August 24, 2022
A California federal judge has ordered a real estate firm overseeing a cannabis growing facility to shut off the business' unpermitted diesel-powered generators, saying an environmental group has shown the engines' fumes pose a grave risk to public health.
August 11, 2022
An environmental group urged a California federal judge to grant its bid against a real estate investment firm overseeing a pair of cannabis growing facilities to halt the businesses' use of diesel-powered generators, claiming that without an injunction, the generators' fumes will continue harming the health of an adjacent low-income community of color.
August 05, 2022
A real estate investment firm overseeing a pair of indoor Bay Area cannabis cultivation facilities urged a California federal judge not to grant an environmental group's bid for an injunction that would bar the company from using diesel generators.
July 07, 2022
An Oakland, California-based environmental group wants to shut down a nearby cannabis growing facility's nine unpermitted "semi-truck" sized diesel generators that are polluting the community, according to a federal lawsuit, saying their placement in a predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhood "reeks of environmental racism."