The CalEPA Tribal Advisory Committee was invited to the Eastern Sierra to address urgent environmental issues affecting Tribal communities.

The CalEPA Tribal Advisory Committee was invited to the Eastern Sierra to address urgent environmental issues affecting Tribal communities.

California is inviting teenagers and young adults to help shape state environmental policy. The state Environmental Protection Agency is taking applications for its first Environmental Youth Advisory Council. It’s open to Californians ages 14 to 20. Members will meet with state officials and weigh in on environmental issues. CalEPA Secretary Yana Garcia says the next generation has a valuable perspective on the world they'll inherit. “Young people in particular over the past few years have experienced devastating wildfires," said Garcia. "They've experienced the impacts of storms and floods, and they know very well what once in a generation drought conditions look like.“ A similar federal youth panel was eliminated under the Trump administration last year...

California Environmental Protection Agency and its boards, departments, and offices have many exciting career opportunities available for those passionate about restoring, protecting and enhancing the environment to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality.

Two days after a Trump administration official slammed CalEPA’s crackdown on truck emissions, the agency has become the subject of a federal investigation.

The Clean Air Act could not be clearer: U.S. EPA has an affirmative duty to protect public health and welfare from air pollutants, including greenhouse gases, a responsibility the Supreme Court affirmed in 2007.

The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), and the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) invite you to participate in an informational webinar on...

2022 emissions decreased by 9.3 MMT since 2021

The Climate Action Team (CAT), established by Executive Order S-3-05, is a multi-agency team that coordinates California’s statewide climate efforts. The CAT, comprised of 22 state agency members, develops, evaluates, and implements climate change emission reduction strategies in accordance with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. A full list of participating agencies is accessible below.

A new study from the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) examining the potential health risks of synthetic turf fields ...

Standing Up for Safe, Sustainable, All-Season Play Get the facts on how communities can enable year-round activity, while protecting people and the environment.

(Beyond Pesticides, February 3, 2023) On January 26, California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR), and Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced a new “roadmap” for sustainable pest management (SPM). The plan is promoted by the agencies as an accelerator of the state’s commitment to transitioning away from “high-risk pesticides” and toward “adoption of safer, sustainable pest control practices,” and to eliminating “priority [high-risk] pesticides” by 2050. Although Sustainable Pest Management: A Roadmap for California obviously recognizes the state (and federal) failure of current pesticide policies and land management practices to restrict pesticides sufficiently, advocates say that even this plan does not “meet the moment.” Its relative ambition (compared to what most states are doing), still does not, according to those advancing transformative change, adequately address the current existential health, biodiversity, and climate crises.  With these crises being especially urgent, advocates identify meaningful change as the adoption of approaches predicated on ensuring healthy soil biology. This calls for the deployment of a plan for the wholesale transition to organic systems that eliminate all materials/inputs that are harmful to soil health, ecosystems, natural resources, and the health of humans and all living organisms. The California roadmap was […]