I very much agree with the opinion of Sayed Sadredin, retired long time director of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, that amateur PurpleAir monitors cannot be depended on as tools to influence public policy (“Grassroots air quality sensors spreading to local neighborhoods,” Aug. 17)….
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A handful of locals gathered in Doyle Elementary School’s cafeteria Friday evening to discuss and learn about the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) that is distributed every July. The CCR is a breakdown of any harmful materials that may been in the water Porterville residents are drinking…
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday pressed the Trump Administration not to weaken the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This law serves as the xavier becerra california attorney generalcornerstone of America’s environmental regulatory framework. In a 10-state comment letter, Attorney General Becerra urged the Trump Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to carefully consider any changes to NEPA regulations and to prioritize the environment and public health if the Administration chooses to go forward with revisions….
California needs to break its oil dependence, as Severin Borenstein notes in his critique of our recent study. Avoiding the worst of climate change (think more fires) involves getting off oil, but Borenstein argues phasing out California’s oil production is a step too far. His main reason is that doing so would benefit the global oil industry…
In 2007, the small town of Lanare in California’s Central Valley finally got what it had desperately needed for years — a treatment plant to remove high levels of arsenic in the drinking water. But the victory was short-lived…
Fresno County is expected to grow by 300,000 residents in the next 20 years–with a projected population of more than 1.3 million.The county is in the process of drawing up a new General Plan. It is basically a blueprint for how the county plans to grow. But at Thursday’s meeting, the County Supervisors heard the county has not done enough to let the citizens know what is going on….
In his two most recent terms as governor, which began in January 2011, Jerry Brown has signed legislation to increase renewable energy standards for utilities, to establish California’s first groundwater regulations and to require state public pension funds to divest from coal. To the country and the world, he’s a climate firebrand….
In 2007, the small town of Lanare in California’s Central Valley finally got what it had desperately needed for years — a treatment plant to remove high levels of arsenic in the drinking water. But the victory was short-lived. Just months after the $1.3 million federally funded plant began running, the town was forced to shut it down because it ran out of money to operate and maintain it…
California lawmakers are considering whether to approve a voluntary tax on water customers across the state. Revenue from the tax would be use to pay for cleaning up contaminated water in rural and low-income communities in the Central Valley….
California lawmakers are considering whether to approve a voluntary tax on water customers across the state. Revenue from the tax would be use to pay for cleaning up contaminated water in rural and low-income communities in the Central Valley. Supporters of Senate Bill 845 contend the tax is necessary to keep safe the one million Californians exposed each year to contaminated drinking water…