If approved by voters, the potential $60 million to $90 million per year in tax revenue from Chevron could propel the Richmond's Green-Blue New Deal....
The Vehicle Buy Back Program gives an incentive to scrap more polluting vehicles to help improve regional air quality and reduce climate-warming emissions....
Exposure to extreme temperatures can lead to serious illness and death; the risks for people who are pregnant or have preexisting conditions are even greater....
After Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe pledged to reject fossil fuel infrastructure, his City Council did not move to restrict gas station development. ...
PG&E officials said on Earth Day in Richmond that its retail customers received 100% greenhouse gas-free electricity, for the first time, in 2023....
Asian Pacific Environmental Network and Communities for a Better Environment in Richmond and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier addressed refinery flarings this month....
Two refineries in Contra Costa County have agreed to end lawsuits against BAAQMD in a settlement that includes millions of dollars from Chevron....
The Richmond landfill closed in 2007 but has received 13 violation notices from 2019 to 2023 for issues including well and surface leaks and visible emissions....
Bay Area residents nurtured the Richmond Greenway for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, an Urban Tilth initiative that started in 2007....
The Antioch City Council voted 4-0 Tuesday to amend the city's General Plan to include an Environmental Justice Element as required by the state....
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District released a draft plan to reduce emissions for the Richmond-North Richmond-San Pablo area of Contra Costa County....
Richmond’s wastewater treatment facility released foul odors beginning Dec. 4, prompting a special council meeting to get an explanation....
The sky over Richmond turned black with smoke around 4 p.m. Monday, with flames shooting from the Chevron refinery in what the company called a flaring event....
What started as a club for Black and Brown kayakers, has turned into a league of activists who want to do something about climate change....
The Healthy Lands, Healthy People report found significant potential in Contra Costa County to use natural and working lands to store greenhouse gas emissions....
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