Stories of Clean Air

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Giving Tuesday isn’t about bragging, though we could point to big wins here and here and here. It isn’t about donor education, though we could point out that we have a platinum charity rating. And it isn’t about the results of our work, though we could point out that the smog we’ve helped clean up … Read more

Opinion: Wildfires create need for clean backup power generation

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Here we go again. Wildfire season is raging in California. The vicious cycle of wildfires, air pollution, blackouts and reliance upon polluting diesel backup electricity generators continues. The vicious cycle of wildfires, air pollution, blackouts, and reliance upon polluting diesel backup electricity generators continues. And sadly, with this summer already proving to be as hot … Read more

Guest Blog: What I Learned from Spending Three Days with Al Gore…

Originally posted on Eric Tepletz’s blog “People have three budgets: a time budget, a complexity budget, and a hope budget,” Al Gore explained to us during a three-day Climate Reality Leadership Corps training last week in Los Angeles.  When you are conveying the difficult message of climate change and what needs to be done about it, you must … Read more

The attack of the super-pollutants

First posted in Capitol Weekly By Bill Magavern As Hollywood brings a new crop of super-hero movies to our theaters, state policymakers are considering action against a group of particularly nefarious villains known as “super-pollutants.”  These contaminants, including black carbon and methane, are both rapidly warming our planet and also damaging human health. The more … Read more

No Idling Around: CCA and Grades of Green Team Up to Stop Idling Around Schools

Grades of Green Youth Corps student, Antonio, continues his campaign to have California adopt “No Idle Zone” legislation for passenger vehicles when they are waiting in the pick up line at schools. With the support of Grades of Green and Coalition for Clean Air CEO and South Coast Air Quality Management District Board Member Joe … Read more