In preparation for a busy Labor Day Weekend, Yosemite National Park has designated several new Wildlife Protection Zones located on stretches of roadway throughout the Park where bears and other animals have been hit by vehicles. Visitors driving in the park this weekend will see new signs advising motorists that …
Read More »Community Engagement At Center Of New State Law On Air Protection
When it comes to monitoring air quality, we typically turn to air regulators, like the state and the local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. But a recent state law is taking on a new strategy: Putting air quality in the hands of the community. And one person who’s …
Read More »Trump administration takes aim at California desert protection plan
The Trump administration is threatening to scrap a major Obama-era agreement that sought to protect millions of acres of the California desert by placing sensitive areas off-limits to major solar- … Click to Continue »
Read More »Can Tulare Save Its Hospital? TRMC Board Seeks Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Protection
The future of the troubled Tulare Regional Medical Center is in doubt, as the elected board of the public hospital voted last weekend to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. It’s the latest chapter is a years-long fight for control of the hospital, which is run by a private company …
Read More »Congress: Michigan, Great Lakes wolves could lose federal protection
Legislation under committee consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday moves to strip great wolves in the western Great Lakes states of protections they enjoy under the Endangered … Click to Continue »
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