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CA appeals court deems County’s oil and gas permitting illegal
A March 7 decision by a California appeals court has resulted in Kern County being directed to set aside its permitting ordinance.
Environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
A lawsuit was filed against the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (Valley Air District) by San Joaquin Valley environmental justice advocates with the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment, Committee for a Better Arvin, Committee for a Better Shafter, and Delano Guardians.
Arvin and Lamont will receive $30 million worth of incentives to help reduce air pollution
This funding will cover incentives for replacing heavy-duty trucks, heavy-duty agriculture equipment, school buses, and other incentives to help improve the air quality.
Kern County receives a grant for development of a Clean Energy and Carbon Management Business Park
Kern County has been awarded a Communities Local Energy Action Program (LEAP) technical assistance grant by the U.S.
Valley Air advocate and expert discusses ways to restore Valley air quality
Thanks to the rain Kern County saw this weekend, the skies are clear, for now; however, blue skies seem to be a rarity in Kern.
CA Attorney General, DPR, and San Joaquin County District Attorney secure court decision against Alpine for illegal pesticide drift
On Tuesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), and San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar secured a decision by the San Joaquin County Superior Court against Alpine Helicopter Service, Inc.
COMMENTARY: ‘Climate change cannot be solved individually’: Delano youth marched for environmental justice
BY OSCAR CAMACHO
Last Friday, Delano youth and other community members gathered together to march in solidarity with the rest of the world and demand environmental justice through the Delano Environmental Strike.
COMMENTARY: California Surgeon General advocates for health equity in Kern
BY CAROLINE FARRELL
California’s first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris held a listening in Bakersfield in May, with hopes to hear about local challenges and to share the Administration’s priorities, which advocate for health equity, advancing the social determinants of health and screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) from lifelong exposure to toxic environments (social, physical, and natural).
Gustavo Aguirre talks about IVAN app for reporting local environmental hazards on In the 661
Gustavo Aguirre talks about how youth leaders collaborated to create a new app, IVAN, for environmental justice.
Dolores Huerta and her children speak about the family legacy
By: Veronica Morley
A packed Levan Center at Bakersfield College celebrated Dolores Huerta and her children as they spoke about her life as an activist and their family legacy.