As a respiratory therapist, I am deeply concerned that California has the worst air quality in the nation. That’s bad news for everyone – but especially bad for hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents the American Lung Association says are particularly vulnerable to the pollutants we’re spewing into our air…
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Combat climate change, or clean up California’s water? Those alarmed by the Legislature’s decision to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to pay for clean drinking water may need to get used to it: constitutional restrictions on spending that money are set to expire in 2021….
Sen. Kamala Harris is just the latest example of a presidential candidate using a newly won Senate seat as a launching pad, but her political profile was built in California, a state where environmental and climate policy rank high on the agenda….
Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with low-income and communities of color, I see incineration as a poor waste management option….
Californians who endure the hassle and expense of having their vehicles smog-checked every other year might be surprised and irritated to learn that those big-rig diesels are exempt from such thorough scrutiny…
At least two reports show arsenic, a potentially poisonous element, has been found at dangerous levels in bottled water sold at Target, Walmart and Whole Foods…
In our economy, we commoditize things. We buy and sell potato chips. We buy and sell computers, coffee, cars and spring rolls. On the world wide web, you can even buy cans of “unicorn meat…”
The split on climate change between the federal government and the states widened this week…
The White House on Friday proposed reversing an Obama-era policy that directs agencies to consider the climate impact from various projects…
California prides itself as leading the nation in environmental regulations, but some of its state agencies face poor or failing grades from an environmental justice watchdog…