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Our Latest Reports

Green Chemistry at Work

Released 4/16/2010 - Forward-looking California companies are discovering that going green can help the corporate bottom line. This report highlights a dozen thriving businesses that are using Green Chemistry principles to replace toxic chemicals with safer alternatives.

Building Better: How High-Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming

Released 3/31/2010 - Simple policies to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings will lead to significant savings. A two-part strategy of requiring new buildings to be more efficient and promoting weatherization of existing buildings will save money and energy while improving air quality. The report finds that California homeowners can save over $800 per year, while helping reduce the global warming pollution from buildings by 37 percent.

Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It

Released 2/18/2010 - The report details the threats to America’s waters and highlights the urgent need for Congress to act immediately and restore full Clean Water Act protections to our waters.

Results

Protecting our parks, forests and wild places

Yosemite, Joshua Tree and Redwood supported: California’s national parks are getting much-needed relief. In 2007, after we publicly highlighted years of budget deficits and their effect, Congress increased national park funding by $191 million.
Parks remain open: All of our state parks remain open after we helped oppose Gov. Schwarzenegger’s move to close up to 220 of them in 2009. From beaches to poppy fields to redwood groves, California state parks embody our state’s history and natural beauty and help create a strong local economy.

Our Staff

Bernadette Del Chiaro

Ms. Del Chiaro runs Environment California Research & Policy Center's Clean Energy Program.