California voted to endorse the Tropical Forest Standard, a contested plan to extend California’s cap-and-trade system globally into the world’s forests…
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Increased oil and gas production in many areas has led to concerns over the effects these activities may be having on nearby groundwater quality. In this study, we determine the lateral and vertical extent of groundwater with less than 10,000 mg/L total dissolved solids near the Lost Hills–Belridge oil fields
New York is the fourth most populous state in the US and its third-largest economy. Now it is poised to adopt the country’s most ambitious climate targets, including 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040 and economy-wide, net-zero carbon emissions by 2050…
IVAN (identifying violations affecting neighborhoods) is now in Tulare county…
As the threats of global climate change and fossil fuel dependence are increasingly being felt worldwide, countries are turning to biogas as a part of a transition to renewable energy. Biogas is being boasted as a “renewable” energy solution, designed to help mitigate climate change…
Oregon is on track to become the second U.S. state to pass an economywide cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But while emulating the first such program (in California), Oregon also hopes to avoid repeating its mistakes. Oregon’s plan, like California’s, would set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions that would come down over time. It would also create a market for companies to buy and trade a limited number of pollution permits. Ultimately, it aims to reduce emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050….
Arvin, California is in Kern County, one of the top oil-producing areas in the U.S. Five years ago, a gas pipeline leak in Arvin forced dozens of residents from their homes for months. Flores: “Right there and then, community members said this is a bigger problem, and we need to solve it….
The city of Bakersfield has more money than ever before to handle local affairs. The increase in funds can be attributed in large part to the November 2018 passage of Measure N, a local general sales tax measure that projected a growth upwards of $50 million annually. Now that first year accruals are more accurately calculated, the city has a fiscal year 2019-2020 operating budget of $514,882,666 — an increase of $75,074,691 from last year…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for so much in his first state budget that he spent nearly two hours discussing it with reporters in January. Nearly six months later, he’s about to get much of what he wanted….
The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) today gave the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), the state organization charged with regulating the oil and gas industry, an “F” grade for continuing to neglect the needs of environmental justice and low-income communities in the organization’s third annual Environmental Justice Agency Assessment for 2018…