• Donate
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • WhatMatters
  • Politics
    • 2020 Voter Guide
    • Votebeat
    • Election 2020
    • Inside the Capitol
  • Justice
    • California Divide
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Labor
  • Economy
    • California’s Pension Crisis
    • Poverty
  • Education
    • Corona on Campus
    • Disaster Days
    • K-12 Education
    • Higher Education
  • Children and Youth
  • Environment
    • Building Efficiency
    • California Wildfires
    • Climate Change
    • Frayed Wires
    • Rising Seas
    • Water
  • Health
    • Breakdown: Mental Health
    • Coronavirus
    • Drug Costs
    • Wellness
  • Commentary
    • Dan Walters
    • My Turn
    • Reader Reactions
  • Multimedia
    • Explainers
    • Data Points
    • Force of Law
    • Gimme Shelter
    • California State of Mind
    • Interactives
    • Video
  • Events
  • DONATE
  • About
    • Advisory Board
    • Board of Directors
    • California Dream Project
    • Contact Us
    • Inside CalMatters
    • Institutional Membership
    • Internships
    • Jobs
    • Media partners
    • Meet Our Team
    • Mission
    • Reports & Financials
    • Supporters
  • WhatMatters
  • Politics
    • 2020 Voter Guide
    • Votebeat
    • Election 2020
    • Inside the Capitol
  • Justice
    • California Divide
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Labor
  • Economy
    • California’s Pension Crisis
    • Poverty
  • Education
    • Corona on Campus
    • Disaster Days
    • K-12 Education
    • Higher Education
  • Children and Youth
  • Environment
    • Building Efficiency
    • California Wildfires
    • Climate Change
    • Frayed Wires
    • Rising Seas
    • Water
  • Health
    • Breakdown: Mental Health
    • Coronavirus
    • Drug Costs
    • Wellness
  • Commentary
    • Dan Walters
    • My Turn
    • Reader Reactions
  • Multimedia
    • Explainers
    • Data Points
    • Force of Law
    • Gimme Shelter
    • California State of Mind
    • Interactives
    • Video
  • Events
  • DONATE
  • About
    • Advisory Board
    • Board of Directors
    • California Dream Project
    • Contact Us
    • Inside CalMatters
    • Institutional Membership
    • Internships
    • Jobs
    • Media partners
    • Meet Our Team
    • Mission
    • Reports & Financials
    • Supporters
Skip to content
CalMatters

CalMatters

California, explained

  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Trending
  • 2020 California Election Results
  • Coronavirus
  • Votebeat
  • California Wildfires

Tag: Environmental Justice

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

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

Avatar by Rachel Becker December 23, 2020January 4, 2021

Mary Nichols has been pivotal in California’s war on smog. But as her tenure ends next week, activists say she didn’t do enough to protect low-income communities and they scuttled her candidacy for Biden’s top environmental post. Wounded but tenacious, she’s contemplating her next battles.

environmental justice

Legislation will provide environmental justice to protect communities from toxics

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

Time for California communities to step up on environmental justice

Avatar by Guest Commentary July 3, 2020July 8, 2020
At new Waterfront Park, children play between the Valero and Phillips 66 refineries, right beside the Los Angeles Port.

‘Troubling’ audit reveals state failure to test millions of babies for toxic lead

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera January 7, 2020June 8, 2020

Blowback on ethnic studies, mental illness, fighting to save forests, and cannabis

Dan Morain by Dan Morain August 9, 2019August 8, 2019
Shirley Weber speaks into a microphone on Assembly floor.

Stephon Clark, gun seizures, trade and beach access

Dan Morain by Dan Morain March 4, 2019
More apartments would go up near transit under a bill that its sponsor says is vital to helping California meet its ambitious housing goals. Photo via Creative Commons.

My turn: Don’t blame environmental law for California’s housing crisis

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 15, 2019
The skyline of San Francisco, where Gov. Jerry Brown will host a climate summit, is shown. | Photo by heyengel via iStock

Heavy hitters on climate change converge on San Francisco, with Gov. Jerry Brown as host

Avatar by Julie Cart September 7, 2018June 23, 2020
Children at play in Wilmington, California—their neighborhood adjacent to industry. Photo by Iris Schneider for CALmatters

‘Trying to breathe’—as CA toasts environmental win, pollution still plagues

Avatar by Julie Cart July 27, 2017June 23, 2020
The most debated portion of the Garcia bill involves an existing loophole under the current cap and trade law that allows industrial facilities to get around retrofitting old, less-efficient equipment by purchasing pollution offsets and continuing to emit. But in addressing one cap-and-trade loophole, Garcia’s bill appears to open another: While it requires local air boards to establish equipment retrofitting programs, because the original law’s language was not struck, facilities could continue to trade pollution credits in lieu of replacing older equipment. Such a program, known as RECLAIM, is operated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. During floor debate, Garcia made it clear that her bill did not intend to create that loophole, but the language remained in the version that passed.

Newly passed pollution bill is ‘downpayment’ to environmental justice

Avatar by Julie Cart July 18, 2017June 23, 2020

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts
© 2021 CalMatters. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube