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For more than two decades the small Tulare County community of Tooleville has been without a secure supply of safe drinking water. The simplest solution would be to connect the town’s water system to that of its neighbor, the City of Exeter. It would take less than a mile of …

Contaminated water has flown from faucets in Tooleville, a small community in Tulare County, since the 1980s. “The Great Water Divide: California’s Water Crisis” is a new documentary that follows the residents’ efforts to connect to neighboring Exeter’s water supply. FM89’s Kathleen Schock spoke to the filmmaker, Casey Beck, and …

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he will introduce a tax of up to $ 10 a month to water customers in order to fund safe drinking water in disadvantaged communities. Valley Public Radio has reported in the past about how many of those communities are right here in …

Dos Palos student Ace Mejia Sanchez doesn’t know where the drinking fountains are located at her school. Why would she? Nobody uses them. The 17-year-old said she’s been taught all … Click to Continue »

Several states sued the Trump administration Tuesday to challenge its decision to suspend the 2015 clean water rule aimed at protecting lakes, rivers and streams from pollutants. California Attorney General … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, Oct. 25: Whatever troubles President Donald Trump may be having, it must be said that in a perverse sort … Click to Continue »

Concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency scrapping the Clean Power Plan? Don’t be. Unless you like the idea of paying higher energy bills for virtually no climate benefit, we’re better … Click to Continue »

The Trump administration will formally propose repealing former President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by arguing it went beyond the bounds of federal … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal on Sunday, Aug. 20: Government scientists worried that their long-in-the-works assessment of climate change would be suppressed. The concern hardly rates … Click to Continue »

The stew of non-native species known to be swarming in the Great Lakes just got a little thicker. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that a new type of … Click to Continue »

Drive through the pomegranate and pistachio orchards between highways 41 and 99 and you may stumble upon Valley Teen Ranch , a cluster of residential homes where juvenile offenders come to be rehabilitated. Today, a few men are in their living room playing a basketball video game and making small …

Chowchilla plans to clean its dirty water with help from the sun, which leaders say will save some money during the next three decades. The Chowchilla City Council sold bonds … Click to Continue »

About 150 tons of Los Banos’ trash just left the city. Scores of pickup trucks, U-Hauls and vans full of household junk lined up along Fourth, Seventh, H and I … Click to Continue »