On June 26, the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity reached a legal agreement with the Port of Stockton and BayoTech, Inc. that requires the Port to fully analyze and mitigate the impacts of any future dirty hydrogen production that BayoTech proposes at the Port. The agreement comes after the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity sued to challenge the project under the California Environmental Quality Act. The settlement ensures that the harmful impacts of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels—like air pollution, public health risks, and climate-damaging emissions—must be fully disclosed and mitigated in an “Environmental Impact Report.” This is a major win for Stockton, where communities already suffer from some of the worst air quality in the state, particularly in environmental justice neighborhoods near the Port that are overburdened by industrial pollution.