SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom advanced an executive order enlisting California’s vast network of natural and working lands – forests, rangelands, farms, wetlands, coast, deserts, and urban green spaces – in the fight against climate change.  A core pillar of Governor Newsom’s climate agenda, these novel approaches will help clean the air and water for communities throughout […]

SAN DIEGO–The SANDAG iCommute team will host a free Clean Air Day webinar on how commuters can pledge to participate in this year’s California Clean Air Day. Employers and commuters throughout the San Diego region are invited to take the pledge and encourage others to leave their cars at home and telework, bike, walk, take […]

SAN DIEGO–Employers all over San Diego County are embracing methods to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.  SANDAG celebrated their hard work with a virtual event on Thursday. Approximately 138 employers countywide were recognized with Diamond Awards for their outstanding efforts in encouraging employees to use environmentally sustainable transportation choices. Diamond Awards recipients promote […]

(Newswise)–California is the largest agricultural producer in the US. In the midst of one of the most devastating droughts on record (2012–2017), the agricultural sector still earned the state US$47 billion and contributed 13% of the country’s total agricultural output in 2015. This ability to maintain crop revenue, along with the overall resilience of the […]

(Newswise) –Levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant – ground-level ozone – has increased in China, according to new research. Two new studies in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters find nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the U.S. […]

(Newswise)–Breathing dirty air takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and other chronic illnesses, new University of Colorado Boulder research suggests. The study, published online in the journal Environment International, is the first to link air pollution to changes in the structure and function of the human gut […]

SAN DIEGO–Nearly 500 kindergarten through high school students submitted their personal artwork to the County Air Pollution Control District’s 2020 Calendar contest in October and November to show the importance of clean air and how each of us can reduce pollution. Thirteen of those works of art, one piece for the cover and one for […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan this week to reduce air pollution and improve health in the region’s Portside neighborhoods — Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and western National City — by studying the types of trucks and cars driving through them. The study would create a local […]

SAN DIEGO–The SANDAG Diamond Awards reception celebrated employers all over San Diego County on Thursday for embracing methods to reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. One-hundred-thirty-one employers countywide were treated to a luncheon hosted by the SANDAG iCommute program at the San Diego Central Library. The Diamond Awards recipients were recognized for their outstanding efforts […]