I recall that my childhood was scattered with days of not playing outside because the school declared the air unhealthy and like “snow days” of the east coast “smog days” became a day of indoor play here in Southern California. This was due largely because of the goods movement industry. Every day, several times a … Read more
Child Asthma Hospitalizations Drop as California’s Air Quality Improves! We believe that breathing healthy air is a basic human right. Air pollution leads to asthma, chronic respiratory and even pulmonary disease. If you’ve spent any time with someone who has suffered an asthma attack, who has missed school or work to take care of a … Read more
At the Coalition for Clean Air we walk the walk when it comes to public transportation, subsidizing the cost of public transportation for each of our staff members and interns. There is no question in our minds that taking public transportation one of the best ways to reduce emissions. What we have not really talked … Read more
In case you missed it just last week on Thursday June 23rd, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board, voted to place a very transformative transportation plan measure that puts a half cent sales tax, with no sunset clause, on the November ballot. In 2015, Metro’s staff conducted several public opinion surveys outlining … Read more
Contact: Bill Magavern, Coalition for Clean Air, 916-527-8051 SACRAMENTO – On June 29th the Senate Environmental Quality Committee passed AB 1550 (Gomez), designed to ensure that the benefits of California’s climate change policies reach the communities and households needing them most. The measure would require a minimum of 25 percent of proceeds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction … Read more
SB 1387 passed a key threshold yesterday by with its approval from the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The bill, authored by Senate pro tempore Kevin de Leon, Senator Ben Allen and Senator Ricardo Lara, would add three environmental justice seats to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board, among other provisions related to reduction of … Read more
California’s Cap and Trade program was established to curb emissions happening now. We are concerned that the dollars aren’t being spent to deal with the issue. In the article below, the LA Times did a great job of recapping why this is so important to the average Californian. Let’s put these dollars to work now. … Read more
Air pollution is not equal opportunity. Children are particularly at risk and early exposure to air pollution will lead to a lifetime of unhealthy lungs. Fortunately, children and parents can also be incredibly influential advocates for better air quality in their communities. It was for these reasons that we teamed up with scientists at Sonoma … Read more