Politics grist.org California is still oil country. This county wants to keep it that way Kern County is already super polluted, but it wants to fast-track 67,000 oil and gas wells.
Impacts www.alleghenyfront.org Climate change, COVID make farmworkers' jobs more dangerous Most people have never met a farmworker, and haven’t seen the extraordinary conditions they work in, including smoke from wildfires and heatwaves.
Impacts www.politico.com Trump bashes California leaders during Bakersfield visit to celebrate new water rules Trump basked in the cheers from 2,000 supporters in an airplane hangar on the outskirts of the agriculture- and oil-focused city.
Causes Politics and smog mix in California's heartland The Central Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country. And the White House's recent assault on the state's environmental regulations could make it worse.
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
