CARB Environmental Justice Blog

Breathe easier, California! Turn off your engine. What is idling? Idling is running a vehicle’s engine while it is not moving. Unnecessary idling by diesel-fueled trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles near homes, schools, and shopping centers raises concern for many communities across California. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) enforces clean air rules for idling diesel trucks and buses throughout the state. Although CARB’s idling rules do not apply to passenger vehicles, it is important to reduce idling all the same to help protect our community’s health and our environment. Why reduce idling? By turning off our engines, we can… Community Health Protect the health of our most at-risk community members, like children, the elderly, and those with health conditions such as asthma and heart related issues. Recent studies find nearly 3 times as many people die from air pollution-related deaths as from car accidents annually. Environment Improve the environment. Stopping all unnec...

California, ¡respira tranquilo! Apaga tu motor. ¿Qué es el motor en marcha? Tener el motor en marcha se refiere a tener el motor encendido de un vehículo sin moverse. Tener el motor de camiones de diésel, autobuses y autos de pasajeros en marcha sin alguna necesidad cerca de escuelas y centros comerciales causa preocupación entre muchas comunidades de California. El Consejo de Recursos del Aire de California (CARB por sus siglas en inglés) hace cumplir las leyes de aire limpio que incluyen motores en marcha de camiones y autobuses de diésel en todo el estado. Aunque las reglas de motor en marcha de CARB no aplican a automóviles de pasajeros, es importante reducir dicha práctica para ayudar a proteger la salud de la comunidad y el medio ambiente. ¿Por qué reducir el motor en marcha? Al apagar los motores, podemos… Salud comunitaria Proteger la salud de nuestros miembros de la comunidad que están en mayor riesgo, como niños, ancianos y los que tienen condiciones de salud como asma y prob...

Storytelling from EJ Communities The purpose of this endeavor is to provide a space for folks living in, and/or championing, environmental justice communities to share their stories, in their own voice.  One goal of this endeavor is to help governmental staff grow beyond trainings that focus on how to speak to people; rather than understand the condition of others’ lives.  The quality of life for many people living in EJ communities is so intertwined with systemic racism that it is impossible to truly discuss EJ without allowing community to discuss it.   On July 9, the first in the series of “Storytelling from EJ Communities” will feature Dillon Delvo, Little Manila in Stockton, and LaDonna Willians from All Positives Possible in Vallejo.  Dillon will speak on the history of the Filipino community’s marginalization in general, and in Stockton specifically.  His story goes back 100 + years.  LaDonna Williams will speak on historically black neighborho...