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California paves the way for cleaner cars.

California's pioneering clean cars standards, which we helped pass in 2006, paved the way for national fuel-economy standards announced by President Obama last fall (shown here with our federal global warming program director, Nathan Willcox). Nationwide, the fleetwide fuel efficiency average will double to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025: The single biggest step ever taken to break our dependence on oil and tackle global warming. 

News Release | Environment California

California Makes Clean Car History, Again

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) made automotive history today, as it is has done repeatedly over the past forty years. The internationally renowned state agency passed the strongest clean car standards in the nation that will dramatically cut air pollution and save thousands of lives.

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News Release | Environment California Research & Policy Center

New Report: San Diego #1 in State for Solar Roofs

Environment California Research & Policy Center released a new report today cataloging the amount of solar power installed by cities across the state, as of the third quarter of 2011.The report identifies the hubs of the state’s thriving solar economy and shows that San Diego leads all California cities in terms of the number of solar roofs installed, with more than 4,500 projects on residential, commercial and government buildings.

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Report | Environment California Research & Policy Center

California's Solar Cities 2012

California’s solar market is thriving. Ten years ago, solar panels atop roofs were a rarity. Today, solar is taking hold in cities across the state, from coastal metropolises to agricultural and industrial hubs in the Central Valley. In the past two years alone, the solar industry has installed more than 5,000 kilowatts of solar power in each of 10 different California cities.

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Report | Environment California Research & Policy Center

Leading the Way Toward a Cleaner Ocean

Out in the Pacific Ocean, plastic debris churns in a soup called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – an area twice the size of Texas where plastic bits outweigh plankton. Plastic pollution persists for hundreds of years, and can kill turtles, seabirds and other marine animals.
Throw-away plastic bags are a significant part of the problem. To reduce ocean pollution and protect the environment, more than 80 national and local governments across the planet have taken official action to ban throw-away plastic bags or to establish fees or taxes on such bags.

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News Release | Environment California

President Obama Expected to Stand Up to Big Oil on Keystone XL Pipeline

SACRAMENTO– According to media reports, President Obama and the State Department today will reject an effort to force administration approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. Environment California issued this statement in response:

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