A bill to reform the Department of Toxic Substances Control has been a long time coming, but will Governor Newsom sign it?
Budget overruns, conflicts of interest and bankruptcy hound the quarter-billion-dollar Exide cleanup.
While California was convulsed by COVID-19 and George Floyd’s death, the governor gave Big Oil a big gift.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.
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A family of toxins known as PFAS has gotten its closeup on the silver screen via Dark Waters. Will regulators take note?
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One analysis predicts consumers would lose $460 billion between 2021 and 2026, primarily due to reversals in net fuel economy.
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.
The state only requires schools to take action if lead levels exceed 15 ppb. But the CDC says there’s no safe blood lead level for children.
SoCalGas has been telling Southern Californians that they will lose natural gas in their homes due to coming state regulations.
A warehouse project is planned for a Los Angeles area that is among the very worst in the state for the threats that toxic cleanups and hazardous wastes pose.
A warehouse project is planned for a Los Angeles area that is among the very worst in the state for the threats that toxic cleanups and hazardous wastes pose.
Reporter Joe Rubin explains how California’s public health department dropped the ball in a Bay Area contamination case.
Santa Clara County has not revealed how many of the children who attended a now-shuttered gymnastics facility have been tested for lead.
Justine Calma’s Grist article documents the Sisyphean struggle of working-class activists to fight the power of polluting industries.
While community activists demand ending the use of a dangerous gas at two California oil refineries, their owners claim the ban would cost jobs and raise gasoline prices.
Guns spewed lead dust. Child gymnasts trained. California regulators failed to act.
California agriculture will have no silver bullets in a fight to survive global warming.
PFAS chemicals have been linked to numerous health problems, including cancer. And they’re increasingly being found in public drinking water systems.
Developers blame a half-century-old law for slowing development. Studies show there are other factors at work.