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Mar 5, 2010

Two Texas-based oil companies have reportedly pledged up to $2 million to buy signatures for a ballot initiative to suspend California's landmark global warming law.

Mar 2, 2010

John A. Pérez was sworn in as Speaker of the California Assembly yesterday in the State Capitol. He brings to the Speakership a deep compassion for and commitment to California’s needy. Pérez is a longtime labor leader and a longtime environmental leader, serving 10 years as a CLCV Board Member. 

Feb 22, 2010

Today, the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) joined the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV) in releasing the 2009 National Environmental Scorecard, revealing scores for the California delegation in the first session of the 111th Congress.

Feb 10, 2010

With America facing the serious repercussions from our years of inaction around climate change and energy instability, President Obama focused on these critical issues early in his State of the Union address.  Keeping to his line of bipartisanship that he established during his election campaign, Obama offered a mix of solutions to these crises.  But by trying to please everyone just enough, will he be able to bring people from across the aisle together to pass the real solutions that we need so badly need?

Feb 9, 2010

Data, more precisely facts, are an alien concept to the former Half-Term Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Her assertion that climate science is “snake oil” is yet another reflection of the profound ignorance that characterizes her mental world. As reported by the Associated Press:

 
 
 

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