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Long Beach residents explore their neighborhoods during a walking tour.
Long Beach residents in the Central Long Beach area were invited to go out and join a community walk on Aug...
On August 7, 8, & 9 Cities along the 710 Corridor will host three public hearings that will complete the “Public Review Period” of the proposed expansion of the I-710 Freeway...
For years now, dump sites like Western Environmental and Lawson Dump have disturbed neighboring trailer parks and schools in the east Coachella Valley city of Mecca...
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice is a community-based organization that works to facilitate self-advocates in Southeast Los Angeles, by providing FREE workshops and trainings and hosting community meetings, to prepare our communities to engage in the decision-making processes that directly impact the health and quality of life in the local area...
The West side of Long Beach is already isolated from the rest of the city. It is surrounded by freeways, an expanding rail yard and the Port of Long Beach...
By FABIAN GONZALEZ and ANDRES GARCIA/South Kern Sol
SOUTH KERN–The Building Healthy Communities Youth Group of South Kern is taking the initiative to improving their communities during Spring Break...
New America Media/Coachella Unincorporated, News Feature, Ivan Delgado, Rogelio Montaño and Aurora Saldivar, Posted: Apr 02, 2012
The following articles are part of a special investigative reporting package looking at environmental health conditions in Mecca, Calif.,..
New America Media/InsideClimate News, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Mar 27, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s long-running campaign to reduce air pollution has indirectly helped create a new problem: its oil refineries now produce more greenhouse gas emissions than refineries anywhere else in the country...
The Root, Question & Answer, Jenée Desmond-Harris , Posted: Mar 02, 2012
On Sunday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P...
New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
A new poll shows that Latino voters in six inland western states have strong pro-conservationist views, in some cases stronger than their white counterparts...
New America Media, News Report, Li Miao Lovett, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Sal Lua remembers the reactions he and his fellow Brown Berets encountered when they first spoke out against methyl iodide at the Watsonville City Council meeting last December...
