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A New Space for Our Community Project: Lost Hills Air Quality Website
Clean Water Fund California, in collaboration with Comite Lost Hills En Accion, is excited to announce the launch of our new website! This website will be used as an information hub for the Lost Hills community air safety and health.
State Water Board proposes plan to provide relief for Californians struggling to pay water bills
For Immediate Release February 26, 2020 SACRAMENTO - California residents and clean water advocates commend the State Water Board for releasing its proposed plan for a statewide water affordability program on Tuesday. While families can currently get help to pay unaffordable energy bills through a long-running federal program, no similar universal program exists for water — often forcing families to choose between paying for water or meeting other basic needs. Research shows that the inability to pay water bills has clear links to eviction and homelessness in California and across the country
CA Lagging Behind on PFAS, But Has the Chance to Do it Right
Joint Post with Anna Reade, Staff Scientist with Natural Resources Defense Council The estimated number of Californians affected by water contaminated by toxic PFAS chemicals is rising. Data released just last week confirms that California has cause for worry, and underscores that the state should act now to protect its residents. One way to do that is to pass laws that stop unnecessary use and release of these harmful chemicals and that provide for better testing for them. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, constitute a large class of man-made chemicals used widely in industrial
Protecting Californians from Oil and Gas Production
More than 5 million Californians live near oil and gas production. In Kern County, oil production is wedged between homes and looms over schools and playground. Our communities are under a haze of contaminants due to the gargantuan fields of oil and gas wells bordering towns and scattered along our roads.
California Toxics Program: 2024 In Review
As we round out 2024, the Toxics Program wanted to share some of our top victories and a quick look ahead with our members. Please be assured that you are part of these achievements. We can’t do our work without your support, so this comes with our thanks and our hope that you’ll continue to be part of California’s Clean Water Action family.
