The San Joaquin Valley air district committed to ending open agricultural burning by 2025, but nearly two decades of postponing the ban have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.
A farmer in Merced County is seeking to expand his dairy. But residents in the neighboring community are not happy with the idea of more cow manure penetrating their air.
California has touched off a biofuel boom in the pursuit of climate action. But can the state stop an unwelcome chain reaction in the agriculture economy?