Groundswell: CLCV Blog

This week, I represented CLCV at a public meeting hosted by Senator Dianne Feinstein about three proposed new national monuments in the California desert: Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains.

It's a great day to be a Californian! Governor Brown signed landmark climate bill SB 350.

We have the best legislature money can buy, and Big Oil just proved it.

The oil industry used their limitless war chest to fund a multi-million dollar fear-mongering campaign against two major climate proposals, ending the 2015 legislative session with two huge victories for their profits and two devastating losses for our future. But that’s not the whole story, as I’ll explain in a moment.

Only a few hours remain until California lawmakers cast their final votes, but legislative leaders just announced they're removing an important component from one of our top-priority climate change bills, SB 350. While retaining many critical proposals that make SB 350 an aggressive climate change bill of historic proportions, the bill was stripped of its promise to cut California’s petroleum usage by 50% in the next 15 years, thanks to Big Oil's influence.