Environment
August 22, 2017
The 21st annual Lake Tahoe Summit brought together federal, California and Nevada elected officials to discuss the importance of continued partnership in the basin-wide fight against tree mortality, invasive species, declining lake clarity — and the global issue of climate change.
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Environment
June 22, 2017
It oversees 4 million acres of land beneath California waters: the state's entire Pacific coast and its lakes, rivers and inlets, along with the harbors of San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco.Shipping, fishing, oil and gas wells, waterfront real estate development — it all falls under the State Lands Commission.
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Environment
June 8, 2017
This week's video features the Republican rollback of the consumer financial protections in the Dodd-Frank law.
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Environment
Social Justice
June 2, 2017
Last month, President Trump released his 2018 budget request. It's a cruel departure from the bipartisan approach Congress took in passing the omnibus funding bill just five weeks ago — a bill that at least maintained level funding for research, science and protections for our nation's most vulnerable people.
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Economy and Jobs
Education
Environment
June 1, 2017
The world and Trump should know that California, the world's 6th biggest economy, will continue to lead in reducing greenhouse gasses.
June 1, 2017
Reaction in the U.S.Obama decried Trump's decision in a statement released Thursday."The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created," the former president said.
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Environment
May 30, 2017
The review was prompted by President Trump’s Executive Order ordering review of National Monument designations under the Antiquities Act.
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Environment
April 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, whose district includes the 330,000-acre Berryessa National Monument, issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive action ordering review of National Monument designations under the Antiquities Act:
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Environment
April 5, 2017
Legislation legislation mirrors S. 731, introduced by California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris. S. 731 passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week.
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Environment