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The earth needs maid service, Environmental orgs need your help
by Dena Seif in Variety
March 9, 2006
With Earth Day approaching and spring around the corner, environmental orgs are offering opportunities for volunteers to get involved in creating a cleaner, healthier L.A.

Dockworkers' Union Calls for Cleaner Air at Seaports
The effort to reduce smog stemming from seaports, among the biggest polluters in the nation, gained an ally on Monday when the union representing thousands of West Coast dockworkers promised to help significantly reduce toxic emissions.

Guerra a la contaminación
Buscan soluciones para limpiar el aire del Sur de California
byJazmín Ortega in La Opinion
January 31, 2006
En las comunidades cercanas a los puertos de Los Ángeles y Long Beach se paga el precio del éxito comercial. Casos más severos de asma, mayor incidencia de cáncer, enfermedades cardiacas y muertes prematuras ha sido la factura cobrada a las comunidades de San Pedro y Wilmington, para que ambos puertos sean el tercer complejo portuario en el mundo.

Prevén reducción de gases contaminantes
Las metas impuestas por el gobierno de California para reducir la emisión de gases relacionados con el efecto invernadero, conocidos en inglés como gases GHG, podrían cumplirse fácilmente si se mantienen las medidas de junio del año pasado, cuando el gobernador Arnold Schwarzenegger firmó la orden ejecutiva S305 para cumplir con normas internacionales establecidas en el Protocolo de Kyoto.

Professor named chief of air board
Three months after his last appointee was rejected by the state Senate as too pro-business, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday named a highly respected Berkeley air pollution expert as chairman of the California Air Resources Board.
Bee Capitol Bureau
December 23, 2005

The Greening of Ships
Can California stop air pollution out at sea?
LA Weekly
December 16-22, 2005

LBReport.com
We Post Pix Of Senator Alan Lowenthal, Councilmembers Reyes Uranga & Bonnie Lowenthal Modeling Enviro-Friendly Fashions To Benefit Coalition For Clean Air

Los Angeles Times' coverage of CCA's Fashion Show
Dec. 1st., 2005

Municipal LA's Next Top Model
CCA's Always In Fashion Fundraiser

Clean Air Group Calls on Pols for Fashion Show
Top elected officials in California become "Supermodels" for a night, wearing eco-friendly clothes and accessories on the runway, at the Coalition for Clean Air's "Clean Air. . .Always in Fashion" event on Nov. 17, 2005.

Key air quality bills remain before the governor

September 30, 2005
by Tim Carmichael

Only by signing a broader portfolio of legislation to protect our health and our environment will Californians have a fighting chance to breathe safely.

Letter from CCA's President: Climate, race and poverty

September 22, 2005

Hurricane Katrina, its impact, and the response highlight some of the greatest challenges for humanity – global warming, race relations, and inequities between rich and poor.

Governor says "Time for action, not for talk" but appoints oil-industry lobbyist and slashes environmental budget

August 16, 2005

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger angered environmentalists this summer when he named oil industry lobbyist Cindy Tuck as the state’s leading smog fighter. In addition, the governor vetoed millions of dollars worth of environmental protections from the budget.

Port pollution must be reduced

June 11, 2005

by Tim Carmichael and Margaret Gordon in the Oakland Tribune
The Bay Area was under a microscope last weekend as world leaders visited for World Environment Day. However, one of the most serious challenges to our health, usually invisible, may have escaped their eyes: toxic air pollution from seaports and cargo movement.

Coalition for Clean Air invites you to join us for a televised special event.

"The Impact of the November Initiatives"

Speakers will include Fabian Nunez, Zev Yaroslavsky, Wendy Greuel and environmental leaders

Thursday, October 5, 2006

THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE THEATER
9786 Pico Boulevard, at Roxbury Drive
Complimentary Parking via Pico Boulevard

Seating is free, but limited to RSVP guests only. Please RSVP by October 2th to (310) 475-5738

Click here to read and print the flyer

Tim Carmichael, President of CCA testimony on the Governor’s Strategic Growth Plan in front of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, January 24th, 2006

There are many details to be worked out but the BIG question is whether the leadership of California is genuinely interested in investing in a sustainable future for our great state or if this is merely about some short-term band-aid fixes. The California environmental community strongly supports investing in California’s future. We recognize that investments of this magnitude, if done correctly, can offer significant benefits to the quality of life, a strong economy, and a healthy environment.

The Coalition for Clean Air is continuing to strengthen its Board of Directors by adding geographic, ethnic, and professional diversity. In 2005, CCA added six wonderful new Board members who will help further its mission to restore clean, healthful air to all Californians. Learn more about them.

Awards Luncheon

Coalition for Clean Air 35th Anniversary Awards Luncheon
Join us on May 31st in The Crystal Room of The Millennium Biltmore Hotel as we celebrate our 35th anniversary and honor several outstanding men and women who have dedicated themselves to help Californians breathe cleaner and healthier air.

See the invitation and buy tickets

2006 honorees are:

Dean Florez, California State Senator, 16th District

Eric Garcetti, President of the Los Angeles City Council

Andrea Hricko, Director, Community Outreach and Education, Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center (USC/UCLA)

Kip Lipper, Consultant, Office of the Senate President pro Tem, Don Perata

Dr. Alan Lloyd, Secretary Emeritus, CA Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day Volunteers
Earth Day is just around the corner and the Coalition for Clean Air will be very busy spreading the good news on how individuals, organizations and public officials can do their part to clean the air we all breathe. Join us as a volunteer and help us spread the good news. We will be participating in the following events and we welcome you to participate at our booth. Click Here for more info.

The Coalition for Clean Air has a New Home in Los Angeles: The Fine Arts Building.
We are now more centrally located - right next to several public transportation lines and the 110 Freeway. so next time you visit us, feel free to take the train (red or blue line to the 7th and Metro Station), hop on the bus of take the Dash.
See the announcement
See where we are located

Fashion Show 2005
On November 17, the Coalition for Clean Air held the California Market Center's Fashion Theater for its third annual fashion show. The show featured elected officials-- from city councilmembers to senators-- as models for a collection of eco-friendly clothing, all in support of our work to restore clean, healthful air to California. The Fashion Commentator was Joe Lockhart, Former Press Secretary to President Clinton. Click here to see a slide show of the event.

Letter from CCA's President: Climate, race and poverty

September 22, 2005

Hurricane Katrina, its impact, and the response highlight some of the greatest challenges for humanity – global warming, race relations, and inequities between rich and poor.

Coalition for Clean Air President Tim Carmichael is awarded "Environmentalist of the Year" by faith-based environmental groups

Clear and Present Danger

September 23, 2005

Read about the state of the air in Los Angeles in the LA Weekly's issue focusing on smog.

Port pollution must be reduced

June 11, 2005

by Tim Carmichael and Margaret Gordon in the Oakland Tribune
The Bay Area was under a microscope last weekend as world leaders visited for World Environment Day. However, one of the most serious challenges to our health, usually invisible, may have escaped their eyes: toxic air pollution from seaports and cargo movement.

Central Valley Air Quality Coalition Action Day

May 9, 2005

United in their determination to take the fight for clean air directly to state leaders, on May 9th approximately 100 community members and advocates from the San Joaquin Valley and around the state traveled to Sacramento and met with legislative offices.

An eye on the Central Valley

en Español

May 23, 2005

Whatever you think about your job, chances are it does not require you to breathe in rancid, lethal toxic chemicals every day. That is, unless you are a port worker, truck driver, or a farm worker in the Central Valley. Read one farm worker's story here.

32 California Counties Fail American Lung Association¹s Annual State of the Air Clean Air Test

April 28, 2005 Oakland, CA

Thirty-two of California¹s 52 counties with air quality monitoring stations received failings grades in the American Lung Association State of the Air: 2005 report released today.

A step backward in port pollution

en Español

By Tim Carmichael and Maura Dwyer

Long Beach Press Telegram

The amount of air pollution blowing inland every day from the Long Beach/Los Angeles ports is astoundingly equal to the amount of air pollution generated daily by three million cars. Despite knowing this, the Long Beach City Council just lost a major opportunity to protect Long Beach residents' health from such dangerous air pollution.

Schwarzenegger putting China interests over California

The Schwarzenegger administration is fast-tracking a plan to expand the number of trucks, ships and trains carrying cargo and major air pollution around the state – a move that community-based groups and environmental organizations such as the Coalition For Clean Air are calling a disaster waiting to happen.

CCA visits Central Valley environmental advocates

As part of CCA efforts to build a more inclusive and more effective environmental movement among statewide and local organizations, personnel from our Outreach, Communications and Community Engagement (OCCE) department met with environmental advocates in California's Central Valley at the beginning of March.

Bush's “Trade Pollution for Lives” Act Stalls in the Senate, But Administration Cuts Protection from Mercury Anyway

A Senate committee last month handed President Bush a setback by failing to pass his key environmental initiative, designed to allow pollution trading instead of protecting public health. In an effort to obfuscate the intent of the act, the administration has misleadingly titled the act the “Clear Skies Act.”

Calling on California's leader to prioritize clean air

Armed with knowledge about the growing public health urgency to clean up California's air, the CCA board and staff converged onto the state Capitol in Sacramento for the annual CCA legislative day on March 8.

A step backward in port pollution

en Español

By Tim Carmichael and Maura Dwyer

Long Beach Press Telegram

New evidence links heart damage to air pollution
Researchers have found a strong correlation between smog and air pollution and potential heart damage.

The Struggle to Breathe
Every day, thousands of children in California suffer with asthma, whether on playgrounds in Fresno, baseball fields in Rancho Cucamonga, or parks in Santa Ana. Here, read the story of two young brothers living with asthma in Long Beach, near the nation's largest port complex and the polluted I-710 freeway.

Clean Air- Always in Fashion
With songs like Joan Jett’s I Love Rock N’Roll blaring in the background, over thirty of California’s "supermodel" elected officials strutted down the runway in December at the Coalition for Clean Air’s second annual fashion show, “Clean Air- Always in Fashion.”

Photos now here!

New Constituencies for the Environment
The Coalition for Clean Air is embarking on a new effort to develop and support new constituencies for the environment and strengthen the environmental movement in California overall.