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"We’re fighting for 18 million people living in the greater Los Angeles region forced to breathe this dirty air."

A mother watches over her child during treatment for asthma.

Smog plans are the blueprints that help communities achieve clean air, but in Los Angeles plans are faulty and communities suffer because of it.

President Obama Should Embrace Disclosure of Climate Damage

We have the tools available today to enable our federal agencies to account for the damage caused by carbon pollution.

The Farmworker Story Behind Your Cheap Food

Andrea Hubbard is a former farmworker who now helps women protect themselves from pesticide exposure and domestic abuse.

First in a series of farmworker stories, highlighting the need for better workplace protections

A Bright Future for Energy Storage in California

A scientist holds a lithium Ion battery made in the materials lab at the Solar Energy Research Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO.

California’s energy storage market is showing just how regulation can encourage innovation.

Will the EPA Coal Ash Rule Survive?

The White House has made it official: its review of the Environmental Protection Agency'scoal ash rule has begun.

Scrapping the Recycling Industry’s Green Image

The 2010 explosion and fire at the 'Pick Your Part' junkyard in Wilmington, CA took more than 30 hours to extinguish, releasing particulate matter, dioxins and heavy metals across neighboring communities.

Not all recycling is as green as it may seem.

Earthjustice, NRDC, Fishing & Watershed Groups File Notice to Sue for ESA Protection of Imperiled River Herring

The Endangered Species Act is clear. Given the imperiled status of blueback herring and the lack of sufficient action by regulators to stem the decline of river herring, a threatened designation for blueback herring is now necessary to jump start recovery.