Lotta fucking cans. Would be hilarious if they got fined by the SCAQMD
www.aqmd.gov/home/air-qua... 🙃
www.aqmd.gov/home/air-qua... 🙃
June 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lotta fucking cans. Would be hilarious if they got fined by the SCAQMD
www.aqmd.gov/home/air-qua... 🙃
www.aqmd.gov/home/air-qua... 🙃
Really something for SoCalGas to show up at SCAQMD today opposing critical electrification measures that will make region safer as flames from its gas lines add to devastation and to challenges of fire containment.
January 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Really something for SoCalGas to show up at SCAQMD today opposing critical electrification measures that will make region safer as flames from its gas lines add to devastation and to challenges of fire containment.
Can report them to the SCAQMD for causing air quality issues, and we can also report them for littering.
June 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Can report them to the SCAQMD for causing air quality issues, and we can also report them for littering.
Yes, CA, SCAQMD, and the Ports have been working on this for a while - but there's still a very long ways to go, and none of those efforts touch other short-haul or intraurban trucking.
September 27, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Yes, CA, SCAQMD, and the Ports have been working on this for a while - but there's still a very long ways to go, and none of those efforts touch other short-haul or intraurban trucking.
I am not at the SCAQMD board meeting, but the room is packed. I’m told that health and enviro activists far outnumber opponents of the 2 clean air rules being discussed.
Seen: Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Third Act SoCal, East Yard Comm. for Environmental Justice, CHIRLA, and more. Here’s a peak:
Seen: Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Third Act SoCal, East Yard Comm. for Environmental Justice, CHIRLA, and more. Here’s a peak:
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am not at the SCAQMD board meeting, but the room is packed. I’m told that health and enviro activists far outnumber opponents of the 2 clean air rules being discussed.
Seen: Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Third Act SoCal, East Yard Comm. for Environmental Justice, CHIRLA, and more. Here’s a peak:
Seen: Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Third Act SoCal, East Yard Comm. for Environmental Justice, CHIRLA, and more. Here’s a peak:
Read this by @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org about the gas lobby's full-court press ahead of Friday's vote at SCAQMD on (slowly) phasing out gas appliances.
‘Putting profit over people’: big gas is waging war on a California clean air rule
Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances
Republished @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances
Republished @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Putting profit over people’: big gas is waging war on a California clean air rule
Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Read this by @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org about the gas lobby's full-court press ahead of Friday's vote at SCAQMD on (slowly) phasing out gas appliances.
I don't understand how the emissions of new data center diesel generators can be allowed in SCAQMD.
July 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I don't understand how the emissions of new data center diesel generators can be allowed in SCAQMD.
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(It's an asshole tactic, but we the public have this avenue. SCAQMD can have some ridiculous fines, btw.)
(It's an asshole tactic, but we the public have this avenue. SCAQMD can have some ridiculous fines, btw.)
ACTION ITEM - File a complaint with the Southern CA Air Quality Management District over DHS's use of tear gas and other pollutants.
ONLINE FORM: xappp.aqmd.gov/complaints/N...
or EMAIL: cut_smog@aqmd.gov
(See below. You need to cite details about Who, what, when, where, etc.)
ONLINE FORM: xappp.aqmd.gov/complaints/N...
or EMAIL: cut_smog@aqmd.gov
(See below. You need to cite details about Who, what, when, where, etc.)
June 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
bsky.app/profile/n1gh...
(It's an asshole tactic, but we the public have this avenue. SCAQMD can have some ridiculous fines, btw.)
(It's an asshole tactic, but we the public have this avenue. SCAQMD can have some ridiculous fines, btw.)
We know from regional monitoring that the smoke from the L.A. fires had elevated levels of lead (monitor was ~20 miles from the Palisades fire). The levels went back to background after the fires were out. Good news - SCAQMD mobile monitoring confirms this - not finding elevated lead.
February 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We know from regional monitoring that the smoke from the L.A. fires had elevated levels of lead (monitor was ~20 miles from the Palisades fire). The levels went back to background after the fires were out. Good news - SCAQMD mobile monitoring confirms this - not finding elevated lead.
🚨 With the EPA under attack, @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social's new clean air rules are more vital than ever. Read more from our Angeles Chapter Director on how regional leaders in SoCal can step up in this critical moment:
As Federal Protections Crumble, SCAQMD Must Step Up for Clean Air
CityWatch is published 24/7 with special e-news blasts on Monday and Thursday evening.
www.citywatchla.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🚨 With the EPA under attack, @southcoastaqmd.bsky.social's new clean air rules are more vital than ever. Read more from our Angeles Chapter Director on how regional leaders in SoCal can step up in this critical moment:
Come to a Rally for Clean Air! Tell the #SouthCoastAirQualityManagementDistrict (SCAQMD) that Southern California Reserves Clean Buildings!
Fri, Jun 6; 8 - 10 am (PT)
21865 Copley Dr, Diamond Bar CA 91765
Register:
act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
#sierraclubangeles #southerncalifornia
#SCAQMD
Fri, Jun 6; 8 - 10 am (PT)
21865 Copley Dr, Diamond Bar CA 91765
Register:
act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
#sierraclubangeles #southerncalifornia
#SCAQMD
June 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Come to a Rally for Clean Air! Tell the #SouthCoastAirQualityManagementDistrict (SCAQMD) that Southern California Reserves Clean Buildings!
Fri, Jun 6; 8 - 10 am (PT)
21865 Copley Dr, Diamond Bar CA 91765
Register:
act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
#sierraclubangeles #southerncalifornia
#SCAQMD
Fri, Jun 6; 8 - 10 am (PT)
21865 Copley Dr, Diamond Bar CA 91765
Register:
act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
#sierraclubangeles #southerncalifornia
#SCAQMD
I remember using a Thomas Guide the first few trips out to SCAQMD headquarters for rule making meetings. As a Midwesterner, LA was legit terrifying back before Google Maps.
July 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I remember using a Thomas Guide the first few trips out to SCAQMD headquarters for rule making meetings. As a Midwesterner, LA was legit terrifying back before Google Maps.
@mayor.lacity.gov The use of tear gas in Los Angeles is likely a NEPA Violation
(See history of environmental ordeal in Portland, OR post tear gas)
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tear-...
Also - SCAQMD concerns
(See history of environmental ordeal in Portland, OR post tear gas)
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tear-...
Also - SCAQMD concerns
June 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@mayor.lacity.gov The use of tear gas in Los Angeles is likely a NEPA Violation
(See history of environmental ordeal in Portland, OR post tear gas)
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tear-...
Also - SCAQMD concerns
(See history of environmental ordeal in Portland, OR post tear gas)
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tear-...
Also - SCAQMD concerns
CARB and the SCAQMD have made a huge difference.
December 3, 2023 at 11:39 PM
CARB and the SCAQMD have made a huge difference.
I sent this letter to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) today. SCAQMD is tasked with ensuring clean and healthy air for for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties - encompassing about half of California's population. 🧵
February 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I sent this letter to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) today. SCAQMD is tasked with ensuring clean and healthy air for for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties - encompassing about half of California's population. 🧵
Wanted to check in on the NOX regulations for home heating @tkovach.bsky.social put me on to and it turns out they failed at SCAQMD because of tons of fake AI generated comments? CARB (statewide), & Bay Area still under consideration but SD seems to have passed it!
Tens of thousands of emails poured into SCAQMD last summer as its board weighed a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. At least 20,000 of those messages considered by the board were generated by an AI-power platform called CiviClick. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
March 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Wanted to check in on the NOX regulations for home heating @tkovach.bsky.social put me on to and it turns out they failed at SCAQMD because of tons of fake AI generated comments? CARB (statewide), & Bay Area still under consideration but SD seems to have passed it!
Fortunately, it doesn’t look as bad on apps and websites with more accurate data (SCAQMD, Clarity OpenMap, AirVisual).
December 31, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Fortunately, it doesn’t look as bad on apps and websites with more accurate data (SCAQMD, Clarity OpenMap, AirVisual).
SCAQMD is funding two, suspiciously vaguely worded, "zero emission" rail vehicles for Metrolink. Hoping this means BEMUs with in-motion charging that can pave the way to an eventually fully-electrified network! www.aqmd.gov/docs/default...
www.aqmd.gov
February 22, 2024 at 2:13 AM
SCAQMD is funding two, suspiciously vaguely worded, "zero emission" rail vehicles for Metrolink. Hoping this means BEMUs with in-motion charging that can pave the way to an eventually fully-electrified network! www.aqmd.gov/docs/default...
Tens of thousands of emails poured into SCAQMD last summer as its board weighed a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. At least 20,000 of those messages considered by the board were generated by an AI-power platform called CiviClick. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Tens of thousands of emails poured into SCAQMD last summer as its board weighed a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. At least 20,000 of those messages considered by the board were generated by an AI-power platform called CiviClick. www.latimes.com/environment/...
SoCalGas STILL claiming attacks on air quality regs are for customers even after @californiapuc.bsky.social made clear its interventions at SCAQMD are for shareholder benefit. #Caleg must pass #AB1167 to put an end to utilities forcing customers to bankroll their self-serving political campaigns.
The gas lobby is weakening Southern California’s boldest clean-air plan in decades
A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against rules that are going to a final vote this Friday
Scoop from me ⤵️
floodlightnews.org/the-gas-lobb...
A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against rules that are going to a final vote this Friday
Scoop from me ⤵️
floodlightnews.org/the-gas-lobb...
The gas lobby is weakening Southern California’s boldest clean-air plan in decades
A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against a transition away from gas-fired furnaces and water heaters
floodlightnews.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
SoCalGas STILL claiming attacks on air quality regs are for customers even after @californiapuc.bsky.social made clear its interventions at SCAQMD are for shareholder benefit. #Caleg must pass #AB1167 to put an end to utilities forcing customers to bankroll their self-serving political campaigns.
If I heard this correctly, SCAQMD staff have fielded 26,000 comments from just ONE coordinated campaign…
June 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If I heard this correctly, SCAQMD staff have fielded 26,000 comments from just ONE coordinated campaign…
Discussion of Rules 1111 and 1121 at SCAQMD is today. Item #28 www.aqmd.gov/home/news-ev...
A pair of SCAQMD rules to reduce harmful pollution from gas furnaces and water heater are being unfairly smeared ahead of Friday's vote. Here's just a few reasons why the South Coast should stand strong in the face of disingenuous claims.
legal-planet.org/2025/06/05/t...
legal-planet.org/2025/06/05/t...
These SoCal Clean Air Rules are Being Smeared - Legal Planet
Affordability concerns are being weaponized by the gas lobby ahead of an important SCAQMD vote to encourage cleaner appliances.
legal-planet.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Discussion of Rules 1111 and 1121 at SCAQMD is today. Item #28 www.aqmd.gov/home/news-ev...
California is wild. I manage VOC compliance for architectural coatings. SCAQMD requires annual reporting and might spank a company for accidentally shipping a 5-gallon container of noncompliant product. CARB does periodic market surveys that can also result in NOVs.
Then there's Apartheid nepo baby
Then there's Apartheid nepo baby
May 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
California is wild. I manage VOC compliance for architectural coatings. SCAQMD requires annual reporting and might spank a company for accidentally shipping a 5-gallon container of noncompliant product. CARB does periodic market surveys that can also result in NOVs.
Then there's Apartheid nepo baby
Then there's Apartheid nepo baby
Absolutely disappointing.
The responsibility of the SCAQMD is, in their own words, “To clean the air and protect the health of all residents in the South Coast Air District”.
Delaying these rules prevents residents from having clean and healthy air.
The responsibility of the SCAQMD is, in their own words, “To clean the air and protect the health of all residents in the South Coast Air District”.
Delaying these rules prevents residents from having clean and healthy air.
After 2+ years working on clean air rules for water heaters and furnaces - rules delayed and weakened - So Cal air regulators at SCAQMD fail to pass the amended rules 1111 and 1121. Followed by brief debate about whether they can send it back to committee (again).
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Absolutely disappointing.
The responsibility of the SCAQMD is, in their own words, “To clean the air and protect the health of all residents in the South Coast Air District”.
Delaying these rules prevents residents from having clean and healthy air.
The responsibility of the SCAQMD is, in their own words, “To clean the air and protect the health of all residents in the South Coast Air District”.
Delaying these rules prevents residents from having clean and healthy air.