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Sep 6, 2013
Protect the Coast: Give the California Coastal Commission Teeth

UPDATE (Sept. 10, 2013): Although the state Senate passed AB 976 on Friday, September 6, the bill failed concurrence in the Assembly and is now a two-year bill.

Californians love our coast, and for good reason: the Coastal Act has protected it for all of us, rich, poor and in between for four decades.

The California Coastal Commission is charged with implementing the Coastal Act, which was passed in 1976 to protect the state's 1,100 mile coastline and public access to the coast. Its mission is: "To protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the environment of...

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Sep 5, 2013
Environmental Groups Call Foul on Oil Industry’s Last Minute Lies About Fracking Bill SB 4

Big Oil is at it again.

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Aug 27, 2013
California's already fracked.

California is already fracked. We demand answers.

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Aug 12, 2013
Calling out Climate Deniers

On August 13, we've got a little welcome home present for some of California's most extreme climate change deniers in Congress.

It's an award for California Congressmen Darrell Issa and Dana Rohrabacher for denying climate change science. I'm probably giving too much away, but I'll just say the physical award involves a mythical creature that most of us know does not exist.

It's an award that you or I would be embarrassed to receive. But you and I are interested in protecting future generations from the effects of climate change.

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Aug 12, 2013
It's Time for the Toxies!

Time to roll out the red carpet. It's the annual TOXIES!

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Jul 25, 2013
BPA ban: 2 years (and 2 kids) later

I'm a mom with two amazing children: my 2-year-old Finn and my 6-month-old Suzy. We just visited their pediatrician to check their weights, their heights, and to make sure that, despite my concerns, my toddler's tantrums are well within the "normal" range.

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Jul 16, 2013
Once again, sharks thank YOU

OK, sharks can't actually thank you. But we can. Thank YOU for standing up for sharks!

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Jul 3, 2013
Sharks threatened, need public comments now!

To borrow a line from the movie JAWS: "Just when you thought it was safe (for sharks) to go back in the water..."

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Jun 28, 2013
Why it Matters that 2020 is Almost Here

CLCV Chief Executive Officer Sarah Rose addresses the attendees of the June 27 CLCV Environmental Leadership Awards in San Francisco:

As this is June and the end of the school year for most students, I was proud to attend the promotion ceremony for my oldest daughter from elementary school. Next year she enters middle school, and then a few more years and she’ll be off to high school as a member of the graduating class of 2020. 

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Jun 27, 2013
Making the Environmental Movement "Green For All"

At the intersection of a thriving clean technology economy and an economy that will create the kinds of jobs that will help lift people out of poverty is Green For All. And at the core of Green For All is Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins.

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