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(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) today introduced a bill, Senate Bill (SB) 938, that will prohibit political lobbying by investor-owned utilities that can be charged to ratepayers. “While federal law technically prohibits utilities from...
by Dan Bacher
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 07:13 PM PST
with 29 Recommends
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For the Second Time, Kern County’s Fast-Track Permitting Ordinance Fails Under Scrutiny Kern County, CA – The Kern County Superior Court issued a significant ruling that declared Kern County’s environmental review of its 2021 oil and gas ordinance...
by Dan Bacher
on Thu Jun 09, 2022 at 12:12 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being asked to investigate the illegal misuse of a toxic chemical at a Florida immigration detention facility that already has a history of human rights abuses. More than two dozen groups are urging the...
by Gabe Ortiz
on Fri Mar 04, 2022 at 12:36 PM PST
with 33 Recommends
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People detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to be harmed by hazardous detention conditions. Nine immigrants jailed at a private facility in southern California say in a civil rights complaint that they’ve suffered from...
by Gabe Ortiz
on Wed Jan 26, 2022 at 11:11 AM PST
with 19 Recommends
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Have you ever heard of “Forever Chemicals”? These chemicals—their technical name is per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS —have earned that name because, as the Centers for Disease ...
by Ian Reifowitz
on Thu Nov 04, 2021 at 06:55 PM PDT
with 63 Recommends
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Tell Biden to supervise Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, better. Hold both House and Senate Hearings to find out why EPA is refusing to comply with the 9th Circuit Court(s) order(s) that the Environmental Protection Agency shall ban Chlorpyrifos...
by e2247
on Mon Aug 02, 2021 at 12:52 PM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a huge blow to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, other Tribes and environmental groups, the Biden administration today said that it won’t shut down the illegally constructed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), effectively maintaining the...
by Dan Bacher
on Fri Apr 09, 2021 at 01:03 PM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— It’s back to court for a plan by Kern County to expand oil and gas drilling in the county, the center of oil and gas production in California. As many had expected, environmental and community organizations filed a lawsuit...
by Dan Bacher
on Thu Mar 11, 2021 at 02:07 PM PST
with 21 Recommends
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Dear Kossack, Last month, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a huge victory in court — an order requiring the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to be shut down while a full environmental impact statement (EIS) is conducted. The...
by e2247
on Mon Aug 10, 2020 at 01:40 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Yurok Tribe, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), represented by the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, are seeking a temporary restraining...
by Dan Bacher
on Fri May 15, 2020 at 11:00 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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Earth Day turns 50 April 22, 2020. Amid spiraling pollution, the tumultuous Nixon presidency and raging Vietnam War, Earth Day held out the hope and promise of a clean environment and an enlightened future. (Nixon, for all his issues, established the...
by dana anderssen
on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 05:01 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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In the past three years, the number of actions to strip federal regulations protecting the nation has earned Donald Trump industry acclaim as “the all-time record rule-cutter.” Fortunately for the majority of Americans who don’t want to read nature’s...
by Besame
on Sat Mar 21, 2020 at 09:59 AM PDT
with 123 Recommends
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The Yurok Tribe, the largest Indian Tribe in California, and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA) this afternoon filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to low...
by Dan Bacher
on Wed Jul 31, 2019 at 08:54 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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It’s May 1 and the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes, fishing groups and environmental organizations have scored a big victory for threatened coho salmon in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Here is the news release from Earthjustice:
San...
by Dan Bacher
on Tue May 01, 2018 at 07:26 PM PDT
with 22 Recommends
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I’m not much of a writer, but I thought this needed some more, well, love. I hope this isn’t breaking any rules, if so I apologize. The Love-A-Thon is going on right now, and your donations go to Planned Parenthood, Earth Justice or the ACLU. All...
by Greenlamia80
on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 11:20 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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Pipeline Note #1: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Army Corps of Engineers Seek Dismissal of Energy Transfer Partners Litigation on Dakota Access Pipeline
Today, the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Tribe (through their counsel, EarthJustice) and the Army...
by LakeSuperior
on Mon Jan 09, 2017 at 07:33 PM PST
with 10 Recommends
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Following on the heels of the Yurok Tribe’s discovery of deadly fish disease in lower Klamath River salmon last week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced on August 24 that it will release additional water from Trinity Reservoir to help protect...
by Dan Bacher
on Thu Aug 25, 2016 at 06:08 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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On July 29, the Hoopa Valley Tribe filed a lawsuit against the federal government for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over management actions that have imperiled Coho salmon on the Klamath River.
The Tribe filed the litigation...
by Dan Bacher
on Fri Jul 29, 2016 at 05:03 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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On July 20, The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) and the Klamath Riverkeeper joined legal action by the Yurok, Karuk and Hoopa Valley tribes to compel the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Bureau of...
by Dan Bacher
on Thu Jul 21, 2016 at 10:37 AM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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Does a two-week interregnum between the Wisconsin and New York primaries leave a window to post about something other than elections? I'd like to try. Personally, I find the cacophony around the presidential primaries dispiriting, but there's a thing...
by Steve Masover
on Tue Apr 12, 2016 at 08:32 AM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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