Coalition for Clean Air

On the Trump Administration’s Reckless Decision to Halt Cleaner Car Talks

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The Trump Administration announced yesterday their withdrawal from discussions with the California Air Resources Board on cleaner cars. The Coalition for Clean Air is disappointed, but not surprised, by the Trump Administration’s continued war against California’s clean car standards. The Administration’s efforts to freeze automotive fuel efficiency standards and attack California’s longstanding authority to regulate … Read more

Senate Bill 210 by Senator Connie Leyva Aims to Cut Toxic Diesel Emissions from Polluting Big-Rigs

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April 24th Update: The bill has passed out of the Senate Transportation and Environmental Quality Committees and is headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. With the introduction today of legislation by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) the California Legislature was presented with the opportunity to prevent thousands of tons of harmful pollutants emitted into our air … Read more

PRESS RELEASE: COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR LAUDS GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT OF JARED BLUMENFELD AS CALEPA SECRETARY

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FOR  IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Magavern Tuesday, January 8, 2019 916-527-8051   COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR LAUDS GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT OF JARED BLUMENFELD AS CAL/EPA SECRETARY   Governor Gavin Newsom has made his first major environmental appointment, meeting with strong approval from the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA), which has been working to clean up air … Read more

Support the Coalition for Clean Air and Our Push For A Smog Check Program For Trucks

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What a year! Thanks to your support, protected good climate policies, educated hundreds of students about air pollution and led an initiative to get 100,000 Californians to take the Clean Air Day pledge. While we are proud of those accomplishments, Los Angeles still has the worst air pollution in the U.S. and violated Southern California federal smog standards … Read more

A Clean-Air Champion from China Brings Her Experience and Knowledge to CCA and the California Air Resources Board

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(Photo: Li Ang and Bill Magavern) By Li Ang I was mildly shocked Thursday morning when I came to the office and found Bill Magavern in sportswear. This gentleman, who is the policy director for Coalition for Clean Air, has been in business suits since we first met in his office more than two weeks … Read more

New California Laws Will Help Our Air and Atmosphere

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By Bill Magavern As a delegate to last week’s Global Climate Action Summit, I had a chance to hear from eminent climate scientists, elected officials, advocates and business leaders. One event closely tied to our California policy work was an evening ride on San Francisco Bay on the Enhydra, a plug-in hybrid ferry making its … Read more

Guest Blog: What I Learned from Spending Three Days with Al Gore…

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Originally posted on Eric Tepletz’s blog “People have three budgets: a time budget, a complexity budget, and a hope budget,” Al Gore explained to us during a three-day Climate Reality Leadership Corps training last week in Los Angeles.  When you are conveying the difficult message of climate change and what needs to be done about it, you must … Read more

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