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Melanie Paola Torres works on Cool Street equipment

How Reflective Paint Brings Down Scorching City Temperatures

Eric Niiler | Wall Street Journal

Cities across the U.S. have found relief from this summer’s record-setting heat with the help of technologies that shield roofs, pavement and other surfaces from the sun’s scorching rays.

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SB 54: Not a Fairytale Ending for EJ Communities

Melisa Walk | Just Transition Alliance

What is “SB 54” ?

SB 54 is the first legislation in United States history to set specific producer reduction goals to address plastic packaging.

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Keshia Thomas (front center) celebrates new Transformative Climate Communities-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure installed at an affordable housing site in southwest Fresno. Learn more about Keshia later in this story (third bullet). Photo credit: Fresno Housing

Investments facilitate community-led climate action

Mara Elana Burstein | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

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LACI Launches Pilot Projects to Improve Air Quality And First/Last Mile Zero Emissions Mobility Solutions in underserved Los Angeles Communities

LACI News

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) announced the recipients of the Zero Emissions Mobility and Community Pilot Project Fund today.

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Esta organización inspira a jóvenes para que sean agentes de cambio en su comunidad

Univision

Pacoima Beautiful es una organización sin fines de lucro enfocada en la justicia ambiental. Además de proveer servicios a los residentes del Valle de San Fernando, educan a niños, adolescentes, adultos y ancianos para que contribuyan positivamente en sus comunidades.

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Joaquín Flores

Celebrating the Life and Giving Spirit of Sr. Joaquín Flores

Pacoima Beautiful desea darle las gracias a Sr. Flores quien en vida fue uno de nuestros donadores de frutas locales, desde los inicios del programa Mercado Pacoima.

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2019 AQMD award winners: Carlos Regalado, Yesenia Cruz and Diego Ortiz

Recognizing Pacoima Youth as Clean Air Heroes for the Environmental Protection work done in their frontline neighborhoods.

Pacoima, CA – October 4, 2019, The South Coast Air Quality Management District recognized Pacoima Beautiful’s Youth United Towards Environmental Protection (YUTEP) group as the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 

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Valley Gas Plant through fence

Jóvenes piden transición de la planta de gas del Valle de San Fernando a energía renovable

Virginia Gaglianone | La Opinión

A medida que aumenta la concientización sobre la importancia del medio ambiente, los métodos de producción de energía que contaminan el aire van caducando y desapareciendo, dando lugar a sistemas de energía renovable.

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Pacoima, Sun Valley youth are a part of a ‘front-line’ community affected by climate change, say local group

Elizabeth Chou | Los Angeles Daily News

For 17-year-old Michelle Gutierrez, the youth rally held Friday in downtown Los Angeles and across the nation to raise awareness about the urgency of climate change was deeply personal.

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Volunteers and partners at Pacoima’s Wheelchair Wash and Resource Fair

Our Member Martin Received a Surprise Visit From Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez: Here’s Why

Aside from their cleaning gloves and work badges, the smiles you see above are what all our volunteers and partners were wearing for Pacoima’s first ever Wheelchair Wash and Resource Fair.

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