Amid record wildfires and a years-long drought, some of California’s elected officials met with their Nevada counterparts across state lines Tuesday to pledge action on climate change.
Predominately Black and brown communities are five times more likely than the general population to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood by 2050.
California will soon ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers, a move aimed at curbing emissions from a category of small engines on pace to produce more pollution each year than passenger vehicles.
After a state appeals court blocked Kern County's effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state's prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years.
