Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
As California continues its leadership in countering global warming, we face a critical policy decision on whether to solve some of the state’s insidious air pollution problems at the same time. While opponents of Assembly Bill 32, California’s landmark global...
Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
It’s not a question of whether people are dying from a type of air pollution known as fine particulate exposure, but how many. Those attacking the science behind the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) epic rulemakings on toxic diesels, however,...
Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
Most Californians think that the budget situation is a big problem, and a majority would support reforming the current two-thirds requirement for legislative budget approval - and the annual debacles that it creates - with a 55 percent majority. ...
Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
It's so exciting to see immediate environmental progress at the federal level, with the new administration breathing life back into California's Clean Car Standards. But there's a dramatic role reversal going on as California suddenly leaves its post as green...
Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
When the Port of Oakland falls on tough financial times, they have no problem jettisoning critical health and environmental programs. Last Wednesday, the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners did just that in a surprise move that will delay and...
