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Today, a federal district judge ruled in favor of the State of California, as well as community and environmental groups, by pausing an industry challenge to California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decides whether to approve the rule under the federal Clean Air Act.

Environmental justice groups joined California Attorney General to defeat legal challenge from rail industry

Warehouse project bringing 1,300 diesel truck trips per day in “diesel death zone” must undergo further scrutiny before development begins

It’s time for SoCal’s air regulators to build the political will and shape an Indirect Source Rule to shift port operations to zero emissions

Port of Stockton Plant would pollute air, climate in community burdened by high pollution

This Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive Relief challenges the August 19, 2024 decision of the Port of Stockton and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Stockton to approve the BayoTech Hydrogen Production and Dispensing Facility Project based on an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. Filed September 18, 2024.

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

Proposed revisions acknowledge fundamental flaws but double down on combustion technology, marking a lost opportunity to safeguard California’s zero-emissions future against external threats

Candice Youngblood, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office: “When San Bernardino County approved the Bloomington business park specific plan, its environmental review was missing critical information on the environmental impacts of the project. And the county also failed to meaningfully engage the Bloomington community throughout its process. The remedy in these cases isn’t stopping the project…

Based in Los Angeles, Yessenia Moreno is a senior litigation assistant and legal practice administrator with our California Regional Office.

With California charting a course for zero-emissions rail, some of America’s oldest monopolies are conniving to hit the brakes on clean air. Don’t believe their misinformation.

Katrina Tomas, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office: “In our analysis, it was clear that there was a systematic targeting of Bloomington for warehouse development in a way that wasn’t occurring in other unincorporated parts of the county that have much fewer people of color, Latinos specifically.”

New standard will lift a load of smog by shifting 89,000 forklifts to zero emissions, saving the lives of 544 Californians

A letter from 23 food and beverage companies in California write in support of AB 2083 to create a roadmap for industrial electrification in California. Industrial emissions account for 23% of California’s carbon emissions, second only to the transportation sector.

A new approach to mega warehouse pollution is showing early success in the fight against diesel pollution. Everyone should be talking about Indirect Source Rules.

Predominantly working class Latino community targeted with a disproportionate number of industrial projects

Regulations prohibiting the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on state lands managed by the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife will protect birds, bees, and other pollinators

Southern California is set to replace over a million pieces of gas-powered equipment with zero-emissions technology and cut smog-harming NOx pollution by 5.6 tons per day