EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is clearing the way for California rules that will phase out the sale of diesel-powered trucks.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is clearing the way for California rules that will phase out the sale of diesel-powered trucks.
San Francisco's waste collector Recology will completely cease operations at its concrete-crushing facility in Bayview-Hunters Point, regional air regulators announced.
A researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno has discovered evidence that the plastic pollution problem may be more widespread than previously believed. John Ramos reports. (3-19-23)
The owners of 14 gas stations in the Bay Area, Northern and Central California have been ordered to pay $1.7 million to settle alleged environmental violations, prosecutors said.
Rights to a 1970s anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shedding a tear at the sight of smokestacks are being transferred to the National Congress of American Indians.
A citizen group brought a lawsuit Friday in federal court against the city of San Francisco, alleging that diesel generators at a city-run "vehicle triage center" in the Candlestick Point State Recreational Area violate the Clean Air Act.
Beaches in San Mateo County are closed due to concerns about sewage runoff during and after heavy rain.
Bay Area residents with a vehicle made before 1999 can receive up to $1,200 as part of a buy-back program to improve local air quality, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced Monday.
With the Thanksgiving holiday looming, Bay Area air quality officials strongly discouraged residents from wood burning, but stopped short of issuing a ban.
A lawsuit filed Thursday by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms.
The Santa Clara Valley and Livermore Valley typically see higher levels of air pollution than the rest of the Bay Area, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Contra Costa Health (CCH) lifted a health advisory on Monday in Crockett after air readings taken during the previous two days no longer detected hydrogen sulfide in the air.
Residents and business owners in Crockett are continuing to raise a stink over the odor hanging around their Contra Costa County community.
A Santa Cruz man thinks he has come up with a potential solution to the problem of plastic waste. He wants to convert it to diesel fuel. Devin Fehely reports. (10-2-22)
A Denver-based cannabis landlord has officially removed the polluting diesel generators previously used to power its facilities in East Oakland after the regional air district's request to shut them down was backed by an Alameda County Superior Court judge.
Crews were back on the water Saturday in Oakland to clean dead fish and algae from Lake Merritt. John Ramos reports. 9-3-22)
A smart solar generator provider received a multi-million dollar loan guarantee from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Monday to offer clean surveillance stations and mobile light towers.
Frustration is flaring up in a Pittsburg neighborhood as a fire burning since May 28 has led to unhealthy, even hazardous air quality levels.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air alert for smog on Tuesday.
An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade.
A new grocery store on the Peninsula is drawing praise from environmental groups, as it does not offer items packaged in single-use plastics.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries on Thursday, accusing them of deceiving the public about plastics and their damage to the environment.
Excess light cast into the sky is now seen as a form of pollution with real impacts on the environment. The State of California is now considering a bill that would be a first step in bringing darkness back to the night.
West Oakland residents may soon breathe a lot easier thanks to a rule adopted Thursday by the California Air Resources Board.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced Thursday his office has sent cease and desist letters to four construction companies for allegedly violating zoning laws and causing dust pollution near the city's Candlestick Point area.
