Climate

Study Shows Californians Could Spend Billions Less and Protect Climate by Developing Transit-Friendly Communities

A new study by Oakland-based non-profit TransForm shows that California residents living in transit-friendly communities, with good access to jobs and shopping...

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Legislation

Two Thumbs Up: State Adopts Groundbreaking Television Efficiency Standards

On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission voted 5-0 to adopt the most advanced television energy efficiency standards in the world, reducing consumer...

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Water

Game On: Efforts Resume to Remove Seismically Unsafe Dam on the Carmel River

The owner of San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River just announced that the company is back on track to work with others to remove the 106 foot-tall obsolete and...

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Legislation

A Neighborhood Never Forgets: CEQA Helps L.A. Community Protect Elephant Hill

In a significant victory for local residents earlier this month, the Los Angeles City Council voted to protect Elephant Hill, the largest open space northeast...

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Water

Statewide Rejection of Water Bond Measure

Newspapers across California are advising voters that the $11.14 billion water bond that the legislature put on the ballot next November is bloated and...

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Symposium

Event Sponsors as Diverse as Attendees – Become a Sponsor Today

From law firms to individuals, development companies to non-profits – the PCL and PCL Foundation’s Annual Environmental Symposium attracts diverse...

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Water

Water Package Offers Subsidies – Not Solutions

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, while most Californians were sound asleep, the state legislature passed a package of bills and a bond that rewards bad...

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Symposium

California’s Coastal and Water Resources – A Focus at the 2010 Symposium

Every week, PCL and the PCL Foundation will be providing information on its January 30, 2010 Environmental Legislative Symposium: “Greening...

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Water

The Water Special Session

Following Governor Schwarzenegger’s’ call for a special session on water policy, a joint legislative committee began hearings on Monday to discuss...

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Legislation

Assemblymember Nava Calls on Big Oil to Pay Its Fair Share

On Monday, the Planning and Conservation League (League) joined Assemblymember Pedro Nava as he announced the introduction of new legislation designed to...

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