A new report from the American Lung Association shows that more than 4 in 10 Americans live with polluted air — 135 million people living in 217 counties. This pollution hits communities of color hardest, as people of color are 61 percent more likely than white people to live with unhealthy levels of air pollution, and three times more likely to live in counties with the most polluted air…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an emergency drought declaration for two California counties while standing on the historically dry bed of Lake Mendocino, a few hours north of San Francisco…
Several environmental groups asked a California federal court to force the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to upgrade its quarter-century-old plan for responding to oil spills that the coalition says allows harmful oil dispersants to be used copiously…
The mystery is gone. The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report released Wednesday is not going to surprise a lot of Bakersfield residents — or just about anyone living in the San Joaquin Valley…
A hazy cloud of pollution burdens the residents of the San Joaquin Valley, so together we must get clear about how to end local air pollution…
Cities are leading the charge on climate action—reimagining how streets can be used, passing bold climate legislation, and creating green, equitable jobs. At the core of many of these efforts are Latinx leaders, whose activism has been instrumental in paving the way to progress…
Without warning, on the most bitter winter days, or the hottest of summer, smokestacks that sit idle much of the year switch online, spewing trails of climate-altering, coronavirus-exacerbating pollutants across the sky…
Led by management of complex systems professor and UC Presidential Chair Tracey Osborne, the Center for Climate Justice is a system-wide initiative to address climate change as a social justice and equity issue…
The Biden Administration in its first 90 days has clearly and dramatically articulated a commitment to the issue of environmental justice. The actions of the White House and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are significant in their own right, and point to programmatic, regulatory and budget initiatives likely to emerge over the coming months and years…
Former President Trump’s rollback of clean car standards violated federal regulatory processes, obscured career staffers’ concerns and failed to assess impacts on vulnerable communities, according to EPA’s internal watchdog…