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Tag: Environmental Justice

Posted inMy Turn

Prioritize environmental justice resilience bill

Avatar by Guest Commentary April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

AB 1087 charts a new course for climate resilience that makes investments in communities so they can be prepared for disasters.

offshore wind energy
Posted inMy Turn

California could lead the nation in offshore wind energy

Avatar by Guest Commentary March 25, 2021March 24, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers the State of the State address at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 9, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Newsom speech ushers in election season

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 10, 2021March 10, 2021
Piles of debris from a grape crop in Shafter on Feb. 16, 2021. The debris could be burned or chipped but will likely be burned due to stakes and metal wires throughout the piles. Photo by Shae Hammond for Cal Matters
Posted inEnvironment

Air board tells San Joaquin Valley growers to phase out burns by 2025

Avatar by Rachel Becker February 25, 2021February 25, 2021
A swing set stands alone in the Salton Sea. State officials are helping fund experimental projects to extract valuable lithium from the lake's brine. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Will California’s desert be transformed into Lithium Valley?

Avatar by Julie Cart February 25, 2021March 1, 2021
Laura Garcia stands outside her family home in the rural Fresno County community of Raisin City on Feb. 12, 2021. Garcia, a mother of 5 with one on the way, is concerned about how the air quality due to nearby burns is affecting her kids. The orchard in the background replaced a vineyard which was burned away. Photo by Craig Kohlruss, The Fresno Bee
Posted inEnvironment

Up in smoke: Burns in San Joaquin Valley vineyards, orchards may finally end

Avatar by Rachel Becker February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
The Valero Wilmington Refinery in Long Beach on Jan. 28, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

California to review carbon trading program as part of climate roadmap

Avatar by Rachel Becker February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
An aerial view of the small rural community of Bloomington on Dec. 18, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

When a package at the front door means a warehouse next door

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin February 12, 2021February 19, 2021
Mary Nichols, who has been chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board since 2007, poses for a portrait outside her home in Los Angeles on Dec. 15, 2020. Photo by Kendrick Brinson for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Legacy of a clean-air czar: Clearer skies, bold alliances and bitter controversy

Avatar by Rachel Becker December 23, 2020January 4, 2021
environmental justice
Posted inMy Turn

Legislation will provide environmental justice to protect communities from toxics

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 24, 2020September 30, 2020

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