Action Alerts, Legislation

Assembly Bill 1073 Sample VETO Letter

Date The Honorable Jerry Brown Governor of California State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA  95814   Re:         AB 1073 (Fuentes) – REQUEST...

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Climate

Dirty Energy Plays Dirty: What Props 23 & 26 Really Mean to California

Less than a month away from California’s November election, supporters and opponents of the state’s ten ballot measures are in the home stretch....

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Press Releases, Water

Fed’s Unveil Proposal to Solve Westside Drainage Contamination

Earlier this month the Bureau of Reclamation sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D – California) identifying key elements of a long term strategy to...

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Legislation, Press Releases

Legislative Session Ends: Big Losses for Public Health, Renewables and Waste; While Land Use, Water and Air Quality Pull Through

As the gavel went down on the legislative session, key environmental measures such as the ban on plastic grocery bags (AB 1998 Brownley), the phasing out the...

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Climate, Legislation, Press Releases

Next in the Pipeline: Stalled Fed Climate Bill Leads to Smaller Energy Bill

On July 22nd, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was unable to obtain the necessary 60 votes in the Senate to defeat a filibuster of...

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Climate, Press Releases

Senate Dems to Push New Energy Bill Focused on Air Pollution

On Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced plans to introduce a new energy bill in the coming days. This proposal is expected to include...

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Climate, Press Releases

Solar Energy Shines in California

The California Public Utilities Commission recently released a report on the California Solar Initiative (CSI) highlighting the program’s tremendous success....

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Climate, Legislation, Press Releases, Water

Legislative Round-Up: Heading Into The Final Stretch

The environmental community started the month of July with great optimism. During the past few weeks, the majority of the environmental and public health bills...

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Climate, Press Releases

Oil Companies Spending A Barrel Full To Suspend AB 32

On June 22nd, a ballot measure that would suspend AB 32, California’s historic climate change law, qualified for the November 2010 ballot. This ballot...

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Press Releases, Water

Opposition to New Oil Drilling Swells as Gulf Coast Disaster Grows

The Planning and Conservation League has joined over one hundred advocacy groups in letting Congress know that when it comes to offshore drilling, enough is...

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