Caroline Farrell interviewed by Reimagine podcast producer Jess Clarke Jess Clarke: What does CalEnviroScreen (CES) mean? What is it currently used for? What does it do? Caroline Farrell: CalEnviroScreen is an environmental mapping tool that was developed by the state of California, specifically the Office [More….]
1. What is a cumulative impact assessment, and how does it compare to a risk assessment? CalEnviroScreen looks at the impacts of pollution in communities by analyzing “factors that are not routinely included” in a risk assessment. [163] While the terms risk and impact are [More….]
CEJA’s Rethinking Local Control Report highlights eight case studies to illustrate how community-led decision-making can lead to more effective policies, programs, and planning decisions that can create healthy and thriving neighborhoods. CASE STUDY ISSUES AND COMMUNITY IMPACT Local Community Campaigns A Community Fights against a [More….]
In Southeast Los Angeles, where industrial facilities are located next to homes and schools in a predominantly low-income and people of color neighborhood, local residents succeeded in shutting down a scrap metal recycling facility that had been polluting the neighborhood for years. Working alongside other [More….]
In 2018, community leaders in Arvin pressured city officials to pass an unprecedented, health- protective oil and gas ordinance, and used the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in litigation to protect residents from four new oil and gas wells. Twenty miles southeast of Bakersfield, Arvin [More….]
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is an important tool for advancing environmental justice (EJ) and protecting the rights of communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and poverty in our state. While CEQA “streamlining” policies have been viewed as the best way to address our state’s housing shortage, such ideas are based upon misleading narratives and misinformation. [More….]
The people that are most equipped to transform toxic hotspots into healthy neighborhoods are the those who live in these areas that face these problems on a daily basis. Despite this, many frontline environmental justice (EJ) communities are often excluded and are denied from having a say in key environmental and land use decisions that impact their health. [More….]
A Tool to Advance Green Zones and Environmental Justice After years of advocacy by EJ community members, CalEPA directed the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to create the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen) to identify the areas of our state that [More….]
The San Joaquin SB 1000 Community Workshop provided residents and planners with resources on planning for environmental justice and updating General Plans according to the law. [More….]
In July 2018, the City Council in Arvin—an agricultural town nestled in the San Joaquin Valley—voted unanimously to update their oil and gas ordinance for the first time in half a century. [More….]
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