SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named 11 manufacturing plants in California and Arizona, including the Cemex cement plant in Victorville, that earned ENERGY STAR certification for superior energy performance in 2017. “Earning ENERGY STAR certification is a real mark...

The California Air Resources Board today adopted a regulation prohibiting the use of specific refrigerants known as hydrofluorocarbons, powerful chemicals that trap heat in the atmosphere at a rate thousands of times that of carbon dioxide, the most common of the climate-changing gases. The action was...

SAN FRANCISCO – Top California policymakers testified today in strong opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of federal efforts to fight climate change. Speaking at a U.S. EPA listening session in San Francisco, representatives...

Leading a coalition of 12 attorneys general, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed his strong opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal regulations that place strict emissions standards on highly polluting “glider” trucks. Known as the...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed his strong opposition to the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to suspend for two years the 2015 Clean Water Rule, which would protect California’s lakes, rivers and streams from pollutants. After seeking to repeal the Clean Water Rule earlier...

Decades of clean air progress stand to be reversed if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repeals its rule on limiting production of “glider kits,” said Steve Cliff, deputy executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, testifying at a public hearing Monday at EPA headquarters in Washington...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced recent settlements with Wal-Mart Transportation, LLC, and the United States General Services Administration that require upgraded diesel particulate filters on their truck fleets to resolve alleged violations of California’s Truck and Bus Regulation. Wal-Mart...

SACRAMENTO — The California Air Resources Board and the state Attorney General’s office have filed comments challenging federal efforts to re-open evaluation of vehicle emissions standards for model years 2021-2025. The comments state that any weakening of these rules presents a threat to the health...

By Christine Stuart, Courthouse News Nine attorney generals fired back against the Trump administration for trying to roll back water protections 40 years in the making. Led by the top lawyers for New York and California, each of the officials who signed Wednesday’s letter to the heads of the Environmental...

In comments submitted Thursday, Attorney General Xavier Becerra expressed his strong opposition to any attempt by the Trump Administration to open California’s coast to new offshore drilling. On April 28, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that directed the U.S. Department of the Interior...