While we support environmental justice goals, as air pollution researchers with a century of experience between us, we are dismayed at the single-issue attacks on Mary Nichols’ distinguished record that prevented her selection as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
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Environmental justice advocate says Tulare County needs stronger policies to protect rural residents from pesticides drift and drinking water contamination…
Kebo Oil and Gas went before the Tulare County Planning Commission on Dec. 9 to obtain a special use permit for an exploratory gas and oil well at 219 Richgrove Drive, three miles north of the town of Richgrove. The commission approved the permit unanimously in a 7-0 vote, albeit some questions over the environmental impact are still outstanding…
When California passed its landmark cap-and-trade law in 2006, supporters were hopeful that the program would provide the template for other states — and eventually the federal government — to solve the climate crisis…
The same people who backed and took part in protests in cities across the United States in the name of racial justice are now pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to reward them for their votes with positions in his administration…
The incoming Biden Administration intends to take many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, environmental justice, and several other issues, many of which entail reversing actions taken by the Trump Administration. Companies and their environmental managers should monitor and consider participating in this contentious process…
As President-elect Joe Biden unveils key members of his team who will tackle what he called the “existential” threat of the climate crisis, we speak to former Environmental Protection Agency official Mustafa Ali, who led the agency’s environmental justice program until resigning in 2017 in protest of the Trump administration’s policies…
In the midst of an unprecedented public health emergency with vastly inequitable impacts across racial and economic lines, 2020 was the year many truly understood the need to make racial and economic justice central to how we fight against the climate crisis with community partners, including reducing the carbon emissions from our buildings…
The racial justice movement that packed the streets of scores of U.S. cities last summer is flexing its muscle now to influence President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks — and potentially a high-profile appointment that Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon make…
Mary Nichols’ candidacy to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency is over. Not so, the need to grapple with the profound mistrust of carbon pricing felt by many advocates for environmental justice…