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Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters / CatchLight LocalState funding is insufficient so lower-income residents have trouble getting their subsidies. The problems jeopardize California’s climate and air pollution goals as electric car prices keep rising. -
Jeff Chiu/APThe state and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management agreed to put a moratorium on any sales of oil and gas leases on federal land around Bakersfield until the appropriate environmental reviews are completed.
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Companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles will need to cut down on plastic use by 25% over the next decade if they want to keep selling in the state. -
Digesters that capture methane from manure have been shown to be one of the state’s most cost-effective tools for fighting climate change, but community advocates warn the emissions savings don’t make up for the harm that dairies pose to nearby communities.
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Who loses and who gains as California cleans up its cars? Nearly 32,000 mechanics would lose jobs by 2040 under the proposed phaseout of new gas-powered cars. Electric companies would be the big winners.
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As drought continues to hammer the state, advocates are sounding the alarm for what they think could be the collapse of the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture workforce.
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It’s one of the first programs of its kind in the country.
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A proposed bill would pay farmworkers who lost work due to dry or low-water conditions $1,000 a month for three years.
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Growers are concerned that the order could slow or restrict access to groundwater.
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The rural city of Taft is perched directly on top of the state’s most productive oilfield.
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If enacted this summer, California’s mandate — the first in the world — would increase sales of electric or other zero-emission cars to 35% in 2026, and prohibit new gasoline or diesel cars by 2035.
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A public radio special exploring the high price of climate change for California communities.
