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Jan 24, 2011
States Lead the Nation

California's #1! According to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, California is the most energy efficient state in the nation. That's no small feat when you consider that California's economy is the eighth largest in the world and our population is larger than many countries. But more importantly, California has been setting the example for the nation on how to tackle the climate crisis, as we passed AB 32 in 2006 pledging to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Jan 19, 2011
California Green Jobs Growth Outpaces Rest of the Economy

New report shows California green jobs growing three times faster than overall state employment.

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Jan 13, 2011
Friends in High Places

Many of the new faces in the capitol are familiar to us here at CLCV.

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Jan 11, 2011
Governor's Budget Proposal: Environmental Programs Share in the Sacrifice

How did environmental programs fare in the governor’s first budget?

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Jan 5, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown Appoints John Laird Secretary for Natural Resources

As one of his first actions, Governor Jerry Brown has appointed the Honorable John Laird as California Secretary for Natural Resources. This is a superb decision.

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Dec 30, 2010
Reflecting on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Green Record

If you’ve been reading the news or listening to local talk radio programs, you know that ‘tis the season for reflecting on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s years in office and how well or poorly he performed on a number of issues important to voters.

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Dec 16, 2010
Green Summit Prepares Environmentalists for 2011

This year’s 6th Annual Green California Summit was the biggest, most successful Green California Summit ever. More than 240 individuals representing dozens of environmental, environmental justice, labor, clean energy business, public health, economic and social justice groups gathered at the Sacramento Convention Center on December 6th at an event organized by the California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.

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Dec 3, 2010
Environmental Advocates Honor Southern California Green Champions

Oh what a night! There were a lot of folks with hoarse voices this morning in the wake of the California League of Conservation Voters’ 17th annual Environmental Leadership Awards at the W Hotel in Westwood.

This event is usually quite the schmooze-fest for environmental, business, labor, health and political leaders. This year the quality of honorees and guests alike guaranteed that the gala event more than lived up to its reputation.

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Dec 1, 2010
Elections Do Make A Difference

Weeks after Los Angeles District Attorney, Steve Cooley, famously and incorrectly declared victory in the race for Attorney General, Kamala Harris held press conferences in San Francisco and Los Angeles thanking the voters of California for electing her California's first woman and first mixed-race Attorney General.

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Nov 24, 2010
Dewey Defeats Truman 2010

Dewey Defeats Truman.

That headline will always be one of my favorites. Back then in a world without the internet and information at the palm of your hand, it's slightly understandable that a newspaper would make such a major error in a tough election. After all, with print deadlines to meet, reporters couldn't accurately get election returns before an article about an election was due at the printer for the next morning's paper. Of course, that blatantly wrong headline and article lives on infamy as the poster-child for not declaring victory too...

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