Media Coverage
- Coalition criticizes CA for approving 24 new fracking permits after a nearly six-month moratorium
April 13, 2020, Red, Green, Blue
- California Approves Goal to Double Green Energy
March 26, 2020, Courthouse News, Download PDF
- Coronavirus shifts the people’s business online in California
March 3,2020, Politico, Download PDF
- Building Our Own Bridge
February 28, 2020, Sierra Club, Download PDF
- Jane Fonda enlists Joaquin Phoenix and other famous friends for L.A. climate protest
February 7, 2020, LA Times, Download PDF
- Activists against gas-fired power plants rally at State Capitol
February 4, 2020, Fox 40, Download PDF
- Kern County needs to be proactive about its future
January 10, 2020, Bakersfield Californian, Download PDF
- Wildfires Expose Gaps in Disaster Relief for Undocumented Communities
January 7, 2020, California Health Report, Download PDF
- Air quality regulators must protect vulnerable communities
December 12, 2019, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- A Green New Deal for Oakland
December 5, 2019, Argus Media, Download PDF
- Outdated SoCal power units still needed to avoid outages, state says
October 23, 2019, Orange County Register, Download PDF
- Millions of Californians Lost Power Because PG&E Refused to Spend Money to Fix Its Problems
October 11, 2019, Vice, Download PDF
- Buscan que para el 2045 California funcione completamente con fuentes de energía limpia
October 5, 2019, La Opinion, Download PDF
- CARB Adopts Tropical Forest Standard That Opponents Say Violates Indigenous Sovereignty
September 25, 2019, Daily Kos, Download PDF
- As Indigenous Peoples Protest, California Approves Global Cap-and-Trade Plan
September 23, 2019, The Real News, Download PDF
- California approves controversial tropical forest offsets plan
September 23, 2019, San Francisco Chronicle, Download PDF
- Environmental justice requires meaningful community involvement
September 22, 2019, Benito Link, Download PDF
- Local lawmakers back off refinery bill after meeting with environmental activists
September 22, 2019, Bakersfield Californian, Download PDF
- California’s Market-Based Plan to Protect Tropical Forests
September 17, 2019, Capital & Main, Download PDF
- California must not fall for marketing scheme that falsely claims to protect tropical forests
September 16, 2019, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- A Refinery Says It Is Too Small to be Required to Monitor its Emissions
September 13, 2019, Streetsblog, Download PDF
- Last-minute switch would serve one oil refinery — and environmentalists are crying foul
September 13, 2019, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- California lawmaker opposes tropical forest standard
August 16, 2019, Argus Media, Download PDF
- California Legislature Climate Watchdog Committee Has Little Bite
August 7, 2019, The Real News Network, Download PDF
- California’s new Public Utilities Commission president must lead us to a gas-free future
July 18, 2019, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- California’s pollution enforcers would like to save tropical forests. But at what cost?
July 8, 2019, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- California’s oil and gas regulators get an “F’ grade in environmental justice report
June 22, 2019, Red, Green, and Blue, Download PDF
- Some California regulators get poor grades from environmental watchdog
June 20, 2019, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Oxnard, California: The City That Stopped A Gas Plant
June 12, 2019, Huffington Post, Download PDF
- Environmental regulators: Put people before industry
June 4, 2019, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- California Must Stand Up to Big Oil to Protect Our Communities and Meet Climate Goals
May 15, 2019, California Health Report, Download PDF
- City planners need to talk about race. The lives of our residents depend on it.
March 12, 2019, Greater Greater Washington, Download PDF
- We can’t wait for Washington’s Green New Deal. California needs a Just Transition now.
February 24, 2019, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Giving neighborhoods a voice: Environmental justice workshop focuses on practices, resources aimed at helping communities
February 20, 2019, Stockton Record, Download PDF
- How polluted is your neighborhood? This new tool will tell you
January 14, 2019, Cross Cut, Download PDF
- California’s unfulfilled promise on access to safe water
January 12, 2019, Press Enterprise, Download PDF
- The “original sin” of air quality regulations is keeping communities polluted. But that’s changing.
January 7, 2019, Environmental Health News, Download PDF
- Legislating a Just Transition off Fossil Fuels: San Diego Champions Lead on Climate and Energy Policies
November 5, 2018, San Diego Free Press, Download PDF
- Oil industry spends millions to boost California Democrats
November 1, 2018, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- Keeping score on environmental justice leadership
October 18, 2018, Inland Empire Community News, Download PDF
- Know Your State’s Most Pressing Environmental Issues Before Election Day
October 17, 2018, Life Hacker, Download PDF
- Plugging California’s Renters into Energy Efficiency Programs
October 16, 2018, Next City, Download PDF
- Protesters fill streets near SF climate summit, object to ‘market-based’ solutions
September 14, 2018, San Francisco Chronicle, Download PDF
- Oil impacted communities in CA have had enough
September 13, 2018, KPFA, Download PDF
- Why These Environmentalists Are Protesting Jerry Brown’s Climate Summit
September 13, 2018, Earther, Download PDF
- Beyond ‘Climate Capitalism,’ Gov. Brown Signs 100% Renewables by 2045 Into Law
September 10, 2018, Common Dreams, Download PDF
- Sol2Sol: The Indigenous and POC-led alternative to the Global Climate Action Summit
September 10, 2018, KALW, Download PDF
- The Amazon Economy You Won’t Hear About at the Global Climate Action Summit
September 8, 2018, Latino Rebels, Download PDF
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
September 8, 2018, The Guardian, Download PDF
- Climate Defenders Mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March
August 15, 2018, EcoWatch, Download PDF
- Transition to Renewable Energy: Legislation Puts Clean Air and Vulnerable Communities First
August 7, 2018, Union of Concerned Scientists Blog, Download PDF
- The Green Jobs Revolution Needs to Include All of Us
July 23, 2018, The Nation, Download PDF
- How California can make its cap-and-trade program more equitable
July 18, 2018, Grist, Download PDF
- All Californians deserve cleaner, low-cost power
July 17, 2018, East Bay Times, Download PDF
- Coalition applauds California’s low-income rooftop solar investment
June 22, 2018, Solar Power World, Download PDF
- California Takes Steps to Expand Solar Opportunities For Low-Income and Environmental Justice Communities
June 22, 2018, Northern American Clean Energy, Download PDF
- State agency fails to protect vulnerable communities from pesticide exposure
May 11, 2018, Citizens Journal, Download PDF
- Activists celebrate victory in fight against proposed power plant on beach in Oxnard
April 28, 2018, KEYT, Download PDF
- California’s 100% renewable energy initiative gains steam
March 27, 2018, PV Magazine, Download PDF
- Planning for Environmental Justice
March 14, 2018, Sustainable City Network, Download PDF
- NRG subsidiary to close three power plants in Southern California
March 9, 2018, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- Instead of controlling toxics, state department is protecting industry
March 8, 2018, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- San Diego Legislators Lead the State on Environmental Justice
March 7, 2018, San Diego Free Press, Download PDF
- California’s attorney general puts polluters on notice with new environmental justice unit
February 23, 2018, Think Progress, Download PDF
- Coastal California has a reputation as a leader in green energy — but only the rich are benefiting
February 11, 2018, Business Insider, Download PDF
- Gov. Brown wants 5 million electric cars on California’s roads by 2030
January 26, 2018, KPCC, Download PDF
- The curse of “green gentrification”
January 26, 2018, Eco Business, Download PDF
- Climate Liability Cases ‘As American As Apple Pie,’ Experts Argue
January 26, 2018, Climate Liability News, Download PDF
50 Ways 100% Clean Energy Won In 2017
December 30, 2017, Eco Watch, Download PDF
- Environmental justice must be part of climate plan
December 20, 2017, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- California creates new solar rebate program for low-income communities
December 15, 2017, Solar Power World, Download PDF
- Sexual misconduct: Transform the Capitol’s patriarchy
December 4, 2017, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- Real Climate Leadership Starts With California’s Most Impacted Communities
November 30, 2017, Eastern Group Publishers, Download PDF
- ‘Not about polar bears, but people.’ Latino lawmakers shift focus on climate change
November 16, 2017, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Make environmental justice key to Oakland planning
November 15, 2017, East Bay Times, Download PDF
- Planning for Healthy Communities: Putting Environmental Justice into General Plans
November 2, 2017, Progressive City, Download PDF
- Comité de Comisión de Energía de California da revés a proyecto de planta eléctrica Puente en Oxnard
October 7, 2017, La Opinion, Download PDF
- Regulators recommend that the state reject a Ventura County natural gas plant
October 6, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- New Toolkit Connects City Planning and Environmental Justice
October 3, 2017, Next City, Download PDF
- Another power plant in Oxnard? Energy Commission must say no
September 15, 2017, Los Angeles Daily News, Download PDF
- For California’s Ghost Town, SB 100 Clean Energy Legislation Would Be Breath of Fresh Air
September 15, 2017, Latino Rebels, Download PDF
- Why CA Gov. Brown is not the climate leader the world thinks he is
August 31, 2017, Independent Media, Download PDF
- Legislators must champion community health
August 5, 2017, Ventura County Star, Download PDF
- For Latino communities living in areas with high air pollution, the cap-and-trade package may not do enough
July 27, 2017, KPCC, Download PDF
- ‘Trying to breathe’—as CA toasts environmental win, pollution still plagues
July 27, 2017, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- Questions remain as Gov. Brown signs legislation to address neighborhood-level air pollution
July 26, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- California Votes to Extend Landmark Cap-and-Trade Program—While Allowing Big Polluters to Get Away With Murder
July 18, 2017, AlterNet, Download PDF
- California Gov. Jerry Brown Is Backing a Climate Bill Full of Giveaways to Polluters
July 14, 2017, In These Times, Download PDF
- Would Jerry Brown’s climate change law go too easy on Big Oil?
July 13, 2017, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Cap-and-Trade Showdown: Will Big Oil Have the Last Word?
July 12, 2017, Capital & Main, Download PDF
- Here’s why progressives aren’t thrilled with Gov. Brown’s cap-and-trade plan
July 12, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- Legislative bills extend pollution controls but critics say it lacks teeth
July 12, 2017, Imperial Valley Press, Download PDF
- Debate rages over California cap-and-trade deal, concessions to Big Oil
July 11, 2017, Mercury News, Download PDF
- Jerry Brown says his climate plan is in danger. To lose would be a tragedy ‘for the world’
July 11, 2017, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Cap-and-trade deal heading for showdown
July 11, 2017, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- Brown’s cap-and-trade bill exposes fault lines of state politics
July 11, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle, Download PDF
It’s pollution as usual unless vulnerable communities’ leaders act
June 27, 2017, LA Daily News, Download PDF
- Dr. Arambula should lead way to healthy Valley air
June 26, 2017, Fresno Bee, Download PDF
- California’s climate debate heats up behind closed doors as Gov. Brown pushes to extend cap and trade
June 23, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- Will California Overhaul Its Cap-and-Trade Program
June 21, 2017, Capital and Main, Download PDF
- Hard Votes Must Be Cast to Champion Environmental Justice in Pacoima
June 21, 2017, San Fernando Valley Sun, Download PDF
- Los legisladores de California y la defensa de la política ambiental
June 14, 2017, La Opinion, Download PDF
- Salas puts Kern residents’ health on a back burner
June 14, 2007, Bakersfield Californian, Download PDF
- Path for California cap-and-trade extension unclear
June 9, 2017, Argus Media, Download PDF
- Is California’s Legislature ultraliberal? Not so fast
June 3, 2017, Mercury News, Download PDF
- Governor Brown tours polluted L.A. neighborhoods to see firsthand where progress lags
May 23, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- CPUC Commissioner participates in ‘equity tour’
May 17, 2017, Inland Empire Community News, Download PDF
- California Capitol focuses on environmental justice – but will it lead to results?
May 17, 2017, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- How California’s Greenhouse Gas Laws Can Better Serve Disadvantaged Communities
May 10, 2017, Ensia, Download PDF
- California May Be About To Set a Remarkably Ambitious Clean Energy Goal
May 10, 2017, Fusion, Download PDF
- How California’s cap and trade market undermines environmental justice
May 8, 2017, REDD Monitor, Download PDF
- Republicans in California say they’re ready to work on climate change. Should Democrats take them seriously?
May 5, 2017, The Desert Sun, Download PDF
- Familias de Wilmington se levantan contra la expansión de la refinería Tesoro
May 3, 2017, Hoy, Download PDF
- Residents are airing concerns about Wilmington oil refinery: Guest commentary
April 28, 2017, Press Telegram, Download PDF
- Looking ahead: Solar energy for all
April 25, 2017, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- Carbon Tax Next Target for California’s Disadvantaged Communities
April 18, 2017, Bloomberg BNA, Download PDF
- That $52-billion road bill just made California’s next climate change move a heavy lift
April 16, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- California’s ‘new’ environmentalism: Toxic air, tainted water driving climate-change debate
April 1, 2017, Mercury News, Download PDF
- We Will Fight Back in Defense of Our Communities
March 24, 2017, New America Media, Download PDF
- In the battle over California climate policies, green projects are now in the hot seat
March 13, 2017, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- New leadership for environmental justice in Inland Empire
March 10, 2017, Press Enterprise, Download PDF
- Here’s What We Lose If We Gut The EPA’s Environmental Justice Work
March 10, 2017, Huffington Post, Download PDF
- AQMD approves 15-year plan to improve air quality
March 4, 2017, Inland Empire Community News, Download PDF
- Big Oil’s Grip on California
February 13, 2017, The Nation, Download PDF
- We’re ill-served by state pollution regulators
February 10, 2017, Press Telegram, Download PDF
- The CPUC and Environmental Justice
February 1, 2017, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- Perfect Environmental Marks for 3 San Diego Dems
January 31, 2017, Times of San Diego, Download PDF
- Environmentalists to Trump: “Game on”
January 24, 2017, Orange County Register, Download PDF
- California Environmentalists Disrupt Public Meeting on Proposed Power Plant
January 11, 2017, Colorlines, Download PDF
- Frontline communities will lead the fight for environmental and climate justice under Trump
December 22, 2016, Grist, Download PDF
- Environmental Justice is Coming to California General Plans
November 29, 2016, Lay of the Land, Download PDF
- Environmental justice: From the margins to the mainstream
November 28, 2016, Climate Wire, Download PDF
- Want to Win on Climate? Put Justice at the Center
October 28, 2016, Pacific Standard, Download PDF
- Is Cap and Trade Failing Low Income and Minority Communities?
October 10, 2016, The Energy Collective, Download PDF
- Cap and degrade: State’s landmark emissions program allowed rich companies to pollute more
September 29, 2016, Sacramento News and Review, Download PDF
- California Governor Signs New Legislation Which Brings Greater Environmental Justice to Communities
September 26, 2016, Colorlines, Download PDF
- Does cap and trade increase air pollution? It may be too soon to tell
September 20, 2016, Climate Wire, Download PDF
- Cap-and-trade? Not so great if you are black or brown
September 16, 2016, Grist, Download PDF
- The Racial Justice Flaws in California’s Climate Bill
September 15, 2016, CityLab, Download PDF
- Transforming underserved communities through climate investments
September, 9, 2016, Sacramento Observer, Download PDF
- Legislature Must Decide the Fate of Three Environmental Justice Bills Before Midnight
August 31, 2016, Streetsblog California, Download PDF
- An exercise in threading the needle: Lawmakers perform balancing act to move climate legislation forward
August 22, 2016, Los Angeles Times, Download PDF
- The Best Of Yesterday’s Twitter Chat All on Environmental Justice in California
August 10, 2016, Colorlines, Download PDF
- $1 billion plan to provide integrated solar energy for low-income renters
August 4, 2016, Central Valley Business Times, Download PDF
- Climate change: Pollution hits low-income communities hardest
August 1, 2016, Capitol Weekly, Download PDF
- Why Are Local Leaders Not Addressing Wilmington’s Environmental Crisis?
July 20, 2016, Wilmington Wire, Download PDF
- Beyond Cap-and-Trade: Many Environmentalists Say California Will Improve Climate Policy If It Reduces Emissions at Source
July 19, 2016, East Bay Express, Download PDF
- Fixing land-use mistakes, one neighborhood at a time
June 3, 2016, Press Enterprise, Download PDF
- State commission approves new power plant in Oxnard
June 2, 2016, Ventura County Reporter, Download PDF
- Oil money flows for black and Latino Democrats
June 1, 2016, Cal Matters, Download PDF
- Public Utilities Commission Must Take a Stand for Environmental Justice
March 16, 2016, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- María Hinojosa talks climate change in Sacramento
March 15, 2016, Vida En El Valle, Download PDF
- Valley Legislators Need to Improve on Environmental Justice
March 10, 2016, Bakersfield Californian, Download PDF
- Southern California Edison hunted by calls for “environmental justice”
February 24, 2016, Smart Grid News, Download PDF
- Locals travel to San Francisco to rally against NRG plant in Oxnard
December 17, 2015, Ventury County Star, Download PDF
- Environmental justice takes world leadership
December 16, 2015, Contra Costa Times, Download PDF
- Environmental justice scores a win in California carbon policy
December, 7, 2015, Grist, Download PDF
- After attacks, Paris prepares for climate change talks
November 16, 2015, Desert Sun, Download PDF
- Bringing Environmental Justice to Poor Communities
November 4, 2015, San Diego Union Tribune, Download PDF
- One New Environmental Justice Law You Should Know
October 14, 2015, Bloomberg BNA, Download PDF
- Solar power access looking a lot brighter in California
October 9, 2015, Grist, Download PDF
- Poor deserve piece of solar energy pie, too
October 8, 2015, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF
- Solar power vs. SDG&E
October 1, 2015, San Diego Reader, Download PDF
- California legislature delivers environmental justice for poor communities
September 25, 2015, Al Jazeera, Download PDF
- Cumulative Impacts in Permitting Coveted by Advocates
September 25, 2015, Bloomberg BNA, Download PDF
- Legislators put Big Oil before constituents
September 10, 2015, San Jose Mercury, Download PDF
- People Power Policy: Coalition Challenges California to Legislate Climate Equity
September 10, 2015, Reimagine Race Poverty & the Environment, Download PDF
- Low-Income Communities Will Be Hit Hardest If We Don’t Wean Off Fossil Fuels
September 7, 2015, Latino Rebels, Download PDF
- Californians battle for far-reaching climate legislation
August 28, 2015, People’s World, Download PDF
- Brown Convenes Panel To Review Study on Health Effects of Fracking
July 24, 2015, California Healthline, Download PDF
- California communities mount protests against fracking, oil drilling
July 24, 2015, Al Jazeera, Download PDF
- California PUC Aims to Replace Shuttered Nuclear and Gas With More ‘Preferred Resources’
March 11, 2015, Green Tech Media, Download PDF
- Sierra Club urges CPUC not to favor utilities in final SONGS decision
March 9, 2015, Fierce Energy, Download PDF
- Sometimes you have to wrestle down the 800-pound fossil fuel gorilla one finger at a time
March 7, 2015, Summit County Voice, Download PDF
- Legislature should stand up for environmental justice
January 28, 2015, Sacramento Bee, Download PDF