CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Groundswell for Water Justice organized a Civil Rights and Water Justice Legislative Briefing featuring iconic civil rights champions Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, and Marc Morial, National President of the Urban League. CA Senator Steve Bradford, Vice Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus; CA Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, Chair of the Legislative Latino Caucus, …

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At 93 years old, Dolores Huerta, a civil rights icon for Latinos and all Americans, continues to fight for women, Latinos and working-class people. Huerta, who was born in New Mexico, has participated and led collective actions such as boycotts and strikes, as well as various social justice initiatives and community organizing. Along with Cesar …

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Encabezando una coalición de organizaciones de base, trata de articular políticas y coaliciones para dar voz a aquellos que tradicionalmente están excluidos de las discusiones de política en el estado El 25 de septiembre de 2012, el entonces gobernador de California Jerry Brown rubricó con su firma la ley AB 685, por la que el …

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Less than six months after rejecting a proposal for a major desalination plant in Huntington Beach, the California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved plans for a different, smaller project in Orange County that could serve as a model for future projects.

“It’s as low as I can ever remember it being,” Garcetti said of the reservoir from the back seat of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power helicopter. “You can see the bathtub ring.”

With the Colorado River in crisis and reservoir levels continuing to decline, some California water agencies are planning to significantly reduce the amount they take from the river starting next year.

David Villarino-González envisions a day when rural communities finally have clean drinking water, and when crops on farmworker cooperatives thrive through droughts or wet seasons.

JACKSON, Miss. — Carey Wooten spent nearly seven weeks hunting for safe drinking water for herself, her two children and three dogs after clocking out each day as a Taco Bell manager, so Gov. Tate Reeves’ announcement that the water is clean again in Mississippi’s capital came as welcome news.

ANTIOCH – The city of Antioch sits right next to the largest source of fresh water in Northern California. But it’s facing a water supply crisis because of changes to the Delta, both natural and man-made. 

Six agencies within the Metropolitan Water District must reduce usage by 35% About 6 million people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ventura counties must cut water use at least 35% by restricting outdoor watering to one day a week or other means, a hard target that could exact penalties or a total outdoor irrigation …

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