A new nation-wide analysis shows that counties with higher social vulnerability are home to a denser web of natural gas pipelines…
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María Reyes is not a person to take no for an answer, especially when it comes to protecting the health of her children. Two months ago, the 40-year-old citrus picker from Cutler-Orosi used Zoom to request that Tulare County Ag Commissioner Tom Tucker to post information online about when and where pesticides will be sprayed so that communities can prepare…
This windswept desert community is full of clean energy supporters including Suzanne Rebich, an airline pilot who recently topped her house with 36 solar panels. About 200 homes generate their own solar energy and a quarter of the local electricity supply comes from hydroelectric power…
Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) in collaboration with over forty environmental justice advocates and community members, fought hard over the last few months on a significant bill, Senate Bill (SB) 342. Unfortunately, on June 3rd, 2021 the bill was sent to the inactive file for this legislative year and made into a two year bill due to pressures from Big Oil…
“Rising water rates coupled with pandemic job losses threaten to cut off many California families from an essential service — water,” Sen. Dodd said Tuesday. “No one should be denied access, regardless of their income level or economic status. Today’s vote is a step toward ensuring low-income customers get the help they need to keep the tap open. I thank my Senate colleagues for supporting this measure…”
On May 17, 2021, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the Climate Commitment Act. The legislation creates a market-based, economy-wide cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions in Washington state…
California AG Rob Bonta announced an expansion of the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Environmental Justice (“Bureau”), which is focused on fighting environmental injustices and protecting communities that are disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution and public health hazards…
Last week, a bill that would have banned fracking and other methods of oil and gas extraction in California by 2035 failed to pass out of the state senate committee…
Gov. Gavin Newsom took unprecedented action against California’s oil industry Friday with a pair of orders aimed at banning the controversial oilfield technique known as fracking by 2024, then ending in-state petroleum production altogether by 2045 to help address climate change…