Rejecting years of unequal treatment, 20,000 low-paid California State University student assistants and workers vote to organize.
Oil and gas firm plans new wells near Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site.
From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests.
But a tax break for low-producing stripper wells gets slipped into a package with green energy breaks.
Opponents say a program that gives valuable credits for making fuels from crops and dairy waste props up fossil fuels companies and pollutes nearby communities.
Supporters say harvesting trees would thin out the state’s overgrown forests; critics say the wood pellets for heating produce more carbon than coal.
Weak laws embolden combative employers, so even with big wins and all-time high support, union membership is not keeping up with workforce growth.
Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.
The state has matched fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets for low-income residents for seven years. That may soon end.
Douglas Emmett Inc.’s surge in donations began after a city councilman opposed evictions.