Most people recognize Dolores Huerta for her work in the farm labor movement and in the struggles for women’s rights and civil rights. On Tuesday in Salinas, Huerta showed her environmental protection side at a…
With a field of romaine lettuce just steps behind him, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders swooped into Spreckels this morning to give a press conference about his views on fracking, and to voice his support for…
Disposing waste water from oil production into underground wells in Southern California likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes, according to a new report. While this appears to be the first time that researchers have…
Oil companies in drought-ravaged California have, for years, pumped wastewater from their operations into aquifers that had been clean enough for people to drink. They did it with explicit permission from state regulators, who were…