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5th Annual Ocean Day, Huge Success

Ocean Day is a day of education in the Capitol. Over 50 ocean-related organizations and companies descended on the Capitol in Sacramento to educate our legislators on our oceans' most pressing problems and their solutions.

News Release | Environment California Research & Policy Center

Over 100 California Leaders Call for More Solar

A growing number of state leaders are calling for the bright spot in California’s economy—solar power—to keep shining.  A bipartisan group of more than 100 elected officials from up and down the state have now endorsed Governor Brown’s goal of installing 12,000 megawatts (MW) of clean, localized power by then end of the decade as part of his “Clean Energy Jobs Plan.”

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News Release | Environment California

Dan Jacobson, Legislative Director for Environment California, highlights three indicators to judge whether Governor Brown’s May revise is good for the environment

Here are three indicators to determine if the May revise, scheduled to be released on Monday May 14th, will be good for California’s environment:

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News Release | Environment California

NEW REPORT PROVES NEED FOR STATEWIDE BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAG

Sacramento, CA. A new report by the Scripts Institute for Oceanography at the University of San Diego California shows that the North Pacific Gyre has 100 times more plastic than previously estimated.  (See report here http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1271).

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Blog Post

Toxic Flame Retardants | Dan Jacobson

We have been fighting for YEARS to reduce our exposure to dangerous chemicals. For too loing we have seen stories about dirty air, polluted water, and toxics in our home- even in our cribs and baby products. How very frustrating.

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We have the Momentum | Dan Jacobson

Local communities are taking action to ban single use plastic bags.

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