CARB Environmental Justice Blog

  By Avery Parks (1), Tanisha Raj (2), Ector Olivares (2), Fotini Katopodes Chow (1) Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Environmental Justice Program, Catholic Charities of Stockton November 27, 2023 Fall and winter bring visions of holidays and cozy gatherings around a fire. It may be a surprise that the changing seasons also bring very high air pollution, which can last for days or weeks at a time. The air pollution comes fr om vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural burning, wildfire smoke, and even wood smoke from f ireplaces. Air pollution levels already exceeded healthy limits in Stockton over this Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2023 (Figure 1). This article looks at data from winter 2022 to understand trends and patterns in Stockton, to find out when, where, and why the air quality is poor - and what we can do about it. Figure 1. Air quality index (AQI) (corrected) values in Stockton from the Purple Air sen...

La Revisiónde Camiones Limpios de California: moviendovehículos pesados hacia un futuro más limpio Para mantenerse actualizado sobre La Revisión de Camiones Limpios, visite el sitio web de TruckStop arb.ca.gov/truckstop , suscríbase a la lista de correo electrónico GovDelivery de CARB  y siga a CARB TruckStop en X (anteriormente conocido como Twitter) @CARBTruckStop . A pesar de representar sólo alrededor del 3% de la flota total de vehículos de carretera de California, los vehículos pesados desempeñan un papel importante en la contaminación del aire móvil en todo el estado. En el 2020, fueron responsables de aproximadamente el 52 % de las emisiones de óxidos de nitrógeno (NOx) de fuentes móviles en carretera y del 54 % de las emisiones de partículas (PM) 2.5 de fuentes móviles en carretera. Alrededor del 70% de los californianos viven en áreas que exceden los estándares federales de ozono y PM 2.5 (CARB, 2020d). Estas emisiones plantean graves amenazas a la salud humana y al med...

Public Landscaper Workgroup Meeting on Small Off-Road Engines Learn about new rules and incentives to help purchase electric landscape equipment.  The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites professional landscapers to participate in a workgroup to discuss recent updates to the small off-road engine regulations that will affect new engines used in landscape equipment. The workgroup will also discuss incentives for electric landscape equipment to assist landscapers with the transition to zero-emission equipment. Professional landscapers are encouraged to join the workgroup and participate in its quarterly virtual meetings. The third virtual meeting of the landscaper workgroup will be at the date and time below: Date:          November 14, 2023 Time:          6:00 - 7:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time Location:    Virtual meeting through Zoom Subscribe Background Small off-road engines (...

  DPR proposes regulation to provide public access to pesticide information prior to  applications. Nov. 2, 2023   Today, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) noticed proposed regulations for a statewide system that will provide the public with information prior to intended applications of restricted material pesticides in California. DPR’s proposed regulation builds on the process in the state of California to regulate restricted material pesticides. Applicators must be licensed, obtain a permit and provide notice to the county agricultural commissioner prior to applications of restricted material pesticides. The proposed regulation would require information about restricted material applications for the production of an agricultural commodity to be submitted electronically to ...

  El Departamento de Reglamentación de Pesticidas propone un reglamento para proporcionar acceso público a la información relacionada con los pesticidas antes de su aplicación     Hoy, el Departamento de Reglamentación de Pesticidas (DPR, siglas en inglés) dio a conocer las normas propuestas para un sistema estatal que proporcionará al público información previa a las aplicaciones previstas de pesticidas de uso restringido en California. El reglamento propuesto por el DPR se basa en el proceso que se sigue en el estado de California para regular los pesticidas de material restringido. Los aplicadores deben tener l...

  Considered the “ Nobel Prize ” in air quality achievement, CARB’s Clean Air Awards in honor of Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit have been given annually since 2001 to individuals who have made transformative contributions toward improving air quality and/or addressing climate change. To date, nearly eighty awards have been made in a variety of categories, including: Education; Environmental Justice; International Work (work performed outside of the United States); Policy; Research / Science / Technology.   Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards , due by December 19, 2023, 5 p.m. PT – Please nominate your clean air hero ! Please visit our website to learn more about the awards program , past recipients , and nomination instructions .   Awards will be announced in late Spring 2024, with conferral currently scheduled for June or July 2024.