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Let's Pack the Room! 3/15/2010

It's time to retire "bad actor" chemicals and the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials needs to know how you feel! The Committee is meeting Wednesday morning, March 17 and 9:30 in Room 126 of the Capitol to assess the progress of the Green Chemistry Initiative. Committee members need to hear that Californians want toxic chemicals phased out of consumer products and replaced with safer alternatives.

Toxic Chemicals in Hollywood! 3/02/2010

Red-Carpet Treatment for the worst toxic chemicals! A tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard will highlight the need for Green Chemistry to take action on "the worst of the worst" chemicals.

California Continues Commitment to Solar Power 2/26/2010

On the roof of a solar-powered roof Macy’s in Culver City, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an important solar power bill today that was seen as a critical component of the state’s million solar roofs initiative.

Most Recent Reports

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

America on the Move: State Leadership in the Fight Against Global Warming and What it Means for the World 12/03/2009

The impact of state-level actions to reduce global warming pollution is significant on a global scale. A review of dozens of individual state policies, federal policies based on state models, and new federal policies in which states will have key roles in implementation suggests that state actions will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 536 million metric tons by 2020. That is more global warming pollution than is currently emitted by all but eight of the world’s nations, and represents approximately 7 percent of U.S. global warming pollution in 2007.

Generating Failure: How building nuclear power plants would set America back in the race against global warming 11/17/2009

Far from being a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution. Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to make enough of a difference in the next two decades. Moreover, nuclear power is not necessary to provide clean, carbon-free electricity for the long haul.

Our Issues in the News

Texas Refiners Mum About Funding Push to Halt Calif. Climate Law 3/03/2010

The money behind a campaign to suspend California's landmark climate law and place the proposed delay before voters in November is coming from a pair of refiners based in San Antonio, Texas, according to several well-placed sources in Sacramento.

Incentives to rise for home solar arrays 2/26/2010

A new law will double the cap on how much energy customers can sell back to utilities.

Obama To Propose Tripling Of Nuclear Loan Guarantees 1/29/2010

The Obama administration is planning to propose tripling a program that provides loan guarantees to construct nuclear reactors.