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Nov 3, 2011
Attorney General Kamala Harris Sues Plastic Bottle Companies

Do you ever see outrageously false and misleading claims made by companies about their products and wonder why no one has sued them to make them stop? Diet pills and other products that promise to take the pounds off in weeks easily come to mind.

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Nov 2, 2011
Toxic Furniture Is Scary

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.

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Oct 26, 2011
What does it mean to have an environmental champion as governor?

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.

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Oct 25, 2011
Introducing Disqus Comments

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience interacting with CLCV's blog, we've updated the comments section on our blog to use a new Disqus module.

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Oct 19, 2011
Keep the "Wild" in Wilderness

The Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act would open lands to industry.

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Oct 12, 2011
How did the environment do in the 2011 legislative session?

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

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Oct 10, 2011
Everyone Deserves Clean Water

This past weekend Brown signed into law a package of bills known as the Human Right to Water Package. 

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Oct 7, 2011
And sharks everywhere applauded!

OK, so sharks don't actually ever applaud. But if they could, they would be heartily clapping their fins together for the decision by California Governor Jerry Brown to sign AB 376 to ban the possession and sale of shark fins in California.

Authored by Assemblymembers Paul Fong and Jared Huffman, the bill will help put a stop to the unnecessary and cruel practice of shark finning. As described by the governor himself:

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Oct 5, 2011
Governor Brown signs bill to help keep state parks open

Yesterday was a very exciting day in the CLCV office. Not only did Governor Brown give a great welcome back present to our Communications Director and first-time mom Jenesse Miller (who just returned from maternity leave) by signing AB 1319 banning BPA in baby bottles, he also signed AB 42 to protect state parks.

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Oct 4, 2011
Victory for California's kids: Governor signs BPA ban

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.

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