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California se acaba de convertir en el primer estado en regular los alimentos ultraprocesados en los almuerzos escolares. El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó el Proyecto de Ley 1264 de la Asamblea el miércoles 8 de octubre. El departamento de salud estatal debe adoptar regulaciones que definan estos alimentos para...
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California has just become the first state to regulate “ultraprocessed foods” in school lunches. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1264 on Wednesday October 8. The state health department must adopt regulations defining those foods by June 2028. A year later, public K-12 schools would begin to phase out the most...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California ha decidido abandonar sus innovadoras regulaciones que eliminan gradualmente los camiones diésel y exigen locomotoras más limpias ya que es poco probable que la administración entrante de Trump permita que el estado las implemente. Los funcionarios estatales han considerado durante mucho tiempo que las reglas...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the state to implement them. State officials have long considered the rules regulating diesel vehicles essential to cleaning up California’s severe...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters De pie en el patio delantero de su casa en Wilmington, José Ulloa no puede pronunciar una sola frase sin toser. Camiones pesados, que van y vienen del puerto de Los Ángeles, pasan todo el día frente a su casa, con sus motores rugiendo y sus...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air. Ulloa,...
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Este noviembre, los votantes del condado de Sonoma decidirán sobre una propuesta única en su tipo, conocida como “Medida J”, para prohibir las grandes operaciones concentradas de alimentación animal. Las granjas industriales crían principalmente pollos, patos y ganado vacuno. Kristina Garfinkel, residente de Santa Rosa y organizadora de la...
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This November, voters in Sonoma County will decide on a first-of-its-kind proposal, known as “Measure J,” to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. The industrial farms primarily raise chickens, ducks and cattle. Kristina Garfinkel, a Santa Rosa resident and an organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, said...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic foam, better known under its brand name of Styrofoam, has been used for insulation, packaging and foodware (cups, takeout containers, etc.) for decades. Also known as expanded polystyrene, the foam is made from a carcinogenic chemical called styrene. The material remains prevalent...