Tag: California
Toxic air pollution has dropped over the last two decades in...
Better refined fuels, moves toward electric vehicles, and better public transportation can make the air pollution issue even better over the next decade.
New bill seeks to ban fracking in California
“Communities that are already struggling with health outcomes — we’re allowing them to be poisoned, and that's just not OK.”
‘Sadistic and depraved’: Trump rejects California request for federal disaster aid...
“That a sitting president—of any party—would deny their own citizens help during their time of greatest need, amid literal hellfire raining down on American cities, is beyond shameful.”
California becomes first US state to ban 24 toxic chemicals found...
“Every day, Californians are exposed to hazardous chemicals hiding in their cosmetics and personal care products.”
California approves massive electric vehicle charging program across Southern California
"This program marks the largest single program for any utility in the nation, a major win for clean air and healthier communities."
‘A human tragedy’: Wildfires reveal California’s reliance on incarcerated firefighters
Lay bare the state’s reliance on prison labor to control its ever-growing wildfire season with an exploitative system many have called slave labor.
Judge blocks California from putting cancer warning on Roundup
So far, juries in three trials have ordered the company to pay billions after concluding that the product did cause cancer.
Pipeline shutdown prevented 34 million tons of carbon pollution in California
“We need to end offshore drilling, not bring it back to life with another dirty oil pipeline.”
Former LA City Councilman agrees to plead guilty to obstructing corruption...
According to the indictment, Mitchell Englander was soliciting bribes from a local businessman in exchange for political favors.
Former California Congressman sentenced to prison for stealing campaign funds
“The FBI is committed to investigate public officials who abuse the public trust and use their office to commit illegal acts.”
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.