The Essential Workers Missing From the Farm Bill – Mother Jones
The legislation has long supported farm owners—but not the people fueling their enterprises.
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The legislation has long supported farm owners—but not the people fueling their enterprises.
Exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke together leads to far more cardiac and respiratory hospitalizations than either hazard alone, new research shows. California’s marginalized communities face the highest risks.
The debate about what the legislation ought to be has become ensnared in the nation’s culture wars.
World leaders finally called for a transition away from fossil fuels at the annual U.N. climate talks, but offered few details. A California delegation vows to create a model for rapid, equitable climate action.
Rapid declines are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California, the most extensive analysis of groundwater trends so far shows.