Month: September 2020

Coalition for Clean Air applauds Governor Newsom for signing AB 841, legislation to protect school health and help foster electric vehicle charger deployment

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Coalition for Clean Air applauds Governor Newsom for signing AB 841, legislation to protect school health and help foster electric vehicle charger deployment The Coalition for Clean Air applauds Governor Newsom for signing Assembly Bill 841. This important bill will protect health in schools and help deploy public electric vehicle chargers. “Today is a win … Read more

Why California needs AB 841 and what you can do about it

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If you had the opportunity to protect California’s students, teachers, and school staff, as well as make it easier to charge electric vehicles and create new jobs in the process, would you take it? Governor Newsom is facing this very same decision as he considers AB 841 by Assembly Member Phil Ting. AB 841 passed … Read more

Coalition for Clean Air Statement on Governor Newsom Executive Order on Climate (N-79-20)

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The Coalition for Clean Air appreciates and fully supports Governor Newsom putting us on the path to achieve our climate goals and, eventually, come into compliance with air quality standards. Transportation is the leading cause of both greenhouse gas emissions and smog-forming pollutants in the state. The Governor’s Executive Order is a meaningful step in … Read more

Advocates Sue Los Angeles for Failure to Reduce Toxic Pollution in Diesel Death Zone

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PRESS RELEASE Decades Long Battle Spotlights Port’s Violations of Law, Harm to Community   LOS ANGELES (September 16, 2020) – Charging the City of Los Angeles with failure to follow state environmental law, community and environmental groups including the Coalition for Clean Air filed suit in Superior Court to void the City Council’s recent certification of the Port of Los Angeles’ 2019 Supplemental Impact … Read more

How California Clean Air Day Compliments Other Efforts

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We love Earth Day! We love Bike to School Day. We think Rideshare Week Rocks. Heck, we even love National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day. * We also love campaigns. We think every employer should be a part of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s cut the commute program in Bay Area. Every Mayor in California should … Read more

A message from our own Deputy Policy Director

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To Members of the CARB Board and staff, My name is Chris Chavez, I am West Long Beach residential representative to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) AB 617 Community Steering Committee. I am also the Deputy Policy Director for Coalition for Clean Air, an air quality advocacy nonprofit that operates in the … Read more

Statement on August 27th Air Resources Board Actions by CCA’s Policy Director

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At a time when Californians’ lungs are under assault from smog, smoke, soot and respiratory infections, the Air Resources Board today did more to reduce air pollution than it had in over a decade. The Board unanimously approved 2 major rules to reduce emissions of toxic diesel exhaust: The truck omnibus rule, which will slash … Read more