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Industry lobbyists targeting legislators with “myth after myth” to stop emissions disclosure bill, says key environmental group.
As the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative stalls in the courts, front-line communities ask the administration to prioritize their input.
Overburdened labor enforcement agency says violations are difficult to prove.
The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.
People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.
When one conference declined to cancel, a union walkout helped drive other concessions.
Student poets respond to a hotter and diminished planet.
If you earn less than $55,000 a year and work more than 40 hours a week, you could be eligible for time and a half.
Sempra is pitching lawmakers on industry-friendly climate solutions paid by ratepayers.
Community coalition targets major developers whose subcontractors stiff workers and allow dangerous conditions, signaling possible national strategy.
A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example.
A new Capital & Main series explores rising labor unrest in a nation of extreme disparities.
Weak labor laws allow the coffee giant to avoid contract talks.
Following watchdog’s advice, senators shrink tax giveaway program for oil and gas.
The state’s largest fossil fuel companies won a new loophole big enough for a liquified natural gas plant.
Amid huge profits for oil majors, pressure builds on banks to cut ties.
Despite the success of Blue Beetle, Latinos remain the most underrepresented group in films.
Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.
Legislation aims to rein in an unregulated industry with ballooning environmental effects.
Emissions disclosure bill is testing the state’s climate resolve in the face of industry misinformation.