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Apr 22, 2014
CLCV Chair of the Board Rick Zbur to Lead Equality California

All of us at the California League of Conservation Voters are thrilled that Rick Zbur, our Chair of the Board and President, has been unanimously elected as the new executive director of Equality California (EQCA), the largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization in California.

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Apr 17, 2014
National Parks Week starts this Saturday, April 19th!

National Parks Week starts this Saturday, April 19, and that means lots of activities, volunteer opportunities, and FREE ADMISSION to many of California's pristine National Parks!

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Apr 17, 2014
Do frack it? Don't frack it? It's your call.

It's your call.

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Mar 24, 2014
No More National Parks? There's a (Bad) Bill for That.

No more national parks? Who's in favor of that?

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Mar 12, 2014
Don't Frack California!

On Saturday, March 15, Californians from across the state will flood the streets of Sacramento to send Governor Brown a clear message: Don't frack California. This will be the largest anti-fracking mobilization in our state's history, and we need you to be there to make sure Governor Brown hears us.

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Mar 11, 2014
Beautiful Stretch of California Coast Designated a National Monument

More of California's majestic coast will become part of a national monument, thanks to President Obama, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, and Congressmen Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson, among other wilderness and coastal advocates.

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Feb 28, 2014
CA drought caused by environmentalists?

This is outrageous. California's elected officials in the House of Representatives are blaming environmental protections for the drought.

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Feb 26, 2014
Support SB 270 to phase out single-use plastic bags!

Plastic bags are wreaking havoc on marine habitats along the coastline, and they’re accumulating in California’s waterways – adding further pollution to our state’s water supply even in this time of extreme drought.

This simply can’t continue. Not anymore.

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Feb 20, 2014
Senators Mitchell and Leno Introduce Fracking Moratorium

Today advocates for California's environment, public health and safety, and social justice applauded the introduction of a bill that would place a moratorium on fracking, acidizing and other risky oil drilling methods in California.

State Senators Holly Mitchell and Mark Leno introduced SB 1132 to protect Californians from the "potentially harmful consequences of unconventional well stimulation and drilling."

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Feb 6, 2014
Why the EPA needs California

For the first time in our nation's history, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to place limits on carbon pollution for new power plants.

Coal and gas-burning power plants are the top contributors to carbon pollution in the U.S., and yet we have never set a limit on how much pollution they can produce. More than any other contributing factor, reckless carbon pollution is causing worldwide temperatures to rise with dangerous, widespread consequences. Now is our chance to lead the way on the greatest challenge that we, and our children, all face ...

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