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Help make Los Angeles greener through Million Trees LA, an initiative to plant one million new trees in the City of Los Angeles. Million Trees LA will create an environmental legacy that will serve as a watershed for other environmental changes and transform LA into a green, sustainable city.
Confused about recycling electronic equipment or the fees that show up on your receipts? Visit eRecycle.org, a partnership between government, manufacturers, retailers, and the environmental community to provide guidance and information to consumers about recycling electronic waste.
EndOil is dedicated to educating and fostering direct action to promote energy alternatives and end oil dependency and the health, environmental, and social ills related to its extraction and usage both in America and around the world. EndOil, founded in 2004, is working to build a young, active, and non-partisan supporter base large enough and dedicated enough to enact real change through direct action. Read the EndOil blog.
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National Environmental Organizations
- The Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory, which recently celebrated its 20 millionth visitor, contains a comprehensive listing of environmental-related web sites, from agriculture to wildlife.
- Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. Their programs are focused on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. See the Defenders of Wildlife California website.
- Earth Island Institute seeks through education and activism to promote conservation, protection, and the restoration of the Earth.
- Environmental Defense, founded in 1967 as the Environmental Defense Fund, links science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. Its Environmental Scorecard makes the facts about pollution in your community as "easy to get as a local weather report."
- Environmental Working Group's goal is to provide the public with new, locally relevant information on environmental problems. Check out its "foodnews" feature to find out what pesticides are on the foods you eat, feed your children, and buy at the grocery store.
- Greenpeace International was conceived in 1971 when members of the Don't Make A Wave Committee in Vancouver, Canada, renamed their organization the better to proclaim their purpose: to create a green and peaceful world.
- National Parks and Conservation Association is a private non-profit citizen organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System.
- National Audubon Society is one nation's most popular and respected conservation organizations, with chapters throughout California.
- Natural Resources Defense Council is dedicated to protecting the world's natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy environment. In courtrooms, legislative chambers, regulatory agencies and the public arena, NRDC has been helping to defend our environment from pollution, exploitation and destruction since 1970.
- Rainforest Action Network's mission is to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
- Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit that works to conserve tropical, temperate and boreal forests.
- Sierra Club is the well-known
public interest organization promoting conservation of the natural environment
by influencing public policy decisions -- legislative,administrative, legal,
and electoral. It maintains chapters throughout the state:
- Angeles (Los Angeles and Orange Counties)
- Kern-Kaweah (Bakersfield)
- Loma Prieta (Palo Alto)
- Los Padres (Santa Barbara)
- Mother Lode (Sacramento)
- Redwood (Northwest California)
- San Diego (includes Imperial County)
- San Francisco Bay
- San Gorgonio (San Bernardino, Riverside)
- Santa Lucia (San Luis Obispo)
- Tehipite (Fresno)
- Toiyabe (eastern Sierra Nevada, includes Nevada)
- Ventana (Carmel)
- Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the world's waves and beaches.
- The Western Environmental Law Center is a non-profit public interest law firm that has prosecuted hundreds of environmental cases on behalf of local, regional, and national environmental organizations in the western U.S.
- The Wilderness Society, the nation's only conservation organization devoted primarly to public lands protection and management issues, maintains an on-line archive of fact sheets in tandem with the Internet Multicasting Service.
- WILD PAC is the first and only professional political organization dedicated solely to supporting proven leaders and electing new champions at the federal, state and local levels who will defend and advocate for the protection of America's public lands, particularly Wilderness.
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California Environmental Organizations
- Californians Against Waste led the campaign to create California's successful recycling program for bottles and cans. Through legislation and grassroots campaigns, it pushes for a strong recycling economy in order to reduce the overconsumption of our planet's natural resources.
- The California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (our sister organization) is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based advocacy organization that expands the universe of Californians who understand and act on the direct connection between the environment, public health, and civic participation.
- The California League for Environmental Enforcement Now (CLEEN) is a statewide coalition of environmental and public health organizations, advocates and law firms committed to protecting and strengthening laws regulating toxic pollution and keeping drinking water safe.
- The California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) is a watchdog group working to organize communities to defend and enhance consumer protection and good government laws. Environment California is the new home of CalPIRG's environmental work.
- The Center for Environmental Health works to protect the public from environmental health hazards and toxic exposures by directly influencing corporate behavior.
- The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is a state-wide organization that has led the effort for clean, healthful air for over 30 years. CCA is dedicated to restoring clean, healthful air to California by advocating responsible public health policy, providing technical and educational expertise, and promoting broad-based community involvement.
- Friends of the Foothills: A coalition of environmental organizations is working to stop the construction of a six-lane toll road through a state park and the last untouched watershed in southern Orange County. The site provides an overview of the issue, information about the wildlife living in the toll road's path and what California residents can do to prohibit highway construction in state parks.
- Friends of the River identifies outstanding rivers in California and mobilizes communities to save them and to restore their ecosystems. Check out its campaign to work toward a more realistic understanding of rivers and floods.
- Greenbelt Alliance is the leading land conservation organization in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area, protecting the 3.8 million acre Greenbelt of farmlands, watersheds, parks since 1958 through citizen action, research and education, and advocacy.
- Lighthawk's corps of staff and volunter pilots use the power of air flight to educate and activate elected officials, the press and the public about the environmental destruction caused by irresponsible land use practices.
- The Mountain Lion Foundation is a 12-year old, 20,000 member organization dedicated to protecting California wildlife through education, advocacy and litigation. The Foundation's Prop. 117 has protected more than one-half million acres of wildlife habitat.
- California Native Plant Society works to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve this rich resource for future generations. Consult its chapter map to find out about field trips and other activities in your local area.
- The Planning and Conservation League has served for 30 years as a statewide alliance of citizens and conservation organizations, united to protect and restore the quality of California's environment through legislative and administrative action.
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Other Leagues
- The League of Conservation Voters is the national counterpart of the California League. This non-partisan political arm of the environmental movement seeks the election of a pro-environment majority in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to ensure the future of environmental protection.
- New York League of Conservation Voters
- Maryland League of Conservation Voters
- Oregon League of Conservation Voters
- Washington Conservation Voters
- Colorado Conservation Voters
- More state LCVs
- The Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues strengthens existing member LCVs and establishes new state conservation voter leagues where none currently exist.
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Political and Election Information
- Learn the basics about how California works using the California State Capitol Museum's Citizens' Guide to California Government [para Español: Guía para los ciudadanos]
- Branches of California government
- The lifecycle of a bill illustrated with an interactive presentation
- How to participate
- What to expect from public officials ("We work for YOU!")
- Project Vote Smart compares the promises of elected officials with their actual job performance on a wide range of issues. The site includes voting records, issue stands, performance evaluations by interest groups, campaign contributions, and general background information. Find out who represents you with your ZIP+4.
- The League of Women Voters California's Smart Voter provides non-partisan election information for Californians.
- The California Voter Foundation, a nonpartisan election information clearinghouse, offers a range of political "raw materials," including campaign contribution information, legislative district maps, campaign HQ locations, etc.
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California's Elected Officials
State Level
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California Constitutional Officers
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Action Plan" on the environment (from his original special election campaign).
- Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi
- Secretary of State Debra Bowen
- Attorney General Jerry Brown
- State Treasurer Bill Lockyer
- State Controller John Chiang
- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
- Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner
- Board of Equalization
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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California State Senate
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California State Assembly
Federal Level
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The White House
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United States Senate
- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
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United States House of Representatives
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California's Environmental Agencies
Apart from interest groups that advocate for environmental protection, a number of public agencies are also involved in preserving California's natural resources. Below, we've provided links to state agencies whose functions can include promoting conservation and reponsible recreation in our state.
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Environmental News
- Environmental News Network is a news and information service focusing on a variety of environmental topics in the Western United States.
- EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization well-known as a major on-line source for environmental and conservation information.
- Rough and Tumble is the personal page of KVIE-TV's Jack Kavanaugh, the Capitol's veteran political reporter who assembles a daily "drive by" of the political news coverage of California's major newspapers. A great tool for PR pros and news junkies.
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Environmental Resources
- CLCV has endorsed Flex Your Power at the Pump, a component of Flex Your Power, California's statewide program to encourage energy efficiency and conservation. Flex Your Power at the Pump provides common-sense suggestions for what you can do now to lower gasoline consumption and reduce fuel costs.
- The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES), a program of the California Resources Agency, is an information system developed by the Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse resources, such as information about physical environments, living creatures and their habitats, and environmental impact reports and studies.
- California Rivers Assessment is an environmental evaluation of California's rivers. By using data and information from many contributors and making it available to the public,its goal is to improve river conservation and management.
- Scorecard.org makes the facts about pollution in your community as "easy to get as a local weather report." It's a simple interface to a powerful compilation of more than 150 government and university databases, allowing users to locate polluters in their community, to research the dangers of household chemicals or to compile sophisticated pollution rankings.
- The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security is an independent non-profit that works to solve environmental problems through sound research and policy analysis.
- The Toxic Release Inventory and the Right-to-Know Net are the direct source databases on the type and amount of chemicals polluting facilities are emitting into our air, water and landfills.
- UCLA Institute of the Environment is comprised of a wide range of science and policy experts who are working to provide an integrated, inter-disclipinary approach to solving environmental problems. Check out its report card on the state of Southern California's environment.
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Children's Environmental Health
- California Safe Schools is a nonprofit environmental coalition of over fifty organizations located in Southern California committed to the health and safety of children, teachers, staff and community members who reside near school sites.
- Children's Environmental Health Network is a national project dedicated to pediatric environmental health. The Network is the only national multi-disciplinary project in the country whose sole purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
- School Haze: Air Pollution Near California Schools is the Environmental Working Group's report that analyzes air pollution emissions near schools, concluding that fully half of California's schoolkids attend a public or private school within one mile of a reported source of airborne emissions of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects, development damage or respiratory illness.
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Green Power
- CEERT, the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, and their sister organization, the Clean Power Campaign, have information on electricity providers who offer green power, and on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
- Green-e tells you everything you need to know about why consumers should choose environmentally responsible power companies in this new era of degregulation. Its logo helps consumers identify certified "green" electricity products.
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