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As legislation strives to make electric-powered vehicles like Teslas more accessible, the need for more electric car charging stations is becoming evident. Here's how the lack of chargers disproportionately affects low-income and BIPOC communities.
California activists paved the way for defining climate change as an air pollution problem. Now it's federal law, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved an ordinance banning new oil wells and production facilities in unincorporated areas, while ordering existing operations to be phased out over the next 20 years.
California has become the first state in the U.S. to legally mandate ending the use of natural gas in existing buildings — particularly in appliances like heaters — in an attempt to curb air pollution and reduce the reliance on fossil fuels.
Declining recycling rates in California have led to a multi-million-pound shortfall of recycled PET, or polyethylene terephthalate — the plastic most commonly used in water bottles and take-out containers — making it difficult to meet the recycled content requirements.
A new "No on 30" ad speaking out against California Proposition 30 (which raises income taxes on those making $2+ million a year to create a clean air fund) features California Governor Gavin Newsom as its main — and only — spokesperson.
The California state legislature passed a slate of bills that tighten up its climate plans, including those addressing oil drilling, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets and other climate goals.
California state lawmakers approved Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal to extend the lifespan of Diablo Canyon, the state's last nuclear power plant, and to give PG&E a $1.4 billion loan to continue operating it. approved Newsom's proposal to extend the lifespan of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant, and to give PG&E a $1.4 billion loan to continue operating it.
Experts say the bill could prevent 23 million tons of plastic pollution by 2032.
Wildfires loom all over, but the rural counties with poor and elderly residents face the greatest threats.
County of Imperial and a coalition of local grassroots groups are backing a state proposal to tax lithium on a per-ton basis, something the industry opposes.
Oil and gas refineries that emit excessive pollution would be subject to increased fines. There has been considerable opposition to the bill from oil industry stakeholders. Meanwhile, regulators argue the legislation is necessary amid a yearslong increase in pollution violations.