Tag: California
Trump signs Congressional Review Act, reverses three California clean vehicle programs
California plans to challenge the resolutions through legal action.
How to win the nation’s highest minimum wage
It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it.
Fur seal populations in California increase after near extinction
The population has grown rapidly, and in 2024, biologists recorded 2,133 fur seals, including 1,276 pups.
California’s monarch butterfly population at near-record low
The count of 9,119 butterflies this winter is a sharp decline from 200,000 reported in the past three years, but slightly up from 2,000 monarch reported in 2020.
California’s bold move to hold Big Oil accountable for climate disasters
New bill aims to shift wildfire recovery costs from taxpayers to fossil fuel companies.
Prison labor in the spotlight as incarcerated California firefighters risk lives...
For more on how California’s incarcerated firefighting program works, we speak to investigative journalist Keri Blakinger, who is herself formerly incarcerated, and who recently had to evacuate her home in Los Angeles.
LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas
Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.
Lessons on building independent progressive power in a city
An interview about the policy impact and political lessons of Richmond Progressive Alliance-led municipal reform efforts in a majority-minority city of 115,000.
Almost all air samples from agriculture-intensive communities in California detects high...
The result of the state's air monitoring confirmed 163 of the 207 air samples showed pesticides.
New law requires clothing companies in California to have recycling program...
Companies producing clothing, bedding, towels and upholstery are now mandated by law to administer and fund the repair, reuse and recycling of their products statewide.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
The US-China tech race, resource wars, and the cost of militarization
Over the past decade, a steady and well-funded campaign has convinced the general public that China is the greatest threat to the safety and security of the American people.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?