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Jun 11, 2013
Budget deal undermines voters on climate change

Statement on the State Budget Deal: By CLCV CEO Sarah Rose

California voters expect our leaders to make timely investments in activities that fight climate change, create jobs, and improve the environment and public health. Each time the question of whether our state should invest in climate change solutions and a clean energy economy is put to a vote of the people, including Proposition 39, they overwhelmingly vote “yes.” And yet today, our elected leaders have...

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Jun 7, 2013
California: Fracked!

Last week, the California Senate passed SB 4, a comprehensive fracking regulation bill authored by environmental champion Senator Fran Pavley. It passed on a party-line vote, with all 28 Democrats voting for it and all 11 Republicans voting against it.

(Take action on fracking now; tell your Assemblymember to stand up to the oil industry and vote YES on SB 4: www.ecovote.org/fracking)

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Jun 5, 2013
Bag ban bill is dead, but the movement is alive (and growing)

Last Thursday, a bill that would have banned single use plastic grocery bags in California narrowly failed to pass the Senate floor. The bill is dead for this year, but the movement to ban the bag is growing.

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May 29, 2013
How convenient are plastic bags, really?

"But they're so convenient." Really?

[Updated May 30, 2013: Today the California state senate failed to pass SB 405, the statewide plastic bag ban. The bill's author, Senator Alex Padilla, vowed to bring it back and convince fellow lawmakers to support it next year].

The main, lame argument I hear in favor of the ubiquitous single-use plastic bag is that it's convenient. And that it's difficult to remember to...

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May 24, 2013
Governor Brown's Proposed Loan Has Environmentalists Seeing Red

California Governor Jerry Brown earned CLCV's endorsement when he ran for governor (again) in 2010, and he's earned decent scores on our annual California Environmental Scorecard since then. He's been a champion for California's pioneering climate change solutions; in fact, he spoke to a group of scientists this week, warning "it's over" in five years...

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May 22, 2013
SoCal Election Results: Garcetti and Gonzalez Win

Yesterday was Election Day in areas across California; once again demonstrating their commitment to building a better environmental future, voters elected candidates dedicated to renewable energy, clean air, and clean water.  

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May 14, 2013
Senator Boxer Gets an Earful About Bad Water Bill

Sometimes your friends need to know they're not acting in your best interests. And sometimes, if your friend is a U.S. Senator, she may need to hear she is not acting in the nation's best interest.

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Apr 24, 2013
S.E.C. Considering New Disclosure Rule

According to an article in today's New York Times, the "Securities and Exchange Commission has been flooded with calls to require publicly traded corporations to disclose to shareholders all of their political donations."

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Apr 23, 2013
Lorena Gonzalez for Assembly District 80

I don't need to tell you that the 80th Assembly District has its fair share of pollution problems. Dirty rainwater, cross-border pollution, smog from the Port of San Diego, and traffic congestion, just to name a few.

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Apr 22, 2013
Gov. Brown's Earth Day Proclamation

In Governor Brown's official proclamation commemorating today as Earth Day, the governor urges all Californians read the "Warning to Humanity."

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