California Air Resources Board hosts heated exchange over perceived lack of transparency on racial justice statement; other state agencies moving towards learning about dismantling their racist structures…
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The Air Resources Board (CARB) last Thursday recognized agriculture’s role in significantly reducing emissions in the San Joaquin Valley. Yet several board members signaled they would like to enact a complete ban on agricultural burning when the issue returns to the board in February…
The farmworker parents of a girl with autism, obesity, and vision problems are suing Dow Chemical Co., Corteva, a California town, and two pesticide application companies, claiming that exposure to the powerful insecticide chlorpyrifos led to her significant health problems…
Housing justice advocates and champions of Proposition 21 are proud to announce that a coalition of over 300 key leaders and organizations from all over the state of California have endorsed Prop 21…
California’s wildfires have resulted in tragic loss of life, iconic landscapes and property, with tens of millions of people exposed to hazardous air conditions for several weeks. Unfortunately, living with unhealthy air is an everyday occurrence in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most polluted air basins in the United States…
Governor Newsom recently issued executive orders and statements about his administration’s intention to fight climate change, focus on the impacts of oil extraction in the transition away from fossil fuels, and protect the health and safety of our communities…
Contaminated and unreliable drinking water is not isolated to a few rural communities in our region. It’s a huge problem facing both large and small communities. It’s partially the legacy of agriculture and development, which has for decades left contaminants to sit in underground aquifers that many of us rely on…
In central California, what promises to be a landmark series of lawsuits against Corteva (formerly DowAgroSciences), maker of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, is under way, spearheaded by the case Alba Luz Calderon de Cerda and Rafael Cerda Martinez v. Corteva Inc., et al…
Environmentalists, petroleum industry executives, union leaders and communities near oil drilling sites are all gearing up for what’s expected to be a fierce political battle over efforts to reduce California’s oil production…
Seventeen-year-old Avenal resident Rafael Cerda Calderon has always struggled with severe seizures, autism, and a developmental disability. He will likely need care for the rest of his life…