Air and Water Quality

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (984+ words) Rep. Scott Peters is part of a legislative push to tackle climate change by removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. He’s a co-sponsor of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026, a bill proposed in both chambers of Congress…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (788+ words) San Diego County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to build a sewage treatment system on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, and unanimously backed replacing failing box culverts beneath Saturn Boulevard, both in response to the Tijuana River pollution crisis. Supervisors…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (420+ words) The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on two related measures: launching the first phase of the Tijuana River Capture and Cleanup Initiative and advancing a permanent infrastructure fix for a pollution hot spot at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) Man standing in the water at the beach. Dane Crossby and Brandon Garay are long-time South Bay residents. Despite the possible exposure to up to 50-million gallons of toxic waste and sewage that flows through the Tijuana River into the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (28+ words) NBC 7 San Diego Sweetwater Reservoir breaks ground on project to improve water quality and supply...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (259+ words) The beach at Cortez Avenue in Imperial Beach was closed this weekend by the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality due to sewage contamination. The water contact closure previously in place for the Tijuana Slough and end…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (850+ words) These are bioplastic pellets. CJ Biomaterials ferments sugar to make plant-based polymers that microbes will consume. These alternatives to traditional plastics made of fossil fuels are seen by some as one of many solutions needed to confront global plastic pollution....