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SB 1075 (Skinner) Green Hydrogen: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I resepctfully request your signature on Senate Bill 1075 (Skinner). This bill will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to incorporate hydrogen into its decarbonization strategies,…
AB 2146 (Bauer-Kahan) Neonicotinoid Pesticides – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I respectfully request your signature on Assembly Bill 2146. This important measure is an critical first step in addressing the clear and present danger that neonicotinoids pose to our environment ingeneral and our food chain in particular. For over…
AB 1857 (Garcia) Solid Waste – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I write to respectfully requestyour signature on Assembly Bill 1857. This measure is long overdue in repealing aprovision of law allowing local governments to receive recycling credit for the burningor incineration of solid waste. It may have been appropriate…
Attorney General Bonta and CARB Secure Decision Overturning Flawed Environmental Review for China Shipping Terminal Project
Thursday, June 30, 2022 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) secured a decision from the San Diego County Superior Court overturning the Port of Los Angeles’ approval of the revised China Shipping Terminal project and certification of its Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR). “Communities…
Editorial: Port pollution is surging. Let regulators do their job to protect public health
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San Pedro Bay Port Complex to Commit to 100% Zero-Emissions Ocean Shipping by 2030
Yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 6-0. Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to commit to making all port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex, which includes the…
RE: $500 million Budget Request for De-carbonized Fuels
May 31, 2022 Assembly Member Phil TingChair, Assembly Budget Committee1021 O Street, Suite 8230Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: $500 million Budget Request for De-carbonized Fuels Dear Assembly Member Ting, Diesel powered heavy-duty trucks are the single largest source of smog-forming pollution and toxic air contaminants in California, especially in the federal…
Position Letter: AB 1857 (C. Garcia) Solid Waste – SUPPORT
April 20, 2022 Assembly Member Chris Holden Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee 1021 O Street, Room 8220 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 1857 (Cristina Garcia) Solid Waste — SUPPORT Dear Assembly Member Holden: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I write to express our support for Assembly…
A hot spot for polluted air: By the numbers
In Wilmington, Carson and West Long Beach, people live with major sources of pollution almost in their backyards: the two busiest ports in the nation, five oil refineries, nine rail yards, four major freeways, several chemical facilities and the third largest oilfield in the contiguous U.S. Located in southwestern Los Angeles County,…
The “Blood Diamond” of Electric Batteries: Stop the Exploitation Behind Green Energy
By Tim Cromartie, Policy Director, California Environmental Justice League In the global push toward combatting climate change and identifying clean energy sources, including promoting the use of clean energy vehicles, the environmental community has so far overlooked a largely hidden problem that is a key aspect of this shift in…