Posts Tagged ‘California Air Resources Board’
State targets Richmond for air quality improvement
Richmond locals begin installing more than 100 air quality sensors throughout the city in an effort to improve the city’s air pollution and health outcomes.
Read MoreCommunity-oriented process to monitor air quality kicks off tomorrow
Richmond is about to begin a unique process to identify a group of community leaders to work with the state and local air resources boards to determine key drivers of the city’s pollution and put together a plan to reduce it. This Wednesday, Nov. 7, leaders of community environmental organizations and other members of the…
Read MoreChevron CEO slams cap and trade, calls California ‘difficult state’
Chevron CEO John Watson has a problem. California is, well, “difficult.”
Read MoreContra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia to join the California Air Resources Board
Governor Jerry Brown selected County Supervisor John Gioia on Tuesday to represent the San Francisco Bay Area on the California Air Resources Board. The 12-member panel, a division of the California Environmental Protection Agency, provides state leadership and enforcement on air pollution standards and climate change regulations. “I’m excited to be working at a statewide…
Read MoreAir Quailty District hosts informative session on refinery fire
A dozen Richmond residents, most donning shirts that read ‘Clean Air for All,’ rode a bus to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District office this morning to hear from the various agencies investigating the Aug. 6 Chevron refinery fire. Spectators filled the chairs and lined the wall of the quiet, wood-paneled room as each…
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