August 1, 2023

Read this story in English. Los californianos podrían beber aguas residuales altamente purificadas que se canalizan directamente a los suministros de agua potable por primera vez según las reglas propuestas reveladas por los funcionarios estatales de agua. El estado propenso a las sequías ha recurrido al agua reciclada durante más de 60 años para reforzar […]

Read this story in English. Salga de la autopista 99 en la zona rural de Elverta, conduzca cinco millas por la carretera y encontrará un lote polvoriento repleto de automóviles en esta abrasadora noche de viernes. Detrás de la cerca de madera, por una tarifa de entrada de $10, espera una reunión similar a una […]

Waste would undergo extensive treatment and testing before it’s piped directly to taps, providing a new, costly but renewable water supply. The state’s new draft rules are more than a decade in the making.

Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting their needs.

Since 2011, 80% of the credits issued by a California program aiming to reduce pollution have gone to biogas and biofuel projects that have their own environmental drawbacks. Meanwhile, communities near oil refineries and dairies suffer the brunt of the impact from ongoing emissions.

After California legalized medical marijuana in 1996 and then recreational cannabis two decades later, one might think that for many patients, the state would be a sanctuary for seeking treatment.  But as CalMatters’ state Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff explains, those who rely on cannabis to treat pain, seizures, glaucoma and other ailments say that despite […]

California voters will face a slew of ballot measures next year, all of which are essentially replays of old ideological clashes.