[Source: South Coast Air Quality Management District] Today (Dec. 2, 2022), the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board approved the 2022 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP or Plan) that lays a path for improving air quality and meeting federal air pollution standards by 2037 for the South Coast Air Basin Read More…
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In historic move, Los Angeles bans new oil wells, phases out existing ones
[Source: The Los Angeles Times] The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to phase out all oil drilling in L.A. and ban new wells, a historic move in a city that was built by a once-booming petroleum industry and whose residents have suffered with decades of environmental consequences as a result. In a 12 to Read More…
Southern California enacts new smog rules on refineries
[Source: AP News] Southern California air regulators on Friday approved new restrictions on area oil refineries and other factories that could remove tons of smog-forming pollutants from the air. The board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District adopted rule changes requiring emissions limits on oxides of nitrogen that will affect nine refineries and Read More…
California agency approves warehouse rule for air quality
[Source: Associated Press] Southern California air quality regulators on Friday approved a rule that would curb diesel emissions from thousands of trucks that ferry goods from the growing number of massive warehouses in the region run by Amazon and other companies. Areas around the facilities have weathered increased pollution affecting their largely minority communities. The Read More…
SCAQMD doesn’t want voters to have a say on tax hike on essential businesses
[Source: Los Angeles Times] The South Coast Air Quality Management District is trying to suppress your right to vote on local taxes by pretending a major tax increase is simply a “fee,” but the law is not on the district’s side. Rules proposed by the district would require warehouses with more than 100,000 square feet Read More…
How the coronavirus is hampering enforcement of California’s air pollution rules
[Source: The Los Angeles Times] The coronavirus is having another unintended effect on California’s environment, hindering the enforcement of clean-air rules that could help protect people’s lungs during the pandemic. Field inspections have been halted since mid-March at the California Air Resources Board, which enforces rules on trucks, ships and other major pollution sources, because Read More…
Supervisor Kathryn Barger joins South Coast AQMD Governing Board
[Source: SCAQMD] Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger was sworn in [Friday, December 6th] as the newest member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board, replacing Supervisor Janice Hahn as the County of Los Angeles’s representative. Barger was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in November Read More…
Governor Newsom names appointee to South Coast AQMD board
[Source: Office of Governor Gavin Newsom] Negar “Nikki” Noushkam, 44, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board. Noushkam has been senior project manager at Environmental Remediation Services Inc. since 2007 and chief engineer for the Aerospace Corporation since 2015. Noushkam held several positions at Northrop Grumman from Read More…
Southern California’s most toxic polluters will pay more under air board’s fee hike
[Source: Los Angeles Times] Southern California air quality officials will dramatically raise fees on toxic polluters in an effort to make oil refineries, manufacturers and other industries pay a greater share of the cost of monitoring and regulating their most health-threatening emissions. The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board voted 8-4 Friday to Read More…