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Loren Elliott/CalMattersThe state鈥檚 environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out, while other groups are overrepresented. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersIn a worldwide first, California鈥檚 air board unanimously moves to end diesel鈥檚 decades-long stranglehold on the economy. Truckers predict chaos, while communities near ports, freeways celebrate cleaner air.
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The bill鈥檚 author, says it would create standardized measures for existing monitoring systems and offer more easily accessible information to surrounding communities. -
Last summer, a wildfire destroyed much of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in Weed, California. Residents鈥� access to state and federal assistance will determine whether this historically Black neighborhood will be able to stay together. -
Air pollution monitoring to increase for diverse communities on Oregon's south coast and in PortlandTwo of Oregon鈥檚 most economically disadvantaged and racially diverse communities 鈥� one in Portland and the other near Coos Bay 鈥� are getting a boost in their fight against air pollution. -
Native tribes in the Columbia River Basin face a disproportionate risk of toxic exposure through their most important food. For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for dangerous chemicals and metals in fish. So, we did. What we found was alarming for tribes. -
The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.
