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2022

• Industry submits signatures to overturn oil drilling ban
  Bakersfield Californian | December 13, 2022
• Judge allows oil permitting in Kern County
  Bakersfield Now | November 3, 2022
• Opponents look forward, back after ruling on Kern oil permitting
  Bakersfield Californian | November 3, 2022
• Judge allows Kern to resume oil permitting
  Bakersfield Californian | November 2, 2022
• Environmental groups talk about potential gas leak hazard after 23,000 wells sold in CA
  Bakersfield Now | October 31, 2022
• Advocates inject local realities at carbon management forum
  Bakersfield Californian | October 26, 2022
• Oil ruling permits county to salvage extensive review
  Bakersfield Californian | October 7, 2022
• Newsom just signed a historic climate package. Now the fight over carbon capture begins
  San Francisco Chronicle | September 16, 2022
• New Kern County oil and gas economic impact report released
  23ABC News | August 19, 2022
• Op-Ed: We need to know about pesticide application in advance
  Bakersfield Californian | August 17, 2022
• ‘We’re the guinea pigs.’ Valley groups speak out about California climate change plan
  The Fresno Bee | August 17, 2022
• Newsom, California lawmakers wrangle over how to spend $19B on climate programs
  The Desert Sun | August 10, 2022
• Protesters highlight leaky oil wells, reported inspection problems
  Bakersfield Californian | July 13, 2022
• The Courts Won’t Save Us
  Atmos | July 11, 2022
• Climate Expert Sees Hope Despite High Court’s Ruling Reducing EPA’s Power
  NBC Bay Area | July 1, 2022
• Remediation work set to begin on toxic plume in downtown Delano
  Bakersfield Californian | June 29, 2022
• Delano begins the process of removing carcinogens from the soil downtown
  23ABC News | June 29, 2022
• Is a Michigan energy firm using dark money to influence California’s climate plans?
  LA Times | June 23, 2022
• Court Ruling Deems Kern County’s Oil and Gas Review Violated the Law
  Earth Justice | June 8, 2022
• Six idled oil wells leak explosive methane near Bakersfield homes in the past week
  The Desert Sun | May 23, 2022
• Judge rejects Kern’s oil lawsuit as ‘SLAPP’ case
  Bakersfield Californian | May 4, 2022
• California Oil and Gas Industry Leans on Political Heavyweights to Drill Wells
  Capital & Main | April 19, 2022
• Lawmakers debate about oil production and local gas prices
  23ABC News | March 21, 2022
• Stakes high as legal battle looms over Kern oil permitting
  Bakersfield Californian | March 19, 2022
• Can the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control Be Trusted to Clean Up Vulnerable Communities?
  Capital & Main | February 23, 2022

2021

• County Gets Big Win With Proposition 68 Funding
  Kern Sol News | December 10, 2021
• DPR, AB 617 Work with Small Communities to Ensure Pesticide Safety
  Kern Sol News | December 1, 2021
• California denies most fracking permits ahead of 2024 ban
  Associated Press | November 24, 2021
• Citing climate risks, California is denying fracking permits in droves
  San Francisco Chronicle | November 23, 2021
• Biden borrows from California environmental justice tactics: California has a new battle plan against environmental injustice. The nation is watching
  LA Times | November 18, 2021
• A state pollution trading program aims to improve air quality, but critics worry about environmental justice
  Delaware Public Media | November 5, 2021
• Rural activists ask for county supervisors’ support in push for pesticide notifications
  Bakersfield Californian / Yahoo News | October 26, 2021
• EXPLAINER: California proposes limits on community drilling
  Associated Press / The Sacramento Bee | October 22, 2021
• A California law gave the people power to cut pollution. Why isn’t it working?
  Grist | October 21, 2021
• California plan to ban community oil drilling far from final
  Associated Press | October 21, 2021
• California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods
  Associated Press | October 21, 2021
• California regulator proposes ban on oil drilling near schools, hospitals, homes
  The Hill | October 21, 2021
• Newsom backs tougher rules on California oil wells
  CalMatters | October 21, 2021
• California proposes a ban on new drilling wells built at least 3,200 ft from homes
  23ABC News | October 21, 2021
• Supervisors to vote on $3.5 billion budget Tuesday
  Bakersfield Californian | August 26, 2021
• Kern County supervisors to sue Gov. Newsom over ‘unilateral’ move to ban fracking in California
  Bakersfield Californian | August 10, 2021
• The West is caught in a vicious climate change feedback loop
  CNN | July 9, 2021
• Governor Gavin Newsom seeks ban on new fracking by 2024
  23ABC News | April 23, 2021
• ‘Just transition’ advocates revisit anti-oil campaign after key defeat in Sacramento
  Bakersfield Californian | April 22, 2021
• A California county, despite the state’s climate goals, further embraces fossil fuels
  Washington Post | April 10, 2021
• The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Last Stand in California Oil Country
  Capital & Main | March 4, 2021
• Lawyers say Kern County is Inconsistent with Information Regarding New Oil and Gas Ordinance
  Valley Public Radio | March 1, 2021
• Activists see remediation work as key to ‘just transition’ away from local oil production
  Bakersfield Californian | March 1, 2021
• Small Towns Get Ready to Fight Big Oil Over Air Quality in Central Valley
  Capital & Main | February 25, 2021
• Talks on Expanding Local Pesticide Notifications Deadlock
  Bakersfield Californian | January 30, 2021
• State Takes Credit for Issuing 23% Fewer Oil Drilling Permits
  Bakersfield Californian | January 25, 2021

2020

• The Fight Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure is the Fight for Healthy Communities
  KCET | December 17, 2020
• Environmentalism must address environmental racism to achieve true justice
  Prism Reports | October 19, 2020
• California Issues First Fracking Permits in Nine Months. But Covid-19…
  CapRadio | April 9, 2020

2019

• Who Pays When Polluting Companies Shut Down?
  Capital & Main | April 3, 2019
• Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
  San Francisco Public Press | April 1, 2019
• Developers Blame Environmental Law for California’s Housing Crisis?
  City Watch LA | March 21, 2019
• State environmental cleanup agency faces budget woes worse than Newsom anticipated
  Politico Pro | February 28, 2019
• Governor Newsom appoints new chair and new member of State Water Resources Control Board
  Daily Kos | February 15, 2019
• Air quality regulators visit Lamont to explore new avenues toward cleaner air
  Bakersfield Californian | February 7, 2019
• Young Advocates in Delano Are Getting Loud With Hopes To Better Their Community
  Bakersfield Californian | February 6, 2019
• How ICE Arrests Created Fear And Paranoia For High Schoolers In The Valley
  Valley Public Radio | January 8, 2019
• CPUC Provides San Joaquin Valley Residents with Cleaner and Safer Energy Options
  California PUC Newsletter | January 1, 2019

2018 and Previous

• Kern county leads the state with use of toxic pesticide, but plans to regulate it
  December 27, 2018 | Bakersfield Now
• This is Our Reality Now
  December 26, 2018 | The New York Times
• Controversial Pesticide Use in Question
  December 26, 2018 | Radio Bilingue
• Transformative Climate Communities Grants Announced
  December 20, 2018 | StreetsBlog Cal
• L.A. County to Consider Approval of City-sized Development in High Fire Area
  December 11, 2018 | Center for Biological Diversity
• Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment Reports on EPA Failures
  April 28, 2016 | Earth Justice
• Environmental justice groups win California court fight
  March 22, 2011 | Climate and Capitalism