News Air pollution exposure may raise risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, study finds BY STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com Jun 8, 2026 It’s no secret that air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley and other areas across the country poses significant respiratory and cardiovascula…
News $6 gas and refinery fears collide with California’s climate ambitions By ALEJANDRO LAZO CalMatters May 18, 2026 California is considering handing oil refineries and other major polluters billions of dollars in free emission allowances just as the state s…
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: The case for driving an electric car By RON SADLER May 9, 2026 As communities across the country grapple with rising fuel costs, air pollution and the growing impacts of global warming, one solution is bec…
News Regional air district touts 2025 progress against pollution BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Apr 21, 2026 Residents of the San Joaquin Valley last year breathed the region’s cleanest air on record by several measures, according to a new annual repo…
News Study says Central Valley dairy digesters work great — until they don't BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Apr 1, 2026 A new study concluding Central Valley dairy digesters perform unevenly at times has renewed a debate over whether the installations deserve th…
News California bets on an obscure tool to replace clean air authority Trump revoked By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE CalMatters Mar 16, 2026 When a package arrives at your door, it has likely traveled through a chain of ports, railyards and warehouses throughout the state. All those…
News CRC earns top certification for methane reductions BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Feb 25, 2026 California’s largest oil producer announced Wednesday its efforts to control methane emissions at company operations in Kern and Fresno counti…
+7 News Residential clean energy, workforce training initiative launches in east Bakersfield BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Jan 29, 2026 A clean energy project that kicked off Thursday in east Bakersfield is expected to switch up to 20 homes across Kern County to all-electric ap…
Community Voices Community Voices: What happens when your neighbor is a refinery? The human cost of hydrogen’s ‘green’ promise By JENNIFER MARTINEZ-MEDINA Jan 29, 2026 The Kern Energy refinery processes 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It is a major industrial presence embedded in the small, unincorporate…
+8 News Air district agrees to hold public hearing on proposed refinery changes BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Jan 9, 2026 Regional air quality regulators have agreed to host a public hearing Monday on plans to upgrade a refinery southeast of Bakersfield after envi…
