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.
How to help health care workers live where they are employed.
The Biden administration has embarked on the most expansive government investment since the Great Society, with ambitious goals for economic and social equity.
Incentives for cow manure methane prop up gas infrastructure — can California do better?
Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.
Oakland is clearing out what was once the city’s largest unhoused community.
Can California make the most of a rare health care win?
Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.
Lawsuits in Montana and Hawaii shine light on how climate chaos threatens their adult lives.
Effort to tighten rules on so-called forced pooling shows difficulty of reforms.
Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.
Black, Latino and low income residents have disproportionately high exposure to oil and gas wells, new research shows.
While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.
The long COVID crisis exposes a disability claims system in disarray.
Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.
Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.
We hate to break your bubble, but here’s the sweet, sticky truth about a popular Asian drink.
Gov. Newsom reneged on pledge to wind down fossil fuel refineries.
A state bill aims to extend foster care housing support for those who need it most.