Tag: California
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.
Los Angeles is creating a model for fighting mass incarceration
Los Angeles County is laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.
California Air Resources Board passes Advanced Clean Cars II rule to...
The rule will transition California's transportation sector to 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround
A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.
Calls mount to release ethics report as Matt Gaetz’s Attorney General nomination sparks bipartisan...
Matt Gaetz’s abrupt resignation following his nomination as Attorney General has raised ethical and legal questions. Lawmakers and watchdogs demand answers as concerns mount over Gaetz’s past investigations and his potential confirmation.