California

Forests [2]

Pollution [10]

Public [3]

Source: LA Times [11], 10/28/2020

Read more about "Wildfires Bring Unhealthiest Air In The Nation To Southern California" [6]

Auditor Slams CA For Exide Cleanup Delays, Sees Costs Near $650 Million [12]

"The cleanup of thousands of lead-contaminated homes, child-care centers, schools and parks surrounding the closed Exide battery recycling facility in Vernon is running behind schedule and over budget due to poor management by California regulators and has left children at continued risk of poisoning, according to a state audit released Tuesday."

Chemicals [13]

People & Population [15]

Pollution [10]

Public [3]

Source: LA Times [16], 10/28/2020

Read more about Auditor Slams CA For Exide Cleanup Delays, Sees Costs Near $650 Million [12]

"How the Waters Off Catalina Became a DDT Dumping Ground" [17]

"Decades ago, the Los Angeles coast was a dumping ground for thousands of barrels of acid sludge laced with the toxic pesticide DDT. The ocean buried the evidence for generations. No one could see it — until now."

Chemicals [13]

Fish & Fisheries [18]

Waste [19]

Water & Oceans [20]

Public [3]

Source: LA Times [21], 10/26/2020

Read more about "How the Waters Off Catalina Became a DDT Dumping Ground" [17]

CA Ranchers, Activists Face Off Over Plan to Cull Beloved Tule Elk Herd [22]

"The elk are a main attraction in Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco. But ranchers who share the park say the elks’ numbers create problems."

Agriculture [23]

Biodiversity [24]

Natural Resources [25]

Wildlife [26]

Public [3]

Source: InsideClimate News [27], 10/20/2020

Read more about CA Ranchers, Activists Face Off Over Plan to Cull Beloved Tule Elk Herd [22]

Court Lets Exide Abandon CA Toxic Site. Taxpayers Will Fund Cleanup [28]

"A bankruptcy court ruled Friday that Exide Technologies may abandon its shuttered battery recycling plant in Vernon, leaving a massive cleanup of lead and other toxic pollutants at the site and in surrounding neighborhoods to California taxpayers."

Chemicals [13]

Environmental Justice [29]

Pollution [10]

Public [3]

Source: LA Times [30], 10/19/2020

Read more about Court Lets Exide Abandon CA Toxic Site. Taxpayers Will Fund Cleanup [28]

Calif. Fires: PG&E Shuts Off Power To Thousands Of Bay Area Residents [31]

Hotter temperatures and strengthening winds raised wildfire risk in California and prompted power shutoffs.

Climate Change [32]

Disasters [8]

Forests [2]

Public [3]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle [33], 10/15/2020

Read more about Calif. Fires: PG&E Shuts Off Power To Thousands Of Bay Area Residents [31]

CA Exide Battery Recycling Plant Left Big Toxic Mess. Could It Walk Away? [34]

"For decades, families across a swath of southeast Los Angeles County have lived in an environmental disaster zone, their kids playing in yards polluted with brain-damaging lead while they wait on a state agency to remove contaminated soil from thousands of homes. Now, the cleanup faces even greater uncertainty."

Chemicals [13]

Environmental Justice [29]

Pollution [10]

Public [3]

Source: LA Times [35], 10/12/2020

Read more about CA Exide Battery Recycling Plant Left Big Toxic Mess. Could It Walk Away? [34]

"California Water Probe Finds PFAS in Majority of Tested Wells" [36]

"Sixty percent of California’s public water supply wells that were tested for so-called forever chemicals contain those compounds, according to research that the State Water Resources Control Board released Wednesday."

Pollution [10]

Water & Oceans [20]

Public [3]

Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 10/08/2020

Read more about "California Water Probe Finds PFAS in Majority of Tested Wells" [36]

Gov. Unveils Unveils Plan To Conserve 30% Of Calif. Land, Coastal Waters [38]

"Saying more needs to be done to preserve nature as a way to help address climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday committed the state to a goal of protecting 30% of California’s land and coastal waters by 2030."

Forests [2]

Natural Resources [25]

Water & Oceans [20]

Public [3]