CARB Environmental Justice Blog

  Stockton Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Symposium - Community Led Walking Tour Join us for a tour of the Stockton Waterfront and hear our take proposed Carbon Capture projects and their potential impacts. by Little Manila Rising Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Time: 4:00 PM PDT to 6:00 PM PDT Location: University Plaza Waterfront Hotel, 110 West Fremont Street, Stockton, CA 95202 Register HERE  ( https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stockton-ccus-symposiumcommunity-led-walking-tour-tickets-425226502917 )

  Carbon Capture and Storage Symposium September 29, 2022 University Plaza Waterfront Hotel Stockton, California (and Virtual) Description The EPA R9 Regional Administrator, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability are co-sponsoring a daylong symposium on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in  Stockton, California on September 29, 2022 . The purpose of the symposium is to create a space for a diverse group of stakeholders—academics, environmental justice (EJ) stakeholders, and state and federal policymakers—from across the United States to discuss environmental and public health concerns, and challenges related to the use of CCS technology to inform current policy and regulatory processes, with a specific focus on any potential impacts on local communities. The symposium agenda has been developed by a planning committee comprised of government staff, environmental justice advocates, and academics. This group identified yo...

 September 21, 2022 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has successfully introduced several programs to transform California’s freight transportation systems to reduce community impacts from the movement of people and freight. However, there is still work to do as the freight transportation network expands and locomotives remain a large contributor to poor air quality in the state.   CARB is proposing the In-Use Locomotive Regulation to reduce criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gas emissions from locomotives in-use. The proposed regulation is intended to be implemented statewide   The goal of the proposed regulation is to accelerate adoption of advanced cleaner technologies for all locomotive operations.  As discussed in CARB’s draft 2022 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan , zero-emission technologies are critical to the State’s ability to protect public health, address climate change, and meet both state and feder...

The 2023 Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Research Grants and Alliance Grants Program Solicitation periods are currently open! This year, DPR has funding of $4.65 million to support the State’s goal of transitioning to system-wide adoption of safer, more sustainable pest management practices. The Alliance Grants Program provides annual funding for projects that promote or increase the implementation, expansion, and/or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable integrated pest management (IPM) systems or practices that reduce public health and environmental risks in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings through Alliance Teams. The Research Grants Program provides annual funding for projects that advance IPM knowledge in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings through traditional research. Due to the increased funding available this year, the 2023 Alliance Grants Program will award eligible projects with budgets ranging from $50,000 to $1.5 million while the Research G...

In June of 2022, the non-profit Climate First: Replacing Oil and Gas (CFROG) successfully completed four projects that were supported by a CARB grant, awarded to them in 2019. The non-profit, based in Ventura County, strived to educate community members and measure air quality with their projects.  CFROG was started in 2013 in response to a proposed oil drilling operation in Ventura County. A group of neighbors got together and advocated against the effort and acted as community watchdogs from then on. CFROG gained tax-exempt status in 2014. In 2018, the organization’s focus shifted from not only monitoring oil and gas proposals but advocating for a green transition and clean solutions as well. Figure 1: Dr. Steven Colome, CFROG Advisor, Dr. Mary Woo, CSUCI faculty, and Same Michie, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District working together to calibrate Aeroqual air monitoring devices.              In a spin on the non-profit’s acron...

  G ROUNDWORK R ICHMOND Groundwork Richmond is an environmental organization that is “ Changing Places & Changing Lives ” by restoring the environment with the next generation of environmental stewards. We work with community youth to help them develop their leadership potential and provide service learning opportunities. We work with local partners to increase the urban tree canopy in Richmond by assessing site opportunities for new trees, canvassing neighborhoods for potential tree adopters and conducting tree-planting events. Working collaboratively with the City of Richmond and other nonprofits, our goal is to address issues such as air quality, climate change and educate our community on the importance and benefits of trees which plays a vital role in meeting our mission. U RBAN F ORESTRY M ANAGER (UFM) - P OSITION S UMMARY We are looking for an Urban Forestry Manager (UFM) who is passionate about environmental and social justice issues, understands why the urban can...

  The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTAC) Program provides grant funding to eligible applicants to establish technical assistance centers across the nation providing technical assistance, training, and related support to communities with environmental justice concerns and their partners. The new technical assistance centers will provide training, assistance, and capacity building on writing grant proposals, navigating federal systems such as Grants.gov and SAM.gov, and effectively managing grant funding. These centers will also provide guidance on community engagement, meeting facilitation, and translation and interpretation services for limited English-speaking participants. The EJ TCTAC program will coordinate with and complement the  Department of Transportation’s Thriving Communities Initiative EXIT EXIT EPA WEBSITE  that is providing tech...

CARB’s Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants The Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants (known as the Criteria and Toxics Reporting Regulation, or CTR) was developed in response to Assembly Bill 617 (AB 617) , which specified that CARB require the operators of stationary sources to annually report their emissions of criteria air pollutants and toxic air contaminants using a uniform statewide system of reporting. In addition, CTR was developed to meet the needs of numerous other CARB programs, like the community right-to-know tenets established in AB 197 , and the toxic air contaminant emissions data necessary to evaluate health risks according to the AB 2588 “Hot Spots” program .  Stationary sources of air pollution, like refineries, power plants, chrome plating shops, auto body shops and gas stations, emit a variety of air pollutants. For many types of stationary sources, the operator of the ...