Air Quality

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today unanimously approved a plan to phase out agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley by 2025.  As previously reported, CCM staff worked with the [...]

On February 25, 2021, the California Air Resources Board will consider a proposal to phase out agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley.  As required by SB 702, in December 2020 the San [...]

Due to the nationwide shortage in PPE, the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the County Agricultural Commissioners, in coordination with the CA Office of Emergency Services, are [...]

According to legislation signed in 2003 (SB 703, Flores), agricultural burning is prohibited in the San Joaquin Valley unless permitted by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District [...]

US EPA grants Valley funds to replace agricultural tractors and low-dust harvesters The Valley Air District will augment its highly successful grant program with over $30 million in additional [...]

As wildfires continue to burn throughout the state, employers should continue taking steps to protect workers from wildfire smoke. Per the Cal/OSHA Wildfire Smoke Standard, when the AQI for PM [...]

EPA’s Wheeler questions ‘legality and practicality’ of California EV order By Alex Guillén WASHINGTON EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Monday blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s [...]

Dear Members, I’m sure by now that most of you have heard that yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom released an Executive Order announcing the elimination of the sales of the internal [...]

California Citrus Mutual, California Agricultural Labor Association, and the Tulare County Department of Health and Human Services partnered to urge agricultural employees to wear a mask due to [...]

The California Office of Emergency Services has partnered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the County Ag Commissioners to provide FREE N95 masks for agricultural [...]