Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier & Avocado Heights

Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier & Avocado Heights We are a volunteer environmental justice organization working to protect health and our community in Los Angeles County.

We are volunteers committed to defending the environment and quality of life in our community. We develop innovative programs to raise awareness and keep our neighbors safe from environmental harms. We insist that our corporate neighbors be environmentally responsible and expect that our community be made aware of projects that affect our well being. Our goal is to have our residents, corporate ne

ighbors, government representatives and public agencies share our commitment to the protection of the environment and health of our community.

06/19/2026

Please submit your emailed public comments by today. Click on the link in our profile. Thank you!

We look forward to seeing you virtually! To join the video meeting, click on the link on our story. Otherwise, to join b...
06/16/2026

We look forward to seeing you virtually!

To join the video meeting, click on the link on our story.

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 575-383-4126 and enter this PIN: 564 662 677 #

We need your help!
06/15/2026

We need your help!

Across the country, our rights to a clean and healthy environment are being eroded and ignored. An educated public is a...
05/19/2026

Across the country, our rights to a clean and healthy environment are being eroded and ignored. An educated public is an empowered public! Come learn about your rights and how to protect them in California. We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you and Dan Ross for the coverage of cumulative impacts in California, our ej work and partnership with , and our...
05/15/2026

Thank you and Dan Ross for the coverage of cumulative impacts in California, our ej work and partnership with , and our community-led ground truthing project.

“But environmental justice groups said the department’s latest proposal is too weak to make a meaningful difference in their communities.

Among them is the Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier and Avocado Heights, a community group that has long fought operations at the nearby Ecobat lead-acid battery recycling plant. Despite a long history of infractions, including hazardous waste storage violations detailed in a consent order with the state last year, Ecobat’s facility in the City of Industry had been operating on a permit that expired in 2015 until the Department of Toxic Substances Control approved its renewal last year.

State environmental agencies had already identified the area around the plant as one of the worst polluted communities in California. Last year, the community group spent more than six months trying to determine just how bad its exposure to pollution was. Its self-described “ground-truthing” study found about 75% more pollution sources, including some near daycare centers and other sensitive locations, than would be identified under the department’s proposed approach, which would evaluate a much narrower range of facilities.

“How can you even possibly allow and commit a facility to continue under these conditions?” said Daniel Talamantes, a member of the Clean Air Coalition who worked on the study.

Angela Johnson Meszaros, senior attorney with the environmental nonprofit Earthjustice, said that the state’s proposed plan fails to answer a fundamental question: How much pollution is too much?”

“DTSC had a decision to make,” Johnson Meszaros said. “And they decided to read their authority in a way that has them standing with industry instead of standing with communities.”

Regional Planning will give a presentation on the County's sustainable energy ordinance that includes battery energy sto...
04/20/2026

Regional Planning will give a presentation on the County's sustainable energy ordinance that includes battery energy storage systems and an update on the data centers motion that passed last week WITHOUT a clear path towards a moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas. We need a moratorium! Let's keep up the pressure!

Excited to share that the Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier and Avocado Heights will be presenting at PSA 2026 on Ap...
03/31/2026

Excited to share that the Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier and Avocado Heights will be presenting at PSA 2026 on April 1 at 1:30 pm. Our panel, “Behind the Smokescreen: Groundtruthing Cumulative Impacts in Environmentally Overburdened Communities,” will share community-led research on the cumulative impacts of pollution in our community.

Join CAC. Come learn about data centers and the local toxic battery smelter.
03/05/2026

Join CAC. Come learn about data centers and the local toxic battery smelter.

As the U.S. empire continues its brutal rampage against Iran in an all-out war, we invite you to reflect on the larger c...
03/01/2026

As the U.S. empire continues its brutal rampage against Iran in an all-out war, we invite you to reflect on the larger causes and consequences of regional and global conflicts with historian Dr. Enrique Ochoa. This event is co-sponsored by SGV progressive organizations. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join CAC and come learn about our local toxic battery smelter.
02/26/2026

Join CAC and come learn about our local toxic battery smelter.

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