Environmentalists raise concerns about Airport South industrial proposal in Sacramento, July 23, 2024, The Sacramento Business Journal

By Ben van der Meer | July 23, 2024 | The Sacramento Business Journal

A leading local environmental group is challenging the Airport South industrial project, asserting everything from its environmental impact report to its location are questionable.

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Will Sacramento freeways get multiple express lanes like planned? Judges will decide

By Tom Philp | July 31, 2024 | The Sacramento Bee

Asked last year why Caltrans ignored the SACOG alternative, spokesman Dennis Keaton said, “A multiple express lane alternative was never requested by SACOG to be analyzed.” Yet examining alternatives is the law. Complying with regional plans is also in Caltrans’ guidelines. Environmental groups have made these glaring weaknesses the basis of lawsuits filed in Alameda County Superior Court. The groups include the Sierra Club, the Environmental Council of Sacramento, PCL, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity.

Sacramento promised to require community benefits from developers. Has the city followed through? July 24, 2024, The Sacramento Bee

In 2021, the city of Sacramento promised to require real estate developers pursing major construction projects to provide benefits to local neighborhoods. More than two years after the draft law was initially reviewed by the city council, negotiations remain in limbo — with advocates having awaited next steps from the city for almost six months.

Proposed Airport South Industrial Project, July 2024, N Magazine

July 2024 | N Magazine

The proposed Airport South Industrial Project represents 6 million square feet of Warehouses.

Right now, is the time for the community to speak up about whether this is a good idea, or not. Should more farmland be paved? Should we sacrifice habitat for warehouses? Do we want to live next to warehouses, and endure more traffic, more noise and more pollution?

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California High-Speed Rail Authority Board Clears Final Environmental Milestone to Connect Downtown San Francisco to Downtown Los Angeles

463 Miles Now Environmentally Cleared

June 27, 2024

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors has approved the final environmental document for the Palmdale to Burbank project section. This major milestone is the final environmental clearance needed for the route from downtown San Francisco to downtown Los Angeles, with only the Los Angeles to Anaheim section remaining in Phase 1.

Click here to learn more: https://hsr.ca.gov/2024/06/27/news-release-california-high-speed-rail-authority-board-clears-final-environmental-milestone-to-connect-downtown-san-francisco-to-downtown-los-angeles/

20 Years Later, How Are City Climate Plans Actually Going?

Science Friday with Susan Scott Peterson | June 21, 2024

Are Cities Meeting Their Climate Targets?
“The state of decarbonization is lopsided. It’s really imbalanced in this country,” says Hilari Varnadore, a vice president at the U.S. Green Building Council, where she oversees a national program that helps cities with sustainability goals. “We have places—cities and states—that are just really accelerating progress, big time. And then there [are] just places that it’s moving super slow.”

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