Month: August 2018

Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to California’s Largest Warehouse Complex Plan

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For immediate release. Re-posted from Center for Biological Diversity Ruling Halts World Logistics Center’s Initiative Use to Evade Environmental Review MORENO VALLEY, Calif.— An appeals court has dealt another major blow to a plan to build the largest warehouse complex in California. Environmental-justice and conservation groups yesterday won a California appellate court lawsuit against the Moreno Valley City … Read more

ACTION ALERT

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Support SB 100, the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2017 Raise your voice for California to lead the way on climate and clean energy! Join with us and call on your lawmakers to pass SB 100, a huge leap forward towards our clean energy future. SB 100 would set the bold but achievable goal … Read more

As California’s High Speed Rail Project Barrels Down the Tracks of Uncertainty, Could the Money Be Put to Better Use?

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The on-going story of California’s ambitious and controversial high-speed rail project is a tale of two trains. To hear High Speed Rail Authority’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Kelly tell it, high-speed rail is a transformative endeavor that will propel California into a carbon-free future at 220 miles per hour while creating jobs, economic stimulus, and … Read more

Anger and Hope for the Future Fuels Clean-Air Hero Genevieve Gale

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By Rocky Rushing Clean-air advocate Genevieve Gale gives no hint to what hides just beneath her pleasant smile and disposition when she talks about her work as policy associate for the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ) and the struggle for environmental justice. But ask this 27-year old Fresno resident about what fuels her fight … Read more

CCA Statement on Trump Administration’s freeze of fuel efficiency standards

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  Photo by Kayla Velasquez on Unsplash LOS ANGELES – The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA), which helped create California’s clean car standards in 2002, released the following statement today from Chris Chavez, CCA Deputy Policy Director: “Today, the Trump Administration unleashed its most serious attack yet on California’s air. The Coalition for Clean Air opposes both rolling … Read more

Clean cars (and California) are under attack!

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Source: Wikimedia Commons Saying California and the Federal government don’t see eye to eye right now is a bit of an understatement. On the one hand, California has pledged to put 5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, met its greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) goals four years early and has re-focused its climate … Read more