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Tag: environmental health

An all-electric Proterra bus operated by San Joaquin Regional Transit District, shown beside its "Fast Charging" station. Image via Creative Commons. California’s clean-air programs take a hit in new funding cuts.
Posted inEnvironment

Exclusive: California’s clean-air programs take a hit in new funding squeeze

Avatar by Rachel Becker July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Projects that tackle vehicles, pollution in low-income communities, prescribed burns and even cows have lost 14% of their original budgets because of cap and trade shortfall.

An oil well pumps next to a newly constructed neighborhood near Signal Hill in Long Beach, California on Friday, April 24, 2020. Photo by Jim Ruymen, UPI/Alamy Live News
Posted inEnvironment

Oil and babies don’t mix: Wells linked to low birthweight

Avatar by Rachel Becker June 3, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Achievement gap persists as test scores rise, one pesticide gets banned and one doesn’t

Dan MorainAvatar by Dan Morain and Judy Lin October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
A worker douses potentially contaminated soil n Paradise, California, 11 months after the Camp Fire. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Cleaning up Paradise as a grim anniversary nears

Avatar by Julie Cart October 9, 2019October 9, 2019
Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Resistance State

California to Trump: Your auto efficiency rules are “poorly argued, poorly organized, not based in fact and illegal”

Avatar by Julie Cart October 26, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Will billionaires’ millions bend governor’s race?

Dan Morain by Dan Morain May 1, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inHealth

Drinking lead—why California may force all schools to test their water

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera August 15, 2017June 23, 2020
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