For the past three years, CCA and our allies have asked the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to adopt a strong plan to finally bring relief to the hundreds of thousands of children and adults with asthma, and stop the tide of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution that occur annually in our air … Read more
Contact: Bill Magavern 916-527-8051 For Immediate Release Governor Brown’s proposed budget for next year includes a strong commitment to investing in programs that reduce air and climate pollution and provide vital transportation and energy services to Californians. California’s climate investments take charges paid by major polluters and use the revenues to cut emissions, with a significant … Read more
Want to be a part of the clean air solution? Here are some suggestions for gifts that will create better air quality in your community, at your home and in the workplace. If you’re High Roller: Show how much you love them and the environment. Zero-emission vehicles (both electric and hydrogen fuel cell) are able … Read more
The year was 2006. While the rest of the world was paying attention to the hit song “Crazy” by St. Elsewhere, the World Cup, and the world’s first 6,000-container capacity ship (the Regina Maersk), we were celebrating something big in the air quality world. The San Pedro Bay Ports – the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – … Read more
We at CCA like clean air innovations better than the next guy. When we were invited by the California Electric Transportation Coalition (CalETC) to attend the Los Angeles Auto Show for a briefing on electric vehicles and to get a tour of the show’s EVs, we didn’t think twice. After all, EVs have some cutting-edge … Read more
The Coalition for Clean Air does not support or oppose candidates for elected office. We do, however, find President-elect Donald Trump calling climate change a hoax cause for concern. Unfortunately, many of those in Congress share that view. The good news is California will continue to influence what happens in the rest of the … Read more
Today is Halloween, and kids in the Los Angeles area will be out trick-or-treating, with many of them fearing that a zombie or a vampire will jump out at them from behind a tree. If only these creatures were the scariest things one should be afraid of. Unfortunately, there is a very scary monster in … Read more
As one of the Steering Committee members of the California Climate Equity Coalition, along with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), The Greenlining Institute, Public Advocates, and SCOPE, we organized the second annual statewide convening in Oakland on October 14th to gather insights on the equitable implementation of climate investments and prioritize advocacy for the … Read more