Tag: California
Biotech corporation withdraws permit for mass release of GE mosquitoes
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced the withdrawal of the permit that would have released billions of genetically engineered mosquitos throughout agriculture communities across the state.
Two new rules shift trucks sales and all locomotives operating in...
“We applaud this ambitious move by the California Air Resources Board to mandate electrification of locomotives and trucks, setting a new bar in the state’s efforts to combat climate change and save lives."
Western monarch butterfly population reaches its highest number since 2000
“It is difficult to watch monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration teeter on the edge of collapse, but there are signs of hope.”
California passes law to fine oil companies over price gouging
The new law prohibiting fuel price gouging will go into effect June 26.
Governments of California and Japan announce new collaboration to clean up...
The U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience Partnership will make “common and concrete efforts to decarbonize operations.”
Rain and heat, fire and snow
The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.
Formal legal petition urges California Air Resources Board to phase out...
The legal petition calls on the California Air Resources Board to adhere to it's "moral obligation to reduce greenhouse gases that are helping to drive catastrophic global warming.”
New oil slick in Long Beach has campaigners demanding environmental change...
"How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?"
California legislation to protect workers who use marijuana outside of work
If signed into law, the bill will "protect employees who fail a certain type of common drug test that detects the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, THC."
Gov. Newsom signs bill to raise wages and working standards for...
Labor advocates are calling the new bill a "groundbreaking step" for low-wage workers.
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."