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Severe weather striking Southern California highlights the need to reform our energy grid.
August 15, 2016

Reforming our Energy Grid in the Face of Severe Weather

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Severe weather striking the Southwest highlights the need to reform our energy grid.

March 9, 2016

Earthjustice Inicia Acción Legal Contra Los Angeles Por El Smog

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

En lugar de aceptar una propuesta de limitar las cantidades de smog que protegerían la salud, los funcionarios electos del distrito de calidad del aire aprobaron un plan mucho más débil creado por la Asociación de Estados Petroleros de la Zona Oeste (Western States Petroleum Association).

Smog hovers over downtown Los Angeles and surrounding areas on March 3, 2016.
March 9, 2016

Earthjustice Takes Air Board to Court for Failing to Curb Los Angeles Smog

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Our lawsuit challenges an oil industry-backed plan to blunt smog clean up in the LA region.

January 28, 2016

Derrame Masivo de Gas Demuestra el Alto Costo de los Combustibles Fósiles

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Necesitamos seguir presionando a nuestros líderes y reguladores para que nos garanticen que los combustibles fósiles que están presentes por toda la nación no dañen la salud y el bienestar de los residentes.

On Jan. 15, state leaders from multiple agencies met with the communities impacted by the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
January 28, 2016

Massive Gas Leak Reveals High Cost of Fossil Fuels

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Though the natural gas leak in Southern California could be plugged by the end of February, residents who are concerned about additional leaks are pushing for the facility to be shut down for good.

January 12, 2016

Fuga Masiva de Gas Pone en Riesgo la Salud de los Californianos y del Medio Ambiente

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Casi 100,000 libras de gases de invernadero arrojados a la atmosfera cada hora por esta fuga de metano, es equivalente al “peso de un portaviones del US Navy cada mes.”

An overhead photo of SoCalGas's leaking Aliso Canyon well pad in 2015, which polluted the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County in California's largest climate disaster.
January 12, 2016

Massive Gas Leak Puts Californians’ Health and Environment in Jeopardy

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

A massive gas leak near the town of Porter Ranch is releasing as much methane in a month as a fleet of 200,000 cars would in a year.

Los Angeles smog and the coastal marine layer meet at sunset.
July 27, 2015

Is So Cal Gas Waging War on Southern California Edison?

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

The race for clean transportation solutions in Los Angeles is looking like the tortoise and the hare, with SoCal Gas taking an early lead on the public relations front.

A smoggy day in LA.
May 20, 2015

The Audacity to Breathe

By Adrian Martinez  /  Headquarters Office

Physicians and environmentalists sue to compel regulators to fix particulate pollution problems in the Los Angeles region.

April 24, 2015

One of California’s Dirtiest Industries Must Clean up Its Act

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

State agency estimates that California’s freight industrial complex is responsible for 2,000 premature deaths from fine particulate pollution each year.