Though the state is set to spend plenty in effort to meet the goals of its emissions reduction plan, more permanent solutions seem far off.
Ten years on, a law meant to help urban farmers feed hungry Californians continues to underperform.
How to follow the heat to the next disease; and how following the science got a researcher in trouble.
The plan by Extraction would have led to horizontal drilling under hundreds of acres of scenic Boulder County lands purchased with taxpayer dollars.
The first of its kind legislation holds companies liable for illness from urban drilling.
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same.
Petroleum industry supports tax breaks for renewable energy projects but legislators refuse.
Homer City Generating Station has been used to delay environmental regulations. Could the infamous site become a symbol for the just transition?
David Weil, whose 2022 Senate confirmation to a Labor Department post was blocked, says fast food companies, ride-sharing services and nonunion builders fear vigorous enforcement of labor laws.
Natalia Molina, historian, author and MacArthur fellow, discusses gentrification and her family’s history of nurturing community.
Can we learn to look at violence as an aspect of pain?
His soap company donates millions to psychedelics research and reforms, which the CEO says can lead to a healthier, more just society.
Diesel exhaust and emissions from plastic production warm the planet over time, while immediately threatening those who inhale their toxic fumes.
Fast food industry contributes to homelessness in California, says new report.
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?