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Lawmakers want to pass on air pollution costs through fees, fines and lawsuits

04/30/25 7:07 AM By Brad Hooker

California is considering several bills to ramp up regulations on air pollution and climate emissions and to shift more of the implementation costs to regulated entities.

DPR’s Toxic Tour raises skepticism over its environmental justice trajectory

10/23/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker

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The Department of Pesticide Regulation partnered with a farmworker advocacy group to host an event dubbed a Toxic Tour of Santa Maria farms, stoking outrage among farm groups.

CARB rejects petition to regulate digesters

06/03/24 7:41 AM By Brad Hooker

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The Air Resources Board has denied a request to enact new regulations on methane emissions from dairies and other livestock operations.

Study: Dairy digesters are not harming air quality

05/30/24 7:36 AM By Brad Hooker

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A new state-funded study finds that the methane-capturing technology is not worsening local air quality conditions in the San Joaquin Valley.

CARB targets dust, NOx and pesticides in valley air plans

11/09/22 8:10 AM By Brad Hooker

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The Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted the latest of a slew of hyperlocal environmental justice plans aiming to boost air quality by pouring millions into incentives grants.

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07.03.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Thompson on ag labor bill, USDA Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins on NWS response

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson introduced the Save Agriculture’s Workforce Act this week. He comes to the studio to discuss how it would significantly expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. Plus, USDA APHIS Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins provides an update on New World screwworm response and the factors being considered to reopen the Southern border to cattle imports.

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