Ninth Circuit blocks permits for hydraulic fracturing off California coast Bullet Los Angeles Times - June 3 The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday blocked hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, off...more
6/13/2022
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Biden to crack down on polluters in poor and minority communities Bullet Associated Press - May 5 The Biden administration on Thursday announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters...more
California unveils proposed measure to ban new gasoline-fueled cars Bullet The Mercury News - April 13 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Wednesday unveiled a far-reaching proposal requiring a ramp-up in sales of...more
SEC proposes new corporate climate change disclosure rules Bullet Associated Press - March 21 Under a new proposal issued on Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), public companies would have to disclose...more
Appeals court halts ruling blocking Biden climate metric -
The Hill - March 16 -
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday halted a lower court’s ruling that prevented the Biden administration from factoring the...more
Climate change threatens nearly one third of U.S. hazardous chemical facilities -
NPR – March 2 -
Nearly one third of the hazardous chemical facilities in the United States, including many sites in California, are at...more
Citing drought, U.S. won’t deliver water to California farmers -
Associated Press – February 23 -
With California entering the third year of severe drought, federal officials said Wednesday they won’t deliver water to...more
Biden administration prioritizes environmental justice funding without mentioning race, hoping to fend off legal challenge - CNN – February 18 - The Biden administration announced today that 40% of federal funds for climate...more
EPA to bring back mercury pollution rules rolled back under Trump administration -
CNN – January 31 -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it intends to restore the 2012 Mercury and...more
Tightened federal water protections won't slow some projects -
Los Angeles Times – January 14 -
The Biden administration is moving to tighten oversight of projects that benefited from a narrowed interpretation of the...more
State Water Project will deliver no water to most communities next year -
The Mercury News – December 1 -
In a stark indicator of California’s worsening drought, Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration announced this...more
Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards -
Associated Press – November 18 -
The Biden administration took action this Thursday to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams,...more
11/19/2021
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