CLCV Listening Tour: Grapes and groundwater

Nov 7, 2013

Editor's note: Jena Price, CLCV Legislative Affairs Manager, is spending a few weeks on the road meeting with lawmakers in Central and Southern California in their districts to learn more about the environmental issues that are most important to them and their constituents. Today Jena blogs from Fresno and Avenal. Read More >

CLCV Releases 2013 Environmental Scorecard

Oct 30, 2013

Today CLCV released our annual California Environmental Scorecard, revealing how members of the state legislature and Governor Jerry Brown performed on the most important environmental and public health bills in the 2013 legislative session. Did your elected officials stand up for the environment in 2013? Read More >

A law to protect firefighters... and all of us

Oct 9, 2013

Firefighters, public health and safety advocates, green building professionals and environmentalists agree: It's time to get toxic chemicals out of our homes and buildings.

The good news is that a bill that will reduce Californians' exposure to toxic, ineffective flame retardant chemicals passed the state legislature and, just days ago, was signed by Governor Jerry Brown. Read More >

California Green Chemistry Starts Today

Oct 1, 2013

California's Safer Consumer Products law (also known as green chemistry) goes into effect today, making the state a leader in regulating chemicals in everyday products. The new regulations have the potential to make hundreds of consumer products -- everything from nail polish to cleaning supplies -- safer for all of us: Read More >

Legislative session concludes with environmental progress and hurdles

Sep 18, 2013

The first year of the 2013-14 legislative session concluded in the wee hours last Friday morning.  In the final days of the session the legislature considered a number of CLCV's and the environmental community's priority bills, many of which we had been working on since the early days of the year with the help of our members and allies. Read More >

Environmental Groups: Fix Fracking Bill

Sep 11, 2013

(Updated 2:00 pm PST): Four environmental groups--including CLCV--who have advocated for a bill to implement the first-ever comprehensive fracking regulations in California withdrew our support today. Read More >

California's already fracked.

Aug 27, 2013

California is already fracked. We demand answers.

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It's Time for the Toxies!

Aug 12, 2013

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

BPA ban: 2 years (and 2 kids) later

Jul 25, 2013

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. Read More >

 
 
 

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2018 California Environmental Scorecard

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