposed expansion.