Governor Gavin Newsom is being urged to sign key legislation to protect communities from industrial pollution in a letter signed today by leaders of national environmental groups.
Governor Gavin Newsom today vetoed Senate Bill 954 (Blakespear), declining to approve legislation that would have narrowed the "advanced manufacturing" exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), restored baseline public health safeguards for communities near heavy industrial projects, and…
Environmental and public health groups sued to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s repeal of critical standards for power plant carbon
pollution.
The philosophy behind these laws is simple: The fossil fuel companies that share responsibility for creating pollution should also share the responsibility for cleaning it up.
The only viable path to abundant, affordable housing is to build and retrofit homes that are efficient, resilient, affordable to operate, and durable enough to withstand rising climate and insurance risks.