PRESSRELEASES

4.21.2023 Local Symposium Promotes Detrimental Technology

4.5.2023 Groups Renew Call to End Federal Amnesty for Factory Farm Air Polluters

3.21.2023 Lawsuit Filed Seeking Reconciliation of Excess Pollution from Corrupt Credit Banking System

9.1.2022 3,200FT Setbacks on New and Existing Wells Passes Through the Legislature

6.8.2022 Court Ruling Deems Kern County’s Oil and Gas Review Violated the Law

11.10.2021 Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Address California’s San Joaquin Valley Clean Air Crisis | Grupos Presentan una Demanda Federal para Abordar la Crisis de Aire Limpio del Valle de San Joaquín de California

11.1.2021 Coalition to Host Public Workshops on Bringing High Road Jobs to Kern County after Receiving State Funding | Coalición Organiza Talleres Públicos sobre cómo Traer Empleos High Road al Condado de Kern después de Recibir Fondos Estatales

10.21.2021 VISION coalition commends historic 3,200 ft setback for public health, urges Governor Newsom to close loopholes and phase out neighborhood drilling | La coalición VISION elogia el distanciamiento histórico de 3,200 pies para la salud pública, insta al gobernador Newsom a cerrar las lagunas y eliminar gradualmente la perforación en los vecindarios 

10.13.2021 Delano Toxics Disaster Finally Sees Cleanup from State Agency

10.7.2021 Kern County Communities Win Reprieve with Court Ruling
on Oil & Gas Permitting

8.16.2021 Bear Mountain Park Achieves Infrastructure Upgrades

7.14.2021 Governor Signs Crucial Toxics Bill

6.22.2021 California Delays Oil and Gas Health Buffers Yet Again

3.11.2021 Kern County Sued Over Fast-tracking of Tens of Thousands of New Oil Wells

3.8.2021 Kern Community Leaders, Residents, and Allied Organizations Respond to Board of Supervisors Vote to Greenlight Tens of Thousands of New Toxic Oil Wells

2.24.2021 State Board Awards Grant for Kern County Workforce and Economic Diversification Planning Project

2.10.2021 More than 7,000 Petition Signatures Delivered to Kern County Planning Commission from Coalition Opposed to Expanded Oil and Gas Drilling

2.01.2021 State Orders Kern Ag Commissioner to Give Advance Notice of Pesticide Use in Shafter

1.08.2021 Groups Support Legal Action Calling for Oversight of Metal Shredding Facilities

12.14.2020 Press Statement: Today is Public Comment Deadline for Kern Oil Ordinance

10.14.2020 Local, State and National Groups Launch Campaign to Stop Massive Oil and Gas Drilling Expansion in California’s Central Valley / Grupos Locales, Estatales y Nacionales Lanzan una Campaña para Detener la Expansión Masiva de Perforación de Petróleo y Gas en Valle Central de California

10.14.2020 Campaign Launched to Stop Massive Oil and Gas Drilling Expansion in Kern County / Campaña Lanzada para Detener Expansión Masiva de Perforación de Petróleo y Gas en el Condado de Kern

9.30.2020 Governor Newsom Vetoes Environmental Justice Bill in the Middle of a Climate Health Emergency

8.27.2019 Kern County Supervisors Approve New Parks & Infrastructure Investments in
Underserved Communities / Los supervisores del condado de Kern aprueban nuevas inversiones en parques e
infraestructura en comunidades que carecen de servicios suficientes

7.25.2019 Large California Oil Spill Highlights Lack of Oversight and Dangers of Oil Drilling

5.17.2019 VICTORY! Kern County Superior Court Orders City of Arvin to Set Aside Permit for Four Oil Wells Near Homes

5.08.2019 Communities Celebrate the Cancellation of Chlorpyrifos in California

4.24.2019 VISIÓN Advocates for a Future Free of Oil & Gas Extraction in Our Communities // VISIÓN California concibe un futuro libre de la perforación en los vecindarios

4.4.2019 Environmental Justice Bills Promise Improvements in Low-Income Communities & Communities of Color

3.5.2019 Environmental Justice Organizations Urge State Legislators to Ban Chlorpyrifos // Organizaciones de justicia ambiental instan a los legisladores estatales a prohibir el clorpirifos

2.23.2019 PRESS ADVISORY: Bill to Introduced to CA State Legislature to Protect Public Health from Chlorpyrifos

11.8.2018 Environmental Advocates and Community Leaders Urge California Officials to #BanChlorpyrifos // Defensores del medio ambiente y líderes comunitarios instan a los funcionarios de California a prohibir clorpirifos

10.30.2018 CRPE Stands in Solidarity with the Jewish Community

10.26.2018 U.S. District Court Rules in Favor of Community Groups in Response to EPA Complaint //
Reglas del Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos a favor de grupos comunitarios en respuesta a una queja en contra de la EPA

10.22.2018  CRPE Stands in Solidarity with Transgender People // CRPE Condena las Acciones de Esta Administración y Se Solidariza con las Personas Transgénero

10.2.2018 Lawsuit Filed Challenging New Oil Drilling Project in Arvin //Demanda presentada desafiante nuevo proyecto de perforación petrolera en Arvin

9.18.2018 Groups Charge the EPA with Failing to Enforce Air Standards // Los grupos cobran a la EPA por no hacer cumplir las normas de aire

8.29.2018 Residents Advocate to Fund Health and Safety in the Kern County Budget

8.20.2018 Press Advisory: Appeal Planned to Ask Arvin Planning Commission to Stop New Oil and Gas Project

7.31.2018 UPDATED: HUGE WIN FOR ARVIN!! Arvin City Council Unanimously Votes to Protect Its Citizens and Regulate Oil and Gas

RECENT NEWS

8.11.23 Pushing for pesticide notification: Kern County community clashes with Agricultural Commissioner (23ABC News)

8.8.2023 Supervisors seek answers for residents fumed over unnoticed pesticide use (Bakersfield Californian)

8.6.2023 JOSE GASPAR: Residents going without infrastructure want action (Bakersfield Californian)

6.14.2023 What should the next generation of cities look like? (Vox)

5.24.23 Air quality advocates sue regional regulator over emission credits (Bakersfield Californian)

4.21.23 California approves new oil wells as setback bill remain on hold (23ABC News)

3.30.2023 Grove oil bill clears Senate committee (Bakersfield Californian)

3.30.2023 Climate Fix: California Looks to Remove Massive Amounts of Carbon from Atmosphere to Meet Climate Goals (KQED)

2.9.2023 Powerful industries keep trying to overturn California laws at the ballot box. What’s driving so many referendums? (San Francisco Chronicle)

2.7.2023 Congressman Valadao brings Bakersfield oil company owner to State of the Union address (Bakersfield Now)

1.27.2023 Appeals court orders halt to Kern oilfield permitting pending review (Bakersfield Californian)

1.17.2023 State’s embattled oil chief resigns (Bakersfield Californian)

1.16.2023 Activists will attend state hearing on pesticide (Bakersfield Californian)

12.13.2022 Industry submits signatures to overturn oil drilling ban (Bakersfield Californian)

11.3.2022 Judge allows oil permitting in Kern County (Bakersfield Now)

11.3.2022 Opponents look forward, back after ruling on Kern oil permitting (Bakersfield Californian)

11.2.2022 Judge allows Kern to resume oil permitting (Bakersfield Californian)

10.31.2022 Environmental groups talk about potential gas leak hazard after 23,000 wells sold in CA (Bakersfield Now)

10.26.2022 Advocates inject local realities at carbon management forum (Bakersfield Californian)

10.7.2022 Oil ruling permits county to salvage extensive review (Bakersfield Californian)

9.16.2022 Newsom just signed a historic climate package. Now the fight over carbon capture begins (San Francisco Chronicle)

8.19.2022 New Kern County oil and gas economic impact report released (23ABC News)

8.17.2022 Op-Ed:We need to know about pesticide application in advance (Bakersfield Californian)

8.17.2022 ‘We’re the guinea pigs.’ Valley groups speak out about California climate change plan (The Fresno Bee)

8.10.2022 Newsom, California lawmakers wrangle over how to spend $19B on climate programs (The Desert Sun)

7.13.2022 Protesters highlight leaky oil wells, reported inspection problems (Bakersfield Californian)

7.11.2022 The Courts Won’t Save Us (Atmos)

7.1.2022 Climate Expert Sees Hope Despite High Court's Ruling Reducing EPA's Power (NBC Bay Area)

6.29.2022 Remediation work set to begin on toxic plume in downtown Delano (Bakersfield Californian)

6.29.2022 Delano begins the process of removing carcinogens from the soil downtown (23ABC News)

6.23.2022 Is a Michigan energy firm using dark money to influence California’s climate plans? (LA Times)

5.23.2022 Six idled oil wells leak explosive methane near Bakersfield homes in the past week (Desert Sun)

5.4.2022 Judge rejects Kern's oil lawsuit as 'SLAPP' case (Bakersfield Californian)

4.19.2022 California Oil and Gas Industry Leans on Political Heavyweights to Drill Wells (Capital & Main)

3.21.2022 Lawmakers debate about oil production and local gas prices (23ABC News)

3.19.2022 Stakes high as legal battle looms over Kern oil permitting (Bakersfield Californian)

2.23.2022 Can the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control Be Trusted to Clean Up Vulnerable Communities? (Capital & Main)

12.10.2021 County Gets Big Win With Proposition 68 Funding (Kern Sol News)

12.1.2021 DPR, AB 617 Work with Small Communities to Ensure Pesticide Safety (Kern Sol News)

11.24.2021 California denies most fracking permits ahead of 2024 ban (Associated Press)

11.23.2021 Citing climate risks, California is denying fracking permits in droves (San Francisco Chronicle)

11.18.2021 Biden borrows from California environmental justice tactics: California has a new battle plan against environmental injustice. The nation is watching (LA Times)

11.5.2021 A state pollution trading program aims to improve air quality, but critics worry about environmental justice (Delaware Public Media)

10.26.2021 Rural activists ask for county supervisors' support in push for pesticide notifications (Bakersfield Californian/Yahoo News)

10.22.2021 EXPLAINER: California proposes limits on community drilling (Associated Press/The Sacramento Bee)

10.21.2021 A California law gave the people power to cut pollution. Why isn’t it working? (Grist)

10.21.2021 California plan to ban community oil drilling far from final (Associated Press)

10.21.2021 California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods (Associated Press/Washington Post)

10.21.2021 California regulator proposes ban on oil drilling near schools, hospitals, homes (The Hill)

10.21.2021 Newsom backs tougher rules on California oil wells (CalMatters)

10.21.2021 California proposes a ban on new drilling wells built at least 3,200 ft from homes (23ABC News)

8.26.2021 Supervisors to vote on $3.5 billion budget Tuesday (Bakersfield Californian)

8.10.2021 Kern County supervisors to sue Gov. Newsom over 'unilateral' move to ban fracking in California (Bakersfield Californian)

7.9.2021 The West is caught in a vicious climate change feedback loop (CNN)

4.23.2021 Governor Gavin Newsom seeks ban on new fracking by 2024 (23ABC News)

4.22.2021 'Just transition' advocates revisit anti-oil campaign after key defeat in Sacramento (Bakersfield Californian)

4.10.2021 A California county, despite the state's climate goals, further embraces fossil fuels (Washington Post)

3.4.2021 The Fossil Fuel Industry's Last Stand in California Oil Country (Capital & Main)

3.1.2021 Lawyers say Kern County is Inconsistent with Information Regarding New Oil and Gas Ordinance (Valley Public Radio)

3.1.2021 Activists see remediation work as key to 'just transition' away from local oil production (Bakersfield Californian)

2.25.2021 Small Towns Get Ready to Fight Big Oil Over Air Quality in Central Valley (Capital & Main)

1.30. 2021 Talks on Expanding Local Pesticide Notifications Deadlock (Bakersfield Californian)

1.25.2021 State Takes Credit for Issuing 23% Fewer Oil Drilling Permits (Bakersfield Californian)

12.17.2020 The Fight Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure is the Fight for Healthy Communities (KCET)

4.3.2019 Who Pays When Polluting Companies Shut Down? (Capital & Main)

4.1.2019 Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster (San Francisco Public Press)

3.21.2019 Developers Blame Environmental Law for California’s Housing Crisis? (City Watch LA)

2.28.2019 State environmental cleanup agency faces budget woes worse than Newsom anticipated (Politico Pro)

2.15.2019 Governor Newsom appoints new chair and new member of State Water Resources Control Board (Daily Kos)

2.7.2019 Air quality regulators visit Lamont to explore new avenues toward cleaner air (Bakersfield Californian)

2.6.2019 Young Advocates in Delano Are Getting Loud With Hopes To Better Their Community (Bakersfield Californian)

1.8.2019 How ICE Arrests Created Fear And Paranoia For High Schoolers In The Valley (Valley Public Radio)

1.1.2019 CPUC Provides San Joaquin Valley Residents with Cleaner and Safer Energy Options (California PUC Newsletter)

12.27.2018 Kern county leads the state with use of toxic pesticide, but plans to regulate it (Bakersfield Now)

12.26.2018 This is Our Reality Now (The New York Times)

12.26.2018 Controversial Pesticide Use in Question (Radio Bilingue)

12.20.2018 Transformative Climate Communities Grants Announced (StreetsBlog Cal)

12.11.2018 L.A. County to Consider Approval of City-sized Development in High Fire Area (Center for Biological Diversity)