“Climate activists across California are celebrating because today’s signatures will improve our quality of life and solidify California’s place at the forefront of climate action. The road getting here has been long but these victories over corporate polluters like Big Oil make it all worthwhile.”
“Climate activists across California are celebrating because today’s signatures will improve our quality of life and solidify California’s place at the forefront of climate action. The road getting here has been long but these victories over corporate polluters like Big Oil make it all worthwhile.”
“This is a breakthrough year on climate action. California has proven we can still make big changes on climate and defeat the power of corporate polluters. After years of inaction, 2022 is an unprecedented year of climate leadership.”
AB 1279 aligns state emissions reduction goals with latest science to keep California accountable for action within the timeline needed to prevent a climate catastrophe.
SB 1137 is a victory for frontline communities and environmental justice over Big Oil. The bill prohibits oil and gas production facilities within 3,200 feet of homes, daycares, schools, hospitals and other sensitive sites.
Today, California Environmental Voters and the California Environmental Voters Education Fund announced a slate of new appointments to their respective Boards. The new appointments to the EnviroVoters Ed Fund Board include: California State Senator Connie M. Leyva; Norman Rogers, Second Vice President of United Steelworkers, Local 675; and Raúl Macías, Democracy Program Director at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Brigid McCormack, Founder and CEO of Spindrift Advisors, will join the EnviroVoters Board.
“2022 has become a year for climate optimism! The California Air Resources Board just passed a game-changing rule that will go a long way in helping the state and the country meet our climate goals.”
“The Inflation Reduction Act is a serious down payment towards tackling the climate crisis and addressing the greatest challenge of our time.”
Today, the Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 260, the Climate Corporate Accountability Act. SB 260 would be the nation’s first mandatory corporate greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement for the largest and most profitable U.S. corporations who have an outsized impact on climate change.
“The Inflation Reduction Act is a historic down payment towards tackling the climate crisis and addressing the greatest challenge of our time. We are excited and hopeful that federal action on climate change is finally moving forward. It is fitting that our Vice President from California was the deciding vote on the first climate bill the federal government has ever passed.”
California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) today issued the following statement in response to Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin’s announcement of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This bill will reportedly reduce carbon emissions by close to 40 percent by 2030.
“One man from a small state shouldn’t have the power to hold the entire country back from addressing a global crisis. In the midst of droughts, intensifying wildfires, extreme heat and catastrophic weather events, Senator Manchin is choosing to side with the oil and gas industry. He’s shamelessly going to keep getting rich from coal and raking in campaign dollars from polluters while people suffer.”
California Environmental Voters is focused on building the political power to solve the climate crisis, advancing justice, and creating a roadmap for global action. We are California’s voice, statewide and nationally, for bold climate action. We elect and cultivate environmental champions, turn election victories into policy wins, hold our lawmakers accountable, and build political power to transform our political system and achieve climate justice. Learn more about what we do.
We hope you can join us on Friday, May 31, 2024 in Los Angeles for an evening of music, drinks, and small bites at LA’s coolest party as we celebrate this year’s Badass in Green Honorees! Through April 26, we are running our Earth Week Special — buy one ticket, get another one free.
