By Tom Frantz The 2018 SJV State of the Air Report is not the American Lung Association annual report, which goes by a similar name. In that report, ozone and particulate pollution are separated [...] Continue Reading
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San Joaquin Valley Facing Serious Impacts Says Climate Change Assessment
By Vic Bedoian Virtually every aspect of life in the San Joaquin Valley will be dramatically affected by climate change. Mostly because of a warming planet. At a symposium sponsored by the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: New Year’s Resolutions
By Tom Frantz The new year is a time to make amends for past failures and determine better courses for the future. Our Valley air board should do so. What better action could there be than for the [...] Continue Reading
The Politics of Parenting
By Kevin Hall Parents worldwide are faced with far greater fears and challenges today than at any time in history. They have the enormous responsibility for children’s lives, people they have [...] Continue Reading
The Politics of Parenting
By Kevin Hall Parents worldwide are faced with far greater fears and challenges today than at any time in history. They have the enormous responsibility for children’s lives, people they have [...] Continue Reading
America’s Climate Solution
By Andrea Farber De Zubiria Monster storms and raging wildfires, toxic air, rising seas and melting permafrost. All over the world, climate change is causing scary stuff. In the Central Valley, the [...] Continue Reading
America’s Climate Solution
By Andrea Farber De Zubiria Monster storms and raging wildfires, toxic air, rising seas and melting permafrost. All over the world, climate change is causing scary stuff. In the Central Valley, the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Mary Nichols, please help us!
By Tom Frantz In 1989, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) placed an air quality ozone monitor on the east side of Arvin. It was built into a shipping container and placed in the yard of the [...] Continue Reading
Business as Usual
By Kevin Hall I would not want to be born today nor would I wish it on anyone. The growing uncertainty around whether the planet’s climate will remain stable through the end of this century is now so [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Open Letter to the Almond Board
By Tom Frantz A letter was recently sent to the Almond Board of California by several Valley groups. These groups include the Kern-Kaweah chapter of the Sierra Club, the Central Valley Air Quality [...] Continue Reading
City Council to Mail Complete Ballot Language for Measure P
By Natasha Biasell On Oct. 25, the Fresno City Council voted to approve a direct mailer to all voters in the City of Fresno containing the complete ballot language for Measure P. Due to a clerical [...] Continue Reading
Clean Air Advocates Face Feds Trying to Roll Back Standards in Fresno
By Vanessa Warheit Dozens of environmental, industry and community advocates spoke at a federal hearing in Fresno on Sept. 24 in almost unanimous opposition to the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient [...] Continue Reading