A Tale Of Two Fumigants, Three Local Schools And Formidable Ag Adversaries

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 15, 2025 | Headlines

Lookout Santa Cruz | 15 September 2025 | A Monterey County judge upheld permits for toxic fumigants near schools despite air monitor data showing exposures above safety limits, rejecting claims that regulators failed to consider safer alternatives or cumulative...

California Caves To Oil Industry With Health, Environmental Rollbacks

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 14, 2025 | Headlines

Center for Biological Diversity | 14 September 2025 | California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 237, allowing up to 20,000 new oil and gas wells in Kern County without environmental review, a move critics warn will worsen pollution, climate impacts, and public health...

California Lawmakers To Decide On Extending Key Climate Program And Boosting Grid Reliability

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 14, 2025 | Headlines

ABC News – The Walt Disney Company | 14 September 2025 | California lawmakers are set to vote on extending Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cap-and-trade program through 2045, rebranded as “cap and invest,” to fund climate initiatives and stabilize energy costs, though...

Fire Heat Affects The Impacts Of Wildfires On Air Pollution In The United States

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 13, 2025 | Headlines

Science | 13 September 2025 | A Science study shows that heat from western U.S. wildfires reduces fine particle pollution in the East by altering weather patterns, preventing about 1,200 premature deaths and $3.3 billion in losses otherwise overlooked.

A Pollution Paradox: Western Wildfires Improve Air Quality On The East Coast

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 13, 2025 | Headlines

Yale E360 | 13 September 2025 | A new Science study finds that extreme western U.S. wildfires can improve East Coast air quality by altering weather patterns. Intense heat from the fires disrupts west-to-east airflow, pulling in moist Atlantic winds that suppress...

Chicago Moves A Step Closer To Neighborhood Air-Pollution Monitoring

by Ryan Wilmot | Sep 12, 2025 | Headlines

Chicago Sun-Times | 12 September 2025 | Chicago has completed installation of 277 advanced air pollution sensors to track PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide, creating the largest city-led monitoring network in the U.S. and providing public neighborhood-level data by early...