Emissions

Anyone hoping that Congressional Republican leaders would follow generations of precedent regarding the role of the non-partisan Senate Parliamentarian or the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had a very bad day yesterday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced he would schedule a vote, perhaps as soon as today, attempting to revoke California’s clean-air standards for […]

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California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard has flown under the radar for a long time, and recently has come under attack. But if California is serious about climate action, we must clean up our fuel supply while also reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

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The decision to hit pause on the approval of $200 million in spending on a potentially problematic highway expansion is a show of basic fiscal responsibility.

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In America’s most polluted air basin, EPA set to take a fresh look at air quality impacts of warehouse-focused highway expansion.

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An investigation by Fresnoland shows state agency ignored key impacts of an expansion of Highway 99 in south central Fresno.

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