Filter By:
Type
State
Priority
Posted On
Search Results
Planting Trees, Growing Environmental Leaders
In May, I finished my third semester teaching a college dual enrollment Healthy Communities course at Madison Park Academy in the Sobrante Park District of East Oakland. Sobrante Park is an environmental justice community burdened with heavy traffic. The majority of households pay over 50% of their income for housing, and the community has some of the highest asthma rates in the country. Most of the environmental injustices faced by residents are due to air pollution from vehicles including the diesel trucks that run on the 880 freeway directly adjacent to the school. Diesel trucks are not
SNAPS Air Monitoring Launch in Lost Hills
On May 13th, with the symbolic press of a green button, Comite Lost Hills En Accion (Committee Lost Hills in Action), successfully launched the SNAPS (Study of Neighborhood Air near Petroleum Sources) air pollution monitors at the California Air Resources Board SNAPS Kickoff in Lost Hills. Over 25 community members joined the launch and celebration. Lost Hills is the first community selected to host SNAPS monitors. During the three to six months during which they will be in the community, they will monitor air contaminants such as: Volatile Organic Compounds(VOC's), Criteria Pollutants(
Sustainable Groundwater Management in California Depends on You!
Clean Water Fund, in partnership the Union of Concerned Scientists and Community Water Center has released its first guide to California groundwater planning. Collaborating for Success follows the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), and provides a roadmap for local agencies to ensure that communities, environmental advocates, tribes and other stakeholders are effectively engaged in local groundwater management efforts.
