Advocacy

CCA OP-ED: Let’s make clean transportation accessible for all Californians

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Note: This op-ed originally appeared in the Daily Californian on July 14, 2021: https://www.dailycal.org/2021/07/14/lets-make-clean-transportation-accessible-for-all-californians/   Low-income communities of color suffer the most from air pollution, climate change and inadequate transportation choices. These communities with the greatest need have been last in line to receive the benefits of clean mobility. That’s why the Coalition for Clean Air … Read more

Statement of CCA CEO/President Joe Lyou on the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure

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Statement of Joe Lyou, CEO of Coalition for Clean Air and CTC Commissioner, on the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI): “We support CAPTI because it adds equity, climate, air pollution, and health priorities into our transportation decision making. The state should only spend transportation dollars in ways that reduce the emissions that cause … Read more

Statement of Bill Magavern, Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director, on the 2021-2022 California budget and clean transportation funding

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For immediate release Friday, June 29, 2021   “We are pleased that substantial funding for zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure was included in today’s budget, because cleaning up transportation is essential to solving our twin crises of air pollution and climate change. In particular, the record investments in clean trucks and buses will reduce the toxic … Read more

TAKE ACTION: Tell CA to #investincleanair and support clean, equitable transportation

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California has the worst air quality in the nation, and more than half of our state’s global warming pollution comes from cars, trucks and the fuel they burn. Lawmakers in Sacramento are now deciding how to spend the record budget surplus. Join us in calling for historic investments in clean air. Urgent: Tell your legislators … Read more

ACTION ALERT! Invest in Clean and Equitable Transportation

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Transportation pollution is California’s largest driver of climate change and the number one reason our state has the MOST polluted air in the nation. Thankfully, Governor Newsom and state legislators have a historic opportunity to approve major investments in clean and equitable transportation programs in this year’s state budget. This is URGENT: We must ensure that our state lawmakers pass a budget that invests in clean cars, … Read more

Victory! South Coast AQMD Moves to Curb Air Pollution from Warehouses

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The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) applauds the SCAQMD Governing Board for passing a new warehouse indirect source review (ISR) rule, Rules 2305 and 316. The warehouse ISR, which passed 9-4, is a key victory in the effort to reduce pollution from the goods movement industry. “Southern Californians have long subsidized the logistics industry with … Read more

STATEMENT: Newsoms’s fracking and drilling phase out a first step, but more is needed

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Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern released the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s directive to end permitting of new hydraulic fracturing and phase out oil extraction:   “Governor Newsom recognizes that solving our twin crises of air pollution and climate change requires ending our addiction to fossil fuels. While his actions … Read more

Advancing environmental justice through law

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(This is the third in our series of three articles on 2021 California legislation. The first is on whether 2021 will be the year California’s Legislature moves forward on transportation policies, and the second is on atmosphere-friendly California legislation in 2021.) Environmental racism and air pollution in low-income communities and communities of color California is … Read more