For decades, farmworker communities across California have demanded the right to know beforehand what, when and where hazardous agricultural pesticides will be applied. They have wanted to be able [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Tulare Lake Reflections
BY VIC BEDOIAN Tulare Lake has been many things to many people over a very long time. It’s not a lake anymore except when in certain wet years it becomes the ghost of a lake, bringing back memories [...] Continue Reading
Navigating the Global Battle for Critical Minerals
Nations with access to large oil deposits, especially those in Russia, the Middle East and North America, were able to influence the world’s energy scene for much of the 20th century. With oil-rich [...] Continue Reading
Environmental and Land-Use Reality Tour
Join us on an informative and fun tour to better understand the causes of the ecological deterioration of San Joaquin Valley land, air and water and to explore mechanisms for restoration and enhancing [...] Continue Reading
Conservando las Tierras y Aguas del Corazón de California
En la vasta extensión de la región sur del Valle de San Joaquín se extiende un mosaico de paisajes que van desde la Sierra Nevada, a través de las laberínticas laderas, hasta las granjas y praderas de [...] Continue Reading
La Suprema Corte contra la EPA
Desde que el Presidente Trump asumió su puesto, muchos esperan que la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCOTUS por sus siglas en inglés) intervenga en los destinos de la nación estadounidense para frenar los [...] Continue Reading
Conserving the Lands and Waters of California’s Heartland
Within the vast expanse of the southern San Joaquin Valley region live a mosaic of landscapes stretching from the tree-clad Sierra through the rambling foothills and across the farms and prairies of [...] Continue Reading
Rally Against Pesticide 1,3-D in Visalia
Farmworkers, community leaders and environmental advocates gathered in Visalia to protest the use of the pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene (1,3-D or Telone) and demand stronger regulatory protections from [...] Continue Reading
Golden Inhalers To Be Awarded
Spend a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner listening to the 4th Annual Smoggies, Fresno’s only awards ceremony for political malfeasance and climate avoidance. Journalists will be honored for capturing [...] Continue Reading
Managing Valley Aquifers
California recently celebrated 10 years since the enacting of the State Groundwater Management Act, the landmark legislation known by the acronym SGMA. The law mandated that overdrafted groundwater [...] Continue Reading