A recent fire at a Southwest Fresno recycling center has lead one non-profit to demand change from the city…
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In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines and freeways and car-choked roads, developers plan to build a 468-unit apartment complex called the Avenue 34 Project. But the project, which provides 66 units for “very low income” households, can’t escape the area’s polluted legacy…
State efforts to pass environmental justice legislation this year have been a “glass half full,” but still better than federal efforts so far, advocates say…
After more than a year since California Governor Gavin Newsom directed oil regulators to develop a new health and safety regulation to protect people living near oil and gas drilling sites, the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) has yet to establish a new timeline for the rules…
East Orosi is one step closer to achieving clean drinking water, a basic human right that is denied to many of California’s disadvantaged communities, particularly in the rural San Joaquin Valley…
200 cases of human rights violations found when renewable energy projects were imposed on poor communities…
On June 21, 2021, the California Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) missed yet another deadline to draft public health regulation on neighborhood oil and gas drilling despite months of waiting and assurances that a draft rule would be released by Spring 2021…
As the Valley suffers record-breaking heat, officials are warning that with it comes poor air quality. As temperatures continue to rise, ozone pollution is increasing…
New legislation would charge fees to large corporations responsible for greenhouse gas emissions and use the money to fund environmental justice initiatives and help communities reliant on fossil fuels transition away from them…