Plastics: The American Beverage Association, led in California by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas’ brother Rick Rivas, notched its first big win under the new regime: the death of Assemblymember Laura Friedman’s AB 2762, which would have required beverage manufacturers to increasingly use and sell refillable bottles instead of single-use or non-recyclable ones.
Sacramento, CA –Bright, tinkling laughter of children carried like music on the wind makes living next to schools occasionally magical–until the playgrounds go silent. On the days gone quiet, the air hangs dank and pungent. The children are present, but the odiferous, toxic fumes of paraquat wafting from the fields next door, have kept recess inside. If you live next to corn, soybeans, cotton, almonds, peanuts, or wine grape vineyards, this is just part of rural living.
Sacramento, CA – Bright, tinkling laughter of children carried like music on the wind makes living next to schools occasionally magical– until the playgrounds go silent. On the days gone quiet, the air hangs dank and pungent.
Las risas brillantes de los niños llevada como música por el viento hacen que vivir junto a las escuelas sea a veces mágico, hasta que los patios de recreo se quedaron silenciosos. En los días silenciosos, el aire es húmedo y oloroso.
During Earth Week, Environment California and partners held a rally in Sacramento to call on Governor Newsom and the Legislature to restore funding for programs in the budget that deliver clean air, clean cars and healthy homes for Californians. Six state legislators spoke at the rally: Assemblymember Damon Connolly, Assemblymember Rick Zbur, Assemblymember Dawn Addis, Assemblymember Chris Ward, Assemblymember Laura Friedman and Senator Dave Min.
Citing serious health issues associated with its use, including Parkinson’s disease, and inaction by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the weed killer paraquat would be banned through legislation introduced in the California Assembly (AB 1963).