Silicon Valley Sits on the Sidelines in the Fight Against Homelessness With the right app, you can get anything you want. So why can’t the unhoused find one to help them get a roof over their heads? Capital & Main · Feb 10, 2023
The Untold Story of COVID’s Impact on California’s Mental Health The pandemic continues to bring stress upon those in the state who can least afford it. Capital & Main · Feb 9, 2023
Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for Capital & Main · Feb 8, 2023
Toxic Water Project Sparks Controversy With Navajo Neighbors Missed cues grow Native distrust around a New Mexico research project on oil well wastewater. Capital & Main · Feb 7, 2023
Will California Leaders Take a Hard Look at Tax Breaks? Foregone revenues add up to more than double the amount of the expected deficit. Capital & Main · Feb 6, 2023
Southern California Regulators Let Industrial Polluters Exceed U.S. EPA Guidelines Critics slam SoCal air regulator for adopting weak emissions rules for the potent carcinogen ethylene oxide. Capital & Main · Feb 3, 2023
L.A. Hotel Workers Fight an Uphill Battle to Live Where They Work Making developers who stoke the housing crisis repair the damage they’ve done. Capital & Main · Feb 2, 2023
Aim for the Stomach Why the threat to food supplies — and industrial agriculture's role in global warming — is central to the discourse on climate change. Capital & Main · Jan 31, 2023
‘A Colossal Giveaway’: A Tax Break for Big Polluters Is Also Starving Public Schools in Texas In December, legislators killed a controversial abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades. Capital & Main · Jan 30, 2023
Even After Floods Hit State, California Plans Cuts To Climate Investments Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens. Capital & Main · Jan 27, 2023
Flaring and Venting Spike in December Cold Snap Questions over whether cold weather in New Mexico an 'emergency.' Capital & Main · Jan 26, 2023
Trust, Talk and Teachers: Assessing Trauma Among California Youth Taking the time to find out what California’s hurting immigrant children need. Capital & Main · Jan 26, 2023
Hillside Villa Tenants Face Eviction While L.A. Tries to Buy Their Property As the city’s eviction moratorium expires, Los Angeles ponders action to keep longtime Chinatown residents in their home. Capital & Main · Jan 25, 2023
Right-Wing Rings of Power Lord of the Rings fans from Trump-supporting libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why? Capital & Main · Jan 24, 2023
Capital & Main · Jan 23, 2023 Bay Area Plans to Refine Biofuels Could Derail Climate Goals, Warn Environmentalists Oil companies may end up relying on environmentally questionable crop-based fuels.
Capital & Main · Jan 20, 2023 In Pennsylvania, Hopes Rise But Questions Remain About New Governor’s Environmental Agenda Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.
Capital & Main · Jan 19, 2023 Gov. Newsom Punts on Addressing Food Insecurity for Some of California’s Most Vulnerable A year after the state crafted the first ever food assistance program for undocumented immigrants, the 2023 budget puts it on hold.
Capital & Main · Jan 19, 2023 With L.A.’s COVID-Era Tenant Protections Ending, City Leaders Consider Permanent Safeguards Advocates warn that without immediate action rising evictions will complicate efforts to combat homelessness.
Capital & Main · Jan 18, 2023 Changing the Playing Field Proposed legislation would dramatically change New Mexico’s principal oil and gas law.
Capital & Main · Jan 17, 2023 Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Do Not Discriminate, But People Do What real estate, oil wells, racism and yogurt containers reveal about the disparate damages caused by fossil fuels.
Capital & Main · Jan 16, 2023 Big Money, New Laws, Old Divisions New Mexico’s legislative session, funded by oil and gas, promises fireworks.
Capital & Main · Jan 13, 2023 Why California’s Climate Change and Housing Crises Hit Women Hardest An advocate explains how gender equity goes beyond Roe v. Wade.
Capital & Main · Jan 12, 2023 A History of Medical Maltreatment Continues to Kill Black Americans Dying at higher rates during COVID, while fearing doctors won’t listen.
Capital & Main · Jan 11, 2023 Colorado Seeks Payments for Oil & Gas Cleanup Process will set financial assurance plan for all producers’ wells.
Capital & Main · Jan 10, 2023 Cal/OSHA Staff Shortage Creates Backlog of Cases Huge gaps in Cal/OSHA’s network of field inspectors leave workers with less protection.