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Even with $220 million in financial incentives, growers are wondering how they’ll afford whole orchard recycling in the long term–especially small farmers, who have fewer resources to begin with.
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In their new plan to ban agricultural burning, air regulators are using outreach and financial incentives to convince growers to adopt an alternative known as whole orchard recycling.
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Long-term exposure to the particulate matter released by open agricultural burning has been associated with a suite of health problems, and the communities most affected are majority-Latino.
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The San Joaquin Valley air district committed to ending open agricultural burning by 2025, but nearly two decades of postponing the ban have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.
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Air quality and economic impacts from the plan were the top concerns at the Fresno community listening session this week.
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Three members of an advisory group tasked with helping the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District reform a pollution credit program resigned in protest Thursday, saying not enough was being done to improve public health.
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A farmer in Merced County is seeking to expand his dairy. But residents in the neighboring community are not happy with the idea of more cow manure penetrating their air.
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Fresno Unified received more than $700 million in federal pandemic relief funds, and pledged to use that money to equip every classroom with HEPA filters. But an investigation by the Fresno Bee found that the district failed to keep its word.
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The state rarely penalized employers for breaking the rules under Douglas Parker, who now leads the federal agency charged with ensuring worker safety, according to an investigation by KQED and The California Newsroom.
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Rising temperatures are likely to result in more smog, even with reductions in emissions of precursor pollutants.