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

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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

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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

And the Clean Air Hero Award Goes to…

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Clean Air Hero Award – Shabaka Heru It is our honor to present this month’s Clean Air Hero Award to Shabaka Heru This month we wish to posthumously recognize a true hero in the fight for environmental justice: Shabaka Heru. As founder of both the Community Coalition for Change and the Society for Positive Actions, … Read more

How Proposition 70 threatens climate investments

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This op-ed by Diane Takvorian and Chris Chavez was originally published on March 29, 2018 by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Original post can be found here. [row]   California is facing a Trojan horse: Proposition 70. Though Proposition 70 may seem like an innocuous and even beneficial proposal, it is anything but. Proposition 70 is … Read more

The Beginning of the End for Gasoline Cars?

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By Kyle Pennell, CCA Guest Blogger Which countries have plans for gasoline car bans? While bans may appear harsh, they can be an effective method for accomplishing necessary changes for protecting the environment. While no country has banned gas cars yet, changes are coming. Will gas car bans work? Here are some of the countries … Read more

Judge Blocks Huge Warehouse Project Over Environmental Concerns

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A Riverside County Judge has sided with the Coalition for Clean Air and our partner environmental justice and conservation organizations in blocking construction of a massive warehouse in Southern California. In the case against the City of Moreno Valley, the court found that the Environmental Impact Report on the project was inadequate, and had to … Read more