Editorial: In eco-minded California, there's still no constitutional right to clean air and water


by Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times— California may be a leader in the fight against climate change, but the state is years, even decades, behind other states when it comes to granting environmental rights to its citizens. While a handful of other state constitutions, including those of New York and Pennsylvania, declare the people’s rights to clean air, water and a healthy environment, California’s does not. That could change as soon as November. Under a proposal moving through the Legislature, voters would decide whether to add...

WBRZ—Residents of Killian still without clean water; town hall providing cases of bottle water. KILLIAN - It's been several days since the water failure at Killian occurred and residents are still just now finding out days later.Alderwomen Kimberly Gill says the board and mayor have known about these problems for years. They deal with underground pipes bursting and having to be repaired. A boil advisory is issues on a monthly basis, but no permanent resolution has been discovered.Since this has been an issue for years, Gill's main concern is the lack of preparedness for situations such as...

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Washington Examiner—How to date right: Romance is in the air with a former Trump aide’s new app for conservatives. When Jenny and Adam got hitched a few weeks back in Connecticut, each of their vows included a special shoutout to the dating app they had met on. It wasn’t Bumble, Tinder, or Hinge, the three most downloaded dating apps in the United States. Last spring, the now-married couple met through The Right Stuff, the […]