Coalition for Clean Air is thrilled to see over 57% of Long Beach voters voting for Long Beach’s Measure US. The success of Measure US is a first but significant step in correcting the wrongs frontline communities have experienced for nearly a century. Through Measure US, Long Beach will have new resources to fund environmental … Read more
Confronting systemic racism is an uncomfortable, awkward, and emotional experience. Yet, ignoring it is not an option. As Long Beach begins the hard but necessary work of addressing systemic racism, we cannot overlook one of its most insidious forms: environmental racism. This November, Long Beach voters can begin addressing environmental racism by voting for Measure … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
We expect the California Assembly to soon be voting on two of the most important air quality bills of the year. AB 841 will improve public health in California’s public schools, and both AB 841 and AB 326 will make electric vehicles more accessible for Californians. The bills now head to the Assembly for committee … Read more