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Aug 27, 2010
Chemical Industry Targets California’s Proposed Plastic Bag Ban

Frankly, I’m a little surprised it took them this long. Maybe they thought, with all their money and influence, that a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags would never get as far as it has in the California legislature. But now they’re running scared.

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Aug 23, 2010
Vote for Carly Fiorina… NOT for Senate, but for addition to “Dirty Dozen”

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Aug 16, 2010
Plastic Bags in Peril – Take Action Today!

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Aug 12, 2010
John Laird, Problem Solver, vs. Sam Blakeslee, Waffler

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Aug 11, 2010
Is Fiorina Suffering from Party-Induced Schizophrenia?

We’ve seen this before: Someone takes a step into big time politics and upon crossing that imaginary threshold, throws out their previously held values and beliefs. In particular, Republican candidates running for statewide office in California have been notorious for their contradictions, especially when it comes to positions on environmental issues.

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Aug 10, 2010
Venture capitalists, business leaders, and regulators agree: #Prop23 would damage California’s economy

Nearly everyone in the room, from the panelists to the moderator to the audience members, was in agreement: Texas oil companies should stop messing with California’s economy and environment.

This message was echoed by event panelists including venture capitalist and clean-tech investor Vinod Khosla, Google Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols, and Senior Vice President of PG&E Tom Bottorff.

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Aug 5, 2010
Whitman will likely vote "No" on Dirty Energy Prop, but needs to go further

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Aug 3, 2010
Judge orders new ballot description for Prop 23, the Dirty Energy Proposition

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Jul 30, 2010
Big Week for Campaign to Build a Greener Governor

It was a pretty big week for the campaign to elect an environmental champion as governor of California. We marked the 100 day countdown to the November 2 election, when Californians will elect a new governor, replacing termed-out governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s a nice round number that reminds us how quickly this very important election will be upon us.

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Jul 28, 2010
Lt. Gov tours Gulf oil spill but remains silent on Big Oil’s dirty tricks in California

Dear Lieutenant Governor Maldonado:

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