Valley Improvement Projects (VIP)

VIP is a grassroots organization advocating for Social & Environmental Justice in Stanislaus County and the Northern San Joaquin Valley of California!

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

VIP's Co-founder and Director, Bianca Lopez, will be on DPR's EJAC and Grayson Neighborhood Council Co-founder John X. Mataka will be an alternate!

[California Department of Pesticide Regulation @CA_PesticideReg]

DPR today announced the members of its new Environmental Justice Advisory Committee, which will provide recommendations on ways DPR can integrate EJ considerations into its work and engage with communities with the greatest exposure to pesticides. https://t.co/sYorYJhaqv

[California Department of Pesticide Regulation @CA_PesticideReg]

Hoy, el DPR anunció los miembros de su nuevo Comité Asesor de Justicia Ambiental, que brindará recomendaciones sobre cómo el DPR puede integrar consideraciones de justicia ambiental en su trabajo y relacionarse con las comunidades. https://t.co/sYorYJhaqv

[Senator Catherine S. Blakespear @SenBlakespear]

Great to join with legislators and advocates this morning to call on @CalRecycle to adopt strong regulations to implement #SB54, groundbreaking legislation that forces producers to take responsibility for their packaging and reducing plastic waste. We need to get this right to maximize the benefits to consumers, ratepayers and the state as a whole. @BenAllenCA @AsmGreggHart @isaacgbryan @asmtasha @CALPIRG @oceana @OurOcean @MontereyAq @NSACTION_US @Surfrider @cawrecycles @EnvCalifornia @cleanh2oaction

[Thomas A. Helme @ThomasHelme]

Fighting against Chemical Recycling and other false solutions to the Plastic Pollution Crisis at the @UN Treaty Negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland! Shout out to Environmental Justice Communities Against Plastics (EJCAP) and @brkfreeplastic

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

De hecho, el 61 % de todas las muestras analizadas presentaron residuos de pesticidas detectables, incluyendo casi el 12 % de los productos etiquetados como orgánicos.

https://t.co/t4p2oOzMsQ

[California Department of Pesticide Regulation @CA_PesticideReg]

Hoy, el DPR publicó un informe que indicó que aprox. 97% de las frutas y verduras vendidas en CA no tenían residuos de pesticidas detectables o tenían residuos por debajo de los límites federales de protección. https://t.co/obL0yhkRfy

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

@CA_PesticideReg De hecho, el 61 % de todas las muestras analizadas presentaron residuos de pesticidas detectables, incluyendo casi el 12 % de los productos etiquetados como orgánicos.
https://t.co/t4p2oOzMsQ

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

The event, “Breath In, Speak Out,” hosted by Valley Improvement Projects and the West Modesto Community Collaborative, reviewed strategies for how the community can speak up for itself about poor air quality in an area residents say is severely neglected.

[The Modesto Bee @modbee]

Stanislaus County’s air quality among worst in CA. Workshop advocates for change https://t.co/Pdcpgy6NcV

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

“We organized a peaceful protest to call out ICE’s harm to immigrant communities, and instead of being heard, we were criminalized,” said Bianca Lopez of VIP in a statement. “This is targeted policing, plain and simple.”

[The Modesto Bee @modbee]

Update: ACLU, advocacy groups denounce Modesto’s mask rule. City responds https://t.co/S8ONLNJVWD

[California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) @CEJCoalition]

THANK YOU to everyone who was able to attend and participate in the CEJC 10th Anniversary Celebration & Conference!! It was an amazing weekend of building solidarity, sharing knowledge, advocating for change, and also just having a good time! We hope to do it all again next year!

[California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) @CEJCoalition]

“I don’t think that municipal waste landfills were ever designed to accept this kind of waste, and to deregulate it ... puts those landfill communities” at risk, said Jane Williams, executive director of California Communities Against Toxics.

https://t.co/KZnrn9ybAV

[The Modesto Bee @modbee]

Hey, Turlock residents: We need a morality check on homelessness | Opinion https://t.co/V6jUw8ensB

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

Stanislaus County will finally have no more toxic ash put into our landfill from the trash incinerator and now the state wants to us take toxic soil from all over the state! 🤬

[California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) @CEJCoalition]

Join CEJC and and other Environmental Justice organizations and community members in telling the
@CaliforniaDTSC Board of Environmental Safety (BES) that we don't want hazardous waste in landfills next to disadvantaged communities that are already overburdened with pollution!

[Clean Vehicle Empowerment Collaborative @EVempowerment]

🚗⚡Know someone dreaming of ditching gas for good? Tag a friend who would love to get behind the wheel of a clean, quiet, and cost-saving electric vehicle!​

Curious about others' experiences? Read their stories​: https://t.co/7weeSbS2Ta
#TagAFriend

[RethinkWaste @RethinkWaste]

Did you know? Not all green produce bags are compostable! Only bags with the BPI (Biodegradable Product Institute) logo are certified compostable. Keep plastic bags out of your green bin and help us keep the compost healthy!

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

Chale, we just #justtryingtobreathe ! We deserve that right. Shout out to all the homies holding it down in their own communities across califas,ey!

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

@arseniomataka @FrankieQuinones @APEN4EJ @CWaterC @CRPE_EJ @ccvhealth @STAND_LA @EYCEJ @CCEJN Ey! Shout out to all the homies from LA to the CV and to the Bay! We out here #justtryingtobreathe !

[Ellie Cohen 🌏 🚴🌈 #climateaction Views my own @elliemcohen1]

📢🌎@CCEJN, a member of VISIÓN, found toxins leaking from neighborhood oil wells in LA. It is time to plug these wells and end neighborhood oil drilling!

Read the full story: https://t.co/DF1ai4uLjX

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

@CalEPASecretary We are left with the same concerns.

[Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) @VIP_Stanislaus]

@CalEPASecretary Yes, we are excited about the potential it has. At the moment it is very lacking in providing key information bout the applications that would allow us to actually protect ourselves from pesticide exposure.

There is no exact location. And no follow up on the proposed application