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Environment
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Environmental groups file suit against local carbon capture project
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit to stop a carbon capture project approved in October by the Kern County Board of Supervisors. The project site is in Elk Hills in western Kern County.
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CSUB professors urge the city to strengthen Tree Master Plan for a greener future
California State University Bakersfield’s (CSUB) professors Dr. Antje Lauer and Dr. Gitika Commuri signed a letter to Mayor K. Goh and members of the City Council addressed and urged the council to implement stronger measures to the city’s new Tree Master Plan, which was discussed at the City Council meeting on Wednesday evening.
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Farmworker communities protest “separate and unequal” regulation of cancer-causing pesticide
Farmworker communities across California are condemning the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) new draft rule on the cancer-causing pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D). They say the regulation discriminates against Latino and Indigenous residents by allowing much higher exposure levels than for workers.
Kern County Supervisors approves California’s first Carbon Capture project
Monday morning the Kern County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting and approved California’s first carbon capture project.
SEIU 521 union members picket against their leadership
SEIU 521 members said it’s the first time they have picketed against their leadership
A group of union members of Service Employees International Union Local 521 in Bakersfield say they are sorely discontented and held a picket downtown last Friday dubbed a “Call to Action.”
Arvin granted over $3 million for street and road reconstruction
On Friday, the City of Arvin announced that it had been awarded a $3.2 million CDBG non-entitlement competitive grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to fulfill the community’s desire for street and road reconstruction.