Environment & Energy Archives

City of Brawley hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating completion of three streets

October 27, 2023 12:00 PM Jailene Aguilera

The City of Brawley held a ribbon ceremony which took place on Friday to celebrate the completion of Legion, Western, and Wildcat…

Ag laborers working day and night

October 24, 2023 5:13 PM Samantha Byrd

In tonight’s Home Grown report, winter vegetable season is in full swing in Yuma County and Imperial County, but it wouldn’t be possible without…

Economic Development Administration grants $500K for Tech Hubs

October 24, 2023 11:45 AM Jailene Aguilera

The U.S. Economic Development Administration has selected the Lithium Valley Clean Tech Hub Consortium as one of its grant recipients for the first…

Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva announces $31 million in energy assistance funds

October 24, 2023 11:32 AM Dillon Fuhrman

In a press release, the funds will go to low-income families across the 50 states, District of Columbia, three territories and over 125 tribes “ahead…

California governor visits China and says his state will always be a partner on climate change

October 24, 2023 5:57 AM AP News

Democrat Gavin Newsom’s visit comes as U.S.-Chinese relations witnessed a sharp deterioration in recent years due to trade disputes, U.S. support for…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is traveling to China to talk climate change

October 22, 2023 9:52 AM AP News

Newsom’s tour begins with a discussion in Hong Kong before he continues on to Beijing, Shanghai and the provinces of Guangdong and…

El Centro receives funding to beautify Downtown Town Square

October 18, 2023 10:14 AM Karina Bazarte, Faith Rodriquez

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) awarded the City of El Centro $4,782,000 for its “Embellence El Centro” Downtown…

Fall pavement preservation program to begin Oct. 30

October 17, 2023 5:35 PM Faith Rodriquez

The City of Yuma’s next application of slurry, oil seal, and chip seal will begin on Monday, October 30 and will impact major roadways and…

City of El Centro awarded $4.7M for Downtown Town Square project

October 17, 2023 10:52 AM Faith Rodriquez

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) awarded the City of El Centro $4,782,000 for its “Embellence El Centro” Downtown…

AZ Farm Bureau withdraws from Governor’s Water Policy Council

October 13, 2023 12:53 PM Faith Rodriquez

The Arizona Farm Bureau announced its withdrawal from the Governor’s Water Policy Council saying, “the current process in place has been deaf to the…

Federal government makes historic investment in Calexico energy jobs

October 13, 2023 2:13 PM Faith Rodriquez

Representative Katie Porter (D-California) applauded a $1.2 billion federal investment In California as a regional hydrogen hub will generate 220,000…

Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs across the country to help replace fossil fuels

October 13, 2023 10:30 AM The Associated Press

Large-scale clean energy projects from Pennsylvania to California have been selected by the Biden administration for a $7 billion program to…

Water conservation reservoir named after Imperial Irrigation District member

October 11, 2023 9:57 AM Karina Bazarte

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) dedicated and named a new water conservation and operational reservoir to Lloyd…

City of Yuma seeking ideas for ‘Brownfields to Innovation District’ project

October 6, 2023 10:02 AM Valeria Rodriguez

The City of Yuma hosted a meeting with the public to inform people about the “Brownfields to Innovation District” project and get ideas for the areas…

SDSU receives funding to train Latinx and Indigenous students for sustainable food and agriculture careers

October 4, 2023 10:31 AM Jailene Aguilera

The U.S. Department of Agriculture granted the San Diego State University $5 million that will help support hands-on research and field study on both…