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Legislators can protect California from these dangerous pesticides by passing AB 2146, a bill authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.

On June 14, San Jose's City Council unanimously took an important step to tackle the city's biggest source of climate-changing emissions: cars on the road.

When President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, he made sure billions in transportation funding would come to California to modernize and clean up our transportation system. Two bills would help the state prioritize climate and equity in…

The Santa Susana Field Lab near Los Angeles is one of the most contaminated sites in California. Yet cleanup has barely begun. Here we answer common questions about the site and its cleanup, or lack thereof.

The proposed luxury lofts did not provide nearly enough affordable housing to address the city’s affordability crisis. 

The recent launch of TECH Clean California represents a significant milestone in the effort to equitably decarbonize California’s buildings in line with our pressing climate goals. What’s in the $120 million program, and how can Californians take advantage TECH's electrification…

Widespread neonic use is a leading cause of pollinator declines and linked with bird losses, ecosystem collapse, and risks to human health.

AB 1817 by Assemblymember Ting would phase out PFAS in clothing and textiles sold in California.

In Los Angeles, buildings are the top source of carbon pollution, and the city is taking bold steps to end these harmful emissions completely by 2050. As city leaders and other stakeholders consider how to achieve these emissions reductions equitably…

When is a pesticide not a pesticide?

Currently, LA’s building stock is responsible for 43% of the city’s total greenhouse gas emissions. A recent report dives deep into the complex relationship between getting fossil fuels out of buildings and creating and preserving affordable housing in Los Angeles…

San Jose, the nation’s 10th largest city, has emerged as a climate leader in recent years, including by becoming the biggest city in the United States to make almost all new buildings all-electric. But the City’s work isn’t done, as…

The Huntington Beach offshore oil pipeline spill will present a handful of legal issues in the coming months and years. Here we go again.

Governor Newsom’s signature today put in place a new law authored by Assembly Member Ting that bans PFAS in paper-based food packaging, requires disclosure of chemicals of concern (such as PFAS) in cookware, and prohibits misleading advertising about the presence…