EPA ordered to end delays on San Joaquin Valley air pollution contingency measures

Medical, community, and environmental groups announce intention to sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District in 60 days for failure to stop the unhealthy air pollution in San Joaquin Valley.

The local air district in California’s San Joaquin Valley blames ozone pollution from overseas, rather than lax regulation at home, for the valley’s notoriously poor air quality.

Faced with the threat of a lawsuit, officials with the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District have agreed to settle with four community groups a dispute about the implementation of six air pollution control measures.

The South Coast air district used updated risk data to better protect children from toxic air pollutants, while the San Joaquin Valley air district used that same data to double the acceptable cancer risk threshold for industry.

Particulate plan approved by EPA will not effectively protect health of Valley residents

Particulate air pollution kills 1,200 valley residents a year

Massive new development threatens river and wildlife

An unfortunate incident shows both how much advocates have achieved—and how much more work we have to do in the San Joaquin Valley.

A new report documents how people have been left in harm’s way, as the Trump administration attempts to block the Chemical Disaster Rule.

Groups file lawsuit claiming Valley has not met criteria for treatment as “clean”

The record shows that the Trump’s efforts to weaken environmental regulations are no match for the law.

Groundwater pumping, harmful development threaten endangered fish and wildlife 

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