California Air Resources Board ordered staff not to engage with ex-colleague after he questioned gas industry claims.
The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.
Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.
Legislation aims to shine a light on corporate climate pollution and carbon offsets.
New studies call for reparations from oil companies and governments responsible for climate change.
Watchdogs call for creation of an environmental justice office, better monitoring of Clean Air Act violations.
Critics call for removal of state agency’s economic mandate.
Incentives for cow manure methane prop up gas infrastructure — can California do better?
Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.
Activists get a victory in their fight to protect South L.A. residents from a Catholic Archdiocese-owned oil drill site.
After industry lobbyists halted the oil and gas well safe-distance law, their well-funded referendum could sway voters with misinformation.
Links between environmental exposures and maternal health outcomes remain underexplored, despite recent efforts to catch up.
COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable.
Brian Lilla’s Children of the Vine examines the herbicide’s legacy in wine country.
Opponents say the plan would worsen pollution and build momentum for more industrial projects near the fragile coastline.
The state is in danger of missing its 2030 emission goal, but the oil and gas industry is lobbying against changes.
As the agency rolls out a $500 million clean up program, it must navigate skepticism from environmental experts and the public.
Newly discovered records of illegal hazardous waste dumping raise fresh doubts over developer transparency and regulatory oversight.
Questions over DTSC competency complicate taxpayer-funded plans to rehabilitate polluted properties.
Lax enforcement and major permitting problems plague hazardous waste facilities in Los Angeles.