A Caltrans executive protested a freeway expansion. Then she was demoted
A former Caltrans executive who was demoted after raising concerns over freeway expansion accuses the agency of bending rules to build faster.
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Caltrans official says she was demoted for objecting to highway expansion
Jeanie Ward-Waller was removed last month from her position overseeing California's transportation planning.
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Air Resources Board Elevates Environmental Justice to Executive Level
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) appointed Chanell Fletcher, currently ClimatePlan’s Executive Director, to oversee its work on environmental justice and racial equity. Fletcher will be the point person on environmental justice within the agency and provide input on “CARB’s programs designed to address disproportionate impacts from air pollution and climate change and associated chronic health conditions affecting Black, Latinx and other communities of color across the state,” according to the press announcement. The appointment is “a really big deal,” according to CARB E...
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