The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) on May 10 banned the pesticide Chlorpyrifos, known on the market as Lorsban. Chlorpyrifos is used on a wide variety of crops as a…
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California Air and Ag Departments Launch Climate Partnership
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture last week launched a public-private initiative to advance climate smart agriculture and reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
California Issues First-of-its-Kind PFAS Action
Last week, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Resources Control Board made two major announcements regarding PFAS: California will not yet initiate steps to promulgate Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) for…
California Sets Guidelines for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water
Last week, the California State Water Resources Control Board established new drinking water guidelines for local water agencies to follow in detecting and reporting the presence of contaminants perfluorooctanoic acid…
NASA Satellite Air Pollution Data Show Strong Results from California Programs
A new scientific study by scientists from Emory University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the California Air Resources Board uses satellite technology to provide evidence that California’s clean air programs…
California Requests White House Meeting on Federal Auto Efficiency Standards
Regulators at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have requested a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) over proposed plans to ease federal auto efficiency standards.…
Top Ten LEED States Recognized by National Council
On January 31, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of the Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world’s most widely…
California’s Creation of an Environmental Justice Task Force
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) created the Environmental Justice Task Force (EJ Task Force) in 2013 to coordinate the compliance and enforcement work of federal, state, and local environmental enforcement…
A Dozen States Express Concern to OMB over CPP Repeal
On July 14, the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington sent a letter to White House Office of Management…
California Seeks to Extend Market-Based System for Cutting Carbon Pollution; State Also Announces 2018 Global Climate Action Summit
California Governor Jerry Brown and California lawmakers last week unveiled a legislative package that would extend the state’s market-based system for reducing carbon and other greenhouse gases through 2030. California’s…
