On Saturday at 11 am, tens of thousands of people are getting together at beaches across the country for a massive even called “Hands Across the Sand.” We’ll join hands on the beach, making a literal “line in the sand” to say No to new offshore drilling and Yes to clean energy.
When: Saturday June [...]

The Army Corps of Engineers held a public hearing on the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill June 3 at the San Marcos Senior Center. The Corps is preparing an environmental impact report on the project. Several hundred people attended. Everyone who spoke was opposed to the project.
Coverage of the meeting in the North County Times.
Coverage of [...]

Conservatives in the nation’s capital have seized upon record snowfalls to claim that global warming is not happening. They claim the major storm events are proof that human-caused climate change is false. Of course, that is not what the facts tell us.
“Most climate scientists respond that the ferocious storms are consistent with forecasts that a [...]

Our most effective tool for fighting climate change is at risk.
Within a week, the Senate could vote to exempt the biggest global warming polluters from the Clean Air Act. Alaska Senator Murkowski and her lobbyist allies are planning to introduce a potentially devastating amendment that will strip the EPA’s enforcement funding and power so big [...]

The battle to fight for a strong ACES bill (America Clean Energy and Security Act) is bringing the opponents of the bill in powerful opposition with arm twisting and millions of dollars.  At the same time, pro- environment groups that represent various aspects of the environment are calling in their troops to take action.  Each [...]

Join our national call in day on Wednesday, October 14th and help flood the offices of our Senators with messages in support of a strong climate/energy bill that creates jobs, makes our country secure, and fights global warming.  The bill is known on the hill as the ACES Bill. It passed the House earlier this summer and [...]

by Chris Nava, VP Political Action
Last week the White House spokesperson for Energy and Climate change, Carol Browner signaled that final action on the ACES bill will be delayed, and that there was no chance that a bill would be ready to sign before the President attends the global climate meeting in Copenhagen in early [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action
While the furor over healthcare reform rages and occupies center stage on the national scene, two other pieces of important legislation are quietly moving forward in committee rooms in the Capitol. Among these is ACES, (the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009).