Last week, the L.A. Times received a Pulitzer Prize for their five-day story on the altered conditions of the ocean they published nine months ago. Today, a new article emphasizes that the conditions this spring have become worse and not better.
“I have been doing this work for 35 years and I have never seen anything [...]

There’s no question that global warming is the hot issue. Everyone is talking about need for action if we want to stave off more major natural catastrophes and increased rates of extinction. California is leading the way for the rest of the nation and world in setting mandates to reduce global warming pollutants [...]

When it comes to the environment, President Bush shares something in common with Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard: they’re both global warming skeptics. Well, at least they had that in common. Apparently, with Australia hitting an epic drought, the Prime Minister has begun to publicly express his belief in the science behind global warming. Interesting. [...]

There was a time when presidential hopeful Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) was known as the Republican “straight-talker,” especially when it came to the topic of global warming. He was praised in 2004 as ‘Captain Climate’ by the NRDC for his willingness to actually address the issue of climate change and hold hearings to deal with it:
“I’m concerned [...]

Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier (right) listens to a constituent’s question with CLCV Membership staff.

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As noted earlier, a couple of Assemblymembers staffed our table at Earth Day LA the other week. This past weekend, there was a Northern California counterpart as well.
On Saturday, Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier generously spent time at our table at West Contra [...]

Fifty-five environmental leaders met with and questioned Assemblymembers Mike Feuer (42nd AD, Los Angeles) a freshman, John Laird (27th AD, Santa Cruz, CLCV 100%) and Ira Ruskin (21st AD, Redwood City, CLCV 100%) at an Environmental Leadership Forum (ELF) meeting at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood this month. Freshman Assemblymember Julia Brownley (41st [...]

The Heat is On campaign’s new South Carolina televison ad has attracted the attention of WashingtonPost.com’s Chris Cillizza in his online blog, The Fix. Cillizza features a link to the new League of Conservation Voters ad (check it out) and lists the global warming postitions of leading Presidential candidates. It’s worth a read.