VIP Celebrates #EarthDay50
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day! This now internationally recognized day has its roots right here in California and was started after an oil spill off … Continue reading
CEJC Meets with California’s New Secretary of Environmental Protection — California Environmental Justice Coalition
Valley Improvement Projects, founding members of the California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC), represented for Stanislaus County and the San Joaquin Valley at this meeting with the newly appointed head of … Continue reading
VIP Launches #BringBacktheBlueBin Campaign
Valley Improvement Projects has officially launched our #BringBacktheBlueBin campaign! Modesto had one of the first curbside recycling programs in the country in the early 1970s. Today Modesto sends its “waste” … Continue reading
Environmental Justice Leaders Across California Head to Sacramento To Tell Policy Makers ‘Stop Protecting Polluters’ — California Environmental Justice Coalition
For more information: California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) email Tom Helme, CEJC Coordinator, Valley Improvement Projects, (209) 589-9277 For immediate release, August 19, 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEADERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA HEAD … Continue reading
VIP Featured in Community Food & Justice Coalition March Newsletter
V.I.P. was recently featured in the March edition of the Community Food & Justice Coalition’s newsletter as part of their “Climate Change Stories” series profiling Environmental Justice groups throughout California. Check … Continue reading
CEJC Releases Recommendations to DTSC as They Side with Polluters and Weigh Modesto Barium Removal
Two weeks after CEJC submitted detailed recommendations on how to reform and improve the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) the agency denied an appeal filed by CEJC members El Pueblo Para el Aire y … Continue reading
California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) to Hold Statewide Founding Conference in Kettleman City
Almost 40 urban, rural and indigenous grassroots groups have United in Solidarity for Environmental Justice! The California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) is a newly formed network of organizations with the common mission of taking action … Continue reading
Regional Water Board Votes to Expand KHF
Originally posted on CCEJN:
January 17, 2014 Last night the Regional Water Board voted to approve the staff recommendation to the permit expansion for Section B-18 of the Kettleman Hills…
Donate and Help V.I.P. Grow in 2014!
As the Valley Improvement Projects Community Center for Social and Environmental Justice goes into its sixth month we look back on 2013 as the year that an idea became a … Continue reading
SB4 Regulation Hearing in Bakersfield
Originally posted on CCEJN:
January 9, 2014 Dozens of community residents joined the fight against fracking last night in Bakersfield. This mobilization occurred as a response to a…
