October 31, 2014
Merced County agency sued over transportation plan
Two environmental organizations are suing the Merced County Association of Governments for adopting a regional transportation plan they claim fails to meet targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, lacks a full review of environmental impacts and doesn’t encourage public transportation.
“The supplemental EIR did not address issues like farmland loss, water quality and how climate conditions have changed,” said Gary Lasky, conservation and legal chair for the Sierra Club, the Tehipite chapter, [a grantee of Rose Foundation’s Grassroots Fund]
Click here to read the full article and more about our grantee’s efforts to get the plan to address climate change.
Photo Courtesy of Sierra Club, Tehipite Chapter