Release: State Legislature passes Building Energy Savings Act
SB 48 would save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in California’s biggest commercial buildings
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Release: California clean energy bills pass final hurdle before floor vote
Legislation to promote solar power, offshore wind, energy efficiency and protect Californians from orphan oil wells passes key milestone
Updated 2023 mid-hurricane season resource guide: data, resources & interview opportunities
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30. This resource guide can help members of the media cover it more thoroughly and accurately.
Release: California clean energy bills pass final policy committees
Legislation to promote solar power, offshore wind, energy efficiency passes key milestone
Environment America launches campaign urging FedEx to ‘go solar’
Shipping giant’s 5,000+ facilities boast hundreds of millions of square feet of rooftop space that could harness renewable energy from the sun
California lawmakers call to eliminate oil and gas industry subsidies, tax benefits as state moves to finalize cuts to climate programs
Lawmaker letter endorses request from more than 50 organizations urging Gov. Newsom and the legislature to review and eliminate oil and gas industry tax benefits in light of record profits, funding shortfalls
2023 Wildfire Season coverage guide: data, resources and interview opportunities
The Public Interest Network (which includes PIRG, Environment America and state groups in often-impacted Western and Southwestern states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas and Washington) is sharing information to help contextualize the major environmental, health and consumer concerns posed by the wildfires that will inevitably come this summer.
State Assembly passes much-needed bills to save bees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Assembly passed two bills on Tuesday and Wednesday to protect bees and other wildlife from pesticides. Authored by Asm. Rebecca Bauer Kahan (Orinda), the Pollinator Protection Act (AB 363), instructs the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to develop rules to limit the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, which are better known as “neonics.” Nine other states, most recently Colorado, have taken similar approaches. Asm. Bauer Kahan’s second measure (AB 1042) gives the DPR the authority to regulate pesticides that are used to treat seeds, closing an oversight gap.
Release: Orphan Well Prevention Act passes out of California Assembly
AB 1167 (Carrillo) would protect Californians from financial, health risks of abandoned oil wells
Release: Bill to support solar power along highways passes out of California Senate
SB 49 (Becker) would maximize underutilized spots already owned by the state to generate clean, renewable energy
