Environmental Champions Honored in West Hollywood

Dec 8, 2011

It's a rare thing during these challenging times for California's and the nation's environment: pausing for one night to celebrate our victories and the leaders that make them possible. Read More >

Her Most Important Role: Daphne Zuniga, Environmentalist

Nov 28, 2011

Although she is best known as an actress, having appeared in films including Spaceballs and The Sure Thing and on TV shows including Melrose Place and One Tree Hill, it’s Daphne Zuniga’s role as an environmental activist that is earning her recognition as a recipient of the CLCV Environmental Leadership Award at our gala December 1st. Read More >

How did your legislator perform on the environment in 2011?

Nov 9, 2011

Are you ready to know their scores and take action? Today the team at CLCV released our annual California Environmental Scorecard today, one year prior to the 2012 election. The record of the year’s most important environmental votes (available at http://www.ecovote.org/scorecard/2011-scorecard) reveals how members of the state legislature and Governor Jerry Brown performed on the environment in the 2011 legislative session. Read More >

Toxic Furniture Is Scary

Nov 2, 2011

Yes, today is Dia de los Muertos, but that isn't why this couch is covered in skulls.  That couch represents the vast majority of furniture sold in California that contains toxic flame retardants. Read More >

What does it mean to have an environmental champion as governor?

Oct 26, 2011

What does it mean to have a strong environmental champion as governor of California?

Readers of this blog and CLCV’s annual Environmental Scorecard  are familiar with this story: Over the last several years, Governor Jerry Brown’s predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, captivated the international media with a reputation as California’s “green” governor while bewildering and frustrating many advocates for the environment here at home in the Golden State. Read More >

How did the environment do in the 2011 legislative session?

Oct 12, 2011

Governor Brown showed he believes a clean environment & a strong economy go hand-in-hand. Read More >

Victory for California's kids: Governor signs BPA ban

Oct 4, 2011

It's my second day back at CLCV from maternity leave, and this new mom just got the best welcome-back news: Governor Jerry Brown has signed the bill banning toxic BPA in baby bottles and children's sippy cups! This is a huge victory for the thousands of babies who will be born in California this year--including mine--and for environmental advocates, who have worked for years to make this common-sense ban on a toxic chemical in children's feeding products a reality. Read More >

Is California Prepared?

Sep 22, 2011

AB 1112: How we can prepare ourselves for, or even prevent, oil spills from happening in our state. Read More >

CA legislative session wraps up, environmental priority bills await action by Governor Brown

Sep 13, 2011

This has been a busy year for environmental advocates in the State Capitol, and though the legislative session wrapped up last Friday (well, very early Saturday morning), there's still plenty of work to do to ensure Governor Jerry Brown signs our priority bills. Read More >

 
 
 

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2018 California Environmental Scorecard

New for the 2018 legislative session: The 45th annual California Environmental Scorecard rates elected officials on 2018, another successful year for the environment in spite of heavy opposition from polluting industry.

Find out how your legislators did in 2018 in CLCV's California Environmental Scorecard.