While California leads the country in implementing environmental policy — innovating the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through cap-and-trade — local air districts have as a result lost power over...
Less famous but no less impressive as a narrator of local history is Andres Soto. Every few months, he conducts a “Toxics and Resilience Tour” of Richmond....
Nicholl Park became an environmental awareness hub during the third annual Richmond Our Power Festival on August 12. ...
Ten edible gardens in Richmond competed for the top spot at the second annual Richmond Urban Garden Contest on July 15....
The seventh annual North Richmond Green Festival and Earth Day Celebration on April 22 brought out community members for a creek clean-up, garden restoration, park festival and junior league baseball...
A new coalition of Richmond organizations is looking for ways to transition the city to a living economy. ...
Caring about the coast isn’t enough. If we want clean sand and clean water – as 90 percent of Californians surveyed in a recent poll say they do – we...
Richmond has opened a new solar power facility that will produce enough solar energy to power 600 homes per year. Energy provider MCE, JHS Properties and City of Richmond officials...
On a gloomy and windy morning, Happy Lot Farm and Garden (HLFG) celebrated its fourth anniversary with a “Block Clean-Up Party” as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday...
President Obama's announcement puts the spotlight on the state's coast just when rising seas and development threaten to erode access for millions....
Diversity at the leadership level in the environmental sector remains low despite a high proportion of well-educated and qualified people of color....
On Nov. 15 in San Francisco, I was one of more than 5,000 people who joined a peaceful direct action outside of the Army Corps of Engineers office. We delivered...
A majority of Californians say the state's 1,100 miles of coast is important to them personally, even as many are driven further inland by rising home prices....
A first-of-its-kind national survey commissioned by New America Media (conducted by Bendixen & Amandi International in July) found that 4 out of 5 minority voters support initiatives that would increase...
When you live in a low-income community in the shadows of Chevron, you fear the worst. Every single day we have to ask ourselves, “When is another explosion going to...
