"Those of us who’ve been working on environmental justice and climate justice," says Mustafa Ali, "understand we’re talking about housing, transportation, the environment, public health and...
Co-published by Newsweek There’s something hinky about the governor's climate leadership, an inconsistency that environmentalists warn will threaten his legacy.
Co-published by The American Prospect The Trump administration wants to argue that California has no special right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks....
Energy experts have their doubts about East Bay Community Energy's ability to immediately deliver power that does not involve a hydroelectric dam — or even a...
Food safety, security and storage are three problems that influence the meal choices of people living without the other conveniences of shelter.
CalChamber won't say how many jobs on its Job Killer list would be eliminated by proposed environmental and workplace protection bills -- or even how such...
Co-published by International Business Times Lowering taxes, shrinking the size of federal government and reducing the deficit were issues that played well in Mimi Walters' conservative...
Built atop an earthquake fault on an idyllic California sea cliff, the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant has hardly gone a day in its history without stirring...
Co-published by The American Prospect In the swank seaside hamlets of California Congressional District 48, people by custom and habit do not discuss politics. Many cannot name...
How much damage a 30 percent tariff will inflict depends on who’s talking. The Solar Energy Industries Association says the impact will be devastating. Others speak...
While the sexual harassment stories of high-profile women capture headlines in the mainstream media, the everyday abuse suffered by low-wage workers in the service industry has...
Are we putting too much pressure on autonomous electric vehicles to solve all of our problems, from pollution to congestion to traffic safety?
The Pew Research Center says that among millennials who head households, more live in poverty than do households led by previous generations -- and that national...
U.S. power plants rank among the highest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. Dialing back their emissions would at least have marked a decisive step...
Co-published by International Business Times Environmentalists and community activists have long lobbied for a statewide ban on fracking. “Given what we know about fracking’s dangers, [banning it]...
Co-published by International Business Times Since 2000 the number of California’s drug-induced deaths has doubled. These aren’t suicides.
The latest Republican assault on the Affordable Care Act came fast at health-care advocates in the past few weeks, leaving analysts flat-footed in their attempts to...
Co-published by International Business Times Weather satellites take years to design and build, weeks to successfully launch, and a well-funded staff of scientists to interpret and distribute...
A California company wants to pump water from an ancient aquifer in the Mojave desert. Experts warn that draining the aquifer would irreversibly harm the desert's...
The Southern California Association of Governments' "100 Hours” initiative is intended to solve L.A.'s traffic woes, and is named for the average number of hours Los...