California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental groups condemned a resolution headed to President Donald Trump that, if signed, would block the state’s authority to set stricter air standards and ...

The Advanced Clean Cars II rule, enacted in 2022 by the California Air Resources Board and granted a federal waiver by the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency in December 2024 ...

Mary Creasman, chief executive officer of California Environmental Voters, noted that 11 other states, including New York, Massachusetts, and Oregon, have adopted a version of California’s clean ...

He and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced plans to sue to block Congress from revoking the ban Thursday morning at the California Environmental Protection Agency office in downtown Sacramento.

When the law stymied the renovation of the state Capitol, they acted once again. Lawmakers’ willingness to poke holes in the California Environmental Quality Act for specific projects without ...

In 50 years, California’s authority to set environmental rules that are tougher than national standards had never been challenged by Congress. Until now. By Lisa Friedman and Laurel Rosenhall ...

including California’s Schiff and Alex Padilla, in a March letter to the EPA. “Beyond obvious issues with conflating ‘DEI’ and ‘environmental justice,’ these EPA grants help ensure ...

Under the Clean Air Act, states are not allowed to set their own vehicle air pollution standards, except California, which must request a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...

An ambitious and highly technical proposal by Sen. Scott Wiener reining in the landmark California Environmental Quality Act to make it harder for opponents of development to sue to block housing ...

The environment appears to be a top priority: The administration has initiated or completed about 70% of Project 2025’s environmental ... air and clean water.” California projects terminated ...

There are also ongoing worries about the environmental impact the fire has ... protect the sea beds here in the slough," University of California at Santa Cruz researcher Lilian Carswell.