CARB Environmental Justice Blog

  Community Visions for Environmental Justice Organizing Tickets | Eventbrite Community Visions for Environmental Justice Organizing Saturdays February 27 - March 13 from 1:30 - 4:15 p.m. EST online How can technical assistance providers such as researchers, lawyers, academics and students support community-led movements for environmental justice? Join us for three Saturday panels featuring community leaders and assistance providers, followed by moderated small-group discussions with speakers and attendees. Panels run from 1:30 – 2:45 pm EST, and discussions run from 3 – 4:15 pm EST. Register  to receive sign-up links for each Saturday session via Zoom. SATURDAY, FEB. 27 Seeking Justice through Policy: Environmental Justice Legislation and Executive Action SATURDAY, MARCH 6 Navigating the Now: Resources and Strategies during the Syndemic SATURDAY, MARCH 13 Back to the Future: America's Youth Organizing for Environmental Justice This Symposium is presented by Howard Law School ...

  The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released a  draft update  to its environmental justice tool, CalEnviroScreen, for public review and comment. The draft CalEnviroScreen Version 4.0 uses data on 21 indicators of pollution, environmental quality, and socioeconomic and public health conditions to calculate a score for each of the state’s 8,000 census tracts based on their overall pollution burdens and vulnerabilities.  These draft results are available in a  mapping tool .   The new draft version updates the tool’s 20 existing pollution and vulnerability indicators with the latest data and improved methodology  and adds a new indicator on children’s exposure to lead from housing.  The new version also includes several other improvements to existing indicators. It adds known pollution sources, such as chrome plating facilities, dairies and feedlots, and certain sources in Mexico that may impact California communities. ...

  Featured Stories - February 2021 RSVP: Cleaner Air Partnership *Virtual* Luncheon! Join us on March 26th to discuss  2021 air quality advocacy priorities  for our region considering the new Federal Administration as well as the State budget cycle.   Read More RSVP: Let's Grow Green Jobs on March 30th! Join Valley Vision, Sacramento Councilman Eric Guerra, the Sac Metro Air District, and others for a regional working session to build  equitable pipelines to jobs  in the green industries of the future. The Summit will focus on three sectors: Climate-Smart Ag, Mobility, and the Built Environment.   Read More Survey: Help Place 20 Air Monitors in North Sacramento and Oak Park Input from North Sacramento and Oak Park residents will determine the placement of 20 air monitors and a strategy to  reduce air pollution in these neighborhoods . Please share!   Read More CA State Auditor Criticizes CARB for Mishandling Emissions Redu...

Winners Announced in Air Quality Short-Film Contest We are happy to announce the winners of our Air Quality Short-Film contest. - Empower You Edutainment and the NAACP Youth Council. See the videos below, or click the link to watch them on You Tube. Empower You Edutainment   NAACP Youth Council   The Air Quality Short-Film contest engagee the community in civic engagement via the arts to showcase the impacts of poor air quality on health and ways to counteract poor air quality within the Inland Empire. The contest is sponsored by the Engagement Resource Collaborative (ERC), led by the College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), and the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC).

Public Agenda for: February 25, 2021, Board Meeting Agenda | California Air Resources Board Discussion Items The following agenda items may be heard in a different order at the Board meeting. 21-1-1: Public Meeting to Consider Proposed Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Offset Demonstration for the Coachella Valley Extreme Area Ozone Plan The Board will consider approval of the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Offset Demonstration for the Coachella Valley Extreme Area Ozone Plan. On December 28, 2020, the State submitted the Coachella Valley Extreme Area Ozone Plan (Plan) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The Plan addressed all Extreme area State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements with the exception of a VMT emissions offset demonstration. The Clean Air Act requires states to submit a VMT emissions offset demonstration as part of a SIP to show that enforceable transportation control strategies and transportation control measures will offset any increase in emis...