Wage regulation roll back is a step in the right direction for the H-2A program
The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is the de facto minimum wage for H-2A workers in the United States. It is set annually and differs from state-to-state depending upon the prevailing wage of the local agricultural workforce. Because all H-2A workers are in the United States temporarily to work in seasonal agricultural jobs, and employers must prove there is not an ample local workforce before hiring foreign workers, the rate is always higher than the ...
Valley residents are growing alarmed by solar-and-battery project taking over farmland. Here’s why.
We’ve been assured for quite some time that wind and solar are the energy sources of the future. If so, their development needs to be accelerated because they are not being well received by locals. Their low energy density is partly, if not largely, to blame. Fresno County residents are unhappy with a planned solar-and-battery project coming to their community. Roughly 15 square miles of retired agricultural fields in the western part of the county ...
California’s lawsuit against energy companies will increase greenhouse gas emissions
This fall the San Francisco Superior Court is holding a hearing on California’s lawsuit against American energy companies. The lawsuit alleges that these private U.S. companies misled the public about greenhouse gases’ impact and are responsible for covering the costs associated with climate disasters. But California and the federal government have been aware that GHGs could potentially impact the climate for decades. As the Los Angeles Times documents, Californians were warned in 1989 that GHGs ...
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