Groundswell: CLCV Blog

(Updated 8/23/12). One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray's weatherman character is trapped living the same day over and over again.

But one of my least-favorite real-life versions of Groundhog Day--where several interest groups try to push through major changes to California's most important environmental law at the last minute--played out yet again in the state Capitol in the waning days of the legislative session.

Ever wonder where you can find California's biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions?

Like so many of our allies in the environmental community, all of us at CLCV were shocked and deeply saddened at the news that staff at the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) had hidden $54 million for as long as twelve years.  

Our parks belong to all of us, and this represents an extreme violation of the public’s trust.  All Californians have the right to be angry and we are owed a full explanation of how this happened.

Do you want the good news first, or the bad news?

I'm a "good news first" kind of person, so here it is: The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it is now illegal for baby bottles and sippy cups to contain the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). The announcement comes less than a year after California passed the Toxin-Free Infant and Toddlers Act, a ban on BPA in these products made or sold in California authored by Assemblymember Betsy Butler.