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New research shows the H5N1 bird flu virus is more widespread in cattle than had previously been reported.
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week stymied implementation of landmark state environmental legislation that would have limited the amount of single-use plastics sold and distributed in California.
Less than one year after Rachel Wagoner resigned as director of CalRecycle, she’s working for a coalition of plastic and packaging companies.
California’s Proposition 12, an animal welfare law, is being targeted by the Trump administration in a bid to reduce egg prices.
Poultry producers, disease experts and government officials are now questioning the practice of widespread culling in response to H5N1 bird flu outbreaks.
As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides another example of the virus’ penchant for surprise.
A CDC report on bird flu shows potential transmission of bird flu between exposed dairy workers and indoor pet cats. The report also provides a window into the lack of reporting and cooperation at dairy farms and by dairy workers.
A woman is hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird flu, likely the result of handling infected birds in a backyard flock, health officials say.
SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic industry may have spooked the governor into silence.
The Wastewater Surveillance Act, if passed, would require at least one wastewater monitoring site in every California county.
