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.
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 everyday lives. The City of Fresno’s adoption of an inadequate environmental impact report for its […]
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.
Press Release: CARB votes to phase out Valley ag burning by 2025, fails to address immediate risks

Statement issued by Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability following a vote by the California Air Resources Board to phase out ag burning. FRESNO — While we are pleased that CARB voted to phase out agricultural (ag) burning in the San Joaquin Valley by 2025 and require development and implementation of a plan to do […]