Events

  • World Water Day, LA - March 14, 2010 (Sunday). 9:30am - 3:30pm. Natural History Museum. Spend a day learning about water issues through informative and fun-filled activities. For more information visit their website.
  • Los Angeles Community Forum on Toxics - March 21, 2010 (Sunday). 1pm - 3pm. Nakano Theater, Torrance CA. Hear from local experts about the chemicals in your community and find out what you can do about them. Please email Jenny Binstock of Greenpeace for more information and to RSVP - jenny.binstock (at) greenpeace.org.

Announcements

  • We sent out a letter - if you didn't get it via snail mail, check it out here.
  • State of the Air - The South Coast AQMD released their State of the Air video. Scroll down to "AQMD addresses State of the Air in new video" to view.
  • What's in this? - Healthystuff.org has created a database which identifies the various chemicals in consumer products. Read about it here and find out exactly what you are buying.
  • Who do you call? - How do you make air quality complaints in the South Coast Air Basin? Click here to watch an informative, short video distributed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
  • Climate Change - Environmental justice advocates speak out on climate change. Read more.
  • Facebook – CERA is now on Facebook; please join us!

News

  • Higher risk of heart disease if you live near a freeway - February 13, 2010. Air pollution could be a contributing factor for heart disease. Read more here.
  • Birth defects in Kettleman City: an environmental justice issue? - February 4, 2010. EPA official visits Kettleman City, CA and meets with women who have given birth to babies with birth defects. Get the story here.
  • Cap and Trade 101 - December 1, 2009. Check out Annie Leonard's, The Story of Cap and Trade to learn more about this important issue.
  • Controversial video - November 9, 2009. Two EPA lawyers are ordered by the agency to remove their video on youtube.com addressing the problems of cap and trade. To read more and watch the video, please see here
  • EPA Administrator addresses the American Public Health Association - November 8, 2009. Click here to read her insightful speech which focuses on public health and chemical policy.
  • Smog-credit swindler - August 20, 2009. The Pasadena Weekly covers the complexities of a smog-credit swindler's demise. Read more.
  • Sad News - June 6, 2009. Our fellow environmental justice advocate and friend, Luke Cole, sadly passed away on June 6, 2009. Luke accomplished some amazing things and will truly be missed. To read more about Luke and his accomplishments, click here and here. View a tribute to Luke posted by his fellow colleauges at the Center on Race, Povery and the Environment here.