Items Tagged with 'air quality impacts to socially disadvantaged communities'

A surge in e-commerce has diversified local ag economies but added new impacts to tax revenues and vulnerable communities.

The California Legislature is considering changes to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard that would cap the credits and cut guarantees for methane digesters. Despite a fierce backlash from industry groups, the environmental justice argument is gaining traction among California regulators and Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration.

The California Air Resources Board is proposing its most ambitious regulation yet with a ban on new gas-powered cars by 2035. But biofuel producers hope to convince state regulators to keep some alternatives to electric cars.

State lawmakers claim local air districts are moving too slowly and need more state oversight to pressure the agencies into meeting federal standards.