Help Us Defeat Proposition 70

This June election, we’re asking you to vote no on Proposition 70. While CCA doesn’t usually get involved with elections, defeating Prop 70 is important. Proposition 70 rewrites California’s constitution to create a recipe for gridlock, and could result in millions of dollars in climate investments being used to lined polluters’ pockets. California’s climate investments are vital to … Read more

With Successful Vote, Air Regulators Take First Step Toward Reining In Pollution from Warehouses and Railyards

On Friday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) took an important step toward cleaning up the freight industry in Southern California. In a highly anticipated vote that had been delayed for months, the Governing Board directed its staff to go ahead with drafting regulations for limiting emissions from railyards and warehouses. The Board, … Read more

Statement of Bill Magavern, Policy Director for Coalition for Clean Air, on Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Rollback of Clean Car Standards

We applaud the 18 states, led by California, that today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to preserve the nation’s clean car standards. These states, representing approximately 43 percent of the U.S. automobile market and approximately 140 million people, are standing up for all Americans’ need to breathe clean air and save money at the gas … Read more

With Memories of a Smoggier LA in Years Past, I (Nervously) Embark on a New Clean-Air Career

Last Friday I found myself in a place I had never been before in my 20-plus years working on public policy – testifying before the powerful California Air Resources Board, arguably one of the most influential regulatory bodies in the nation. This was my first foray before CARB as Coalition for Clean Air’s newly hired … Read more