climate change Archives - Leadership Counsel

California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts

Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Richard Corey unilaterally rejected a petition request from a coalition of environmental justice, animal protection, and community groups to immediately initiate a rulemaking to eliminate credits for factory farm gas from one of California’s premier climate programs, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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South Fresno residents challenge the City of Fresno’s approval of inadequate environmental impact report

FRESNO — Over the past few years, South Fresno residents have endured an explosion of industrial development in their neighborhoods next to homes and schools with little to no mitigation of the resulting environmental and public health burdens on their…

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Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB

Environmental justice, animal rights, and community organizations urge CARB to eliminate credits for factory farm gas in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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City response needed after South Fresno neighborhood smothered by recycling center fire

Residents are directly feeling the effects of climate change locally, and a lack of policies or emergency planning to mitigate these effects will continue to hurt communities.

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Crucial and Critical: Invest now in Community Resilience, Public Health, and Emergency Response

California and its constituent communities will require innovative community driven partnerships and physical infrastructure to support response and recovery efforts from compounding disasters.

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