Groundswell: CLCV Blog

State Parks Still on the Chopping Block

May 15, 2012

Ask your legislator to support AB 1589, the California State Parks Stewardship Act. Read More >

AB 1073: "Solar done wrong"

May 10, 2012

Environmentalists love clean energy. But not when it's done like this.

(Editor's note: This blog was updated May 11, 2012). This week, AB 1073, a special interest bill that circumvents the normal environmental review process by local and state agencies for a controversial solar development project, passed off the state Assembly floor. It will likely be signed into law by Governor Brown. Read More >

Thou Shalt Not Frack Thy Neighbor’s Land

Apr 26, 2012

This isn’t revolutionary. It’s being a good neighbor. And it is the practice that is already required from any significant development project – fracking just somehow had slipped through the cracks. Read More >

Senator Tony Strickland's Attack on Reusable Bags

Apr 17, 2012

At first, I thought it was a bad April Fool's joke: A bill requiring warnings on all reusable bags?

Unfortunately, it's not a bad joke, but a very bad policy proposal. State Senator Tony Strickland has introduced a bill, SB 1106, that would require the following warning label on all reusable bags: Read More >

California coast loses a champion

Apr 3, 2012

Peter Douglas, former executive director of the Coastal Commission, passed away this week. Read More >

The Fight to Get Rid of Toxic BPA Continues

Apr 2, 2012

Once again, the Food and Drug Administration has failed to protect America's families from a ubiquitous toxic chemical.

One day ahead of a court-imposed deadline of March 31, the FDA finally responded to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council asking the agency to ban the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) as a food additive with this:

"FDA has determined, as a matter of science and regulatory policy, that the best course of action at this time is to continue our review and study of emerging data on BPA."

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