CA Regulators Poised to Approve Most Egregious Biogas Scheme Yet

California Air Resource Board poised to allow massive incentives for mega-dairy and hydrogen facility in San Joaquin Valley, threatening local air quality
Tombstone Community Celebrates Long-Awaited Connection to Safe Drinking Water After Years of Contamination and Dry Wells

After nearly a decade of advocacy, residents of Tombstone Territory, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, are finally connected to a safe, reliable drinking water source.
Senator Blakespear Introduces Legislation to Balance CEQA Reforms with Needed Environmental and Worker Protections

SB 954 ensures that when new industrial facilities are built, that the environment, workers and the communities living next door are protected as they should be.
Assemblymember Boerner Introduces “The Families and Neighborhood Safety Act” to Increase Transparency and Protect Communities’ Right to Clean Water and Air

AB 2170 would ensure industrial projects with the most potential to harm vulnerable communities, such as landfills, nuclear plants, or chemical production, undergo environmental review and reduce their pollution.
Groups File New Lawsuit Against CARB’s LCFS

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizes Factory Farm Pollution Nationwide
Water is a fundamental necessity for life, not a luxury

Senator Durazo and water advocates continue the fight to make water affordable
Groups sue CARB over environmental impacts of flagship climate program

The LCFS incentivizes pollution in communities across the nation already overburdened with factory farm pollution, including those in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Pixley residents halt development of 28-acre industrial hydrogen project approved without environmental review

Today, in a significant victory for the Pixley community and environmental justice, Tulare County rescinded its approval of a 28-acre industrial hydrogen plant.
5 Things We Know Right Now

No matter what comes in the years ahead, this team, our friends and partners, and the persistent community leaders with whom we partner will continue to look out for one another, show up for one another, and protect one another.
California Air Resources Board fails communities and state transportation goals with approval of staff’s harmful approach to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The California Air Resources Board demonstrated its indifference toward Californians who will bear the brunt of pollution costs and fuel costs of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard by approving a proposal that prioritizes profits for megadairies and factory farm gas investors over addressing perverse harms to communities and furthering its own transportation goals.