ACTION ALERT: Contact Governor Newsom’s office now and ask for more money for clean cars, trucks, and buses [button text=”Contact Governor Newsom” link=”https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/”] Statement of Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director Bill Magavern FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 10, 2020 Contact: Bill Magavern 916-527-8051 Governor Newsom today proposed a debilitating cut in the … Read more
By Jerilyn López Mendoza, Senior Policy Advocate ! December 2019 Update: Thanks to your calls, comments and advocacy, CARB moved forward to begin the process of adopting a tougher regulation! When it comes to air pollution, there’s nothing quite like container ships. These giant football-stadium size vessels are a major source of air pollution globally … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a bill to require heavy-duty trucks to finally undergo an emissions inspection and maintenance program, roughly similar to the Smog Checks that car owners have had for decades. SB 210, authored by Senator Connie Leyva and sponsored by Coalition for Clean Air and American Lung Association in California, tells the … Read more
It’s a busy time for air quality – the California Legislature is in the middle of its legislative cycle; agencies are developing spending plans and regulations and local governments are considering ordinances and other actions that will affect our air. Given all this commotion, air quality advocates must be engaged at all levels of government. … Read more
It’s no surprise that more containers coming into California ports means worse air quality. What is unexpected is that dirtier locomotives are making a comeback, replacing cleaner, newer models in the state. Data from the California Air Resources Board show that this is the case. The Federal Government ranks engines by ‘tiers’. The higher the … Read more
Pop quiz: which level of government is responsible for cleaning the air? Naturally, you might say it’s the federal Government’s responsibility. And you wouldn’t be wrong – after all, the US Environmental Protection Agency is a federal agency and the Clean Air Act is a federal law. Similarly, you might think clean air is also … Read more
April 24th Update: The bill has passed out of the Senate Transportation and Environmental Quality Committees and is headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. With the introduction today of legislation by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) the California Legislature was presented with the opportunity to prevent thousands of tons of harmful pollutants emitted into our air … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Magavern Tuesday, January 8, 2019 916-527-8051 COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR LAUDS GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT OF JARED BLUMENFELD AS CAL/EPA SECRETARY Governor Gavin Newsom has made his first major environmental appointment, meeting with strong approval from the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA), which has been working to clean up air … Read more