Press Releases
August 16, 2022 – VISION Coalition Responds to Governor’s Climate Package
April 29, 2021 – CEJA Joins 24 Organizations to Oppose Governor Recall
April 23, 2021 – CEJA Responds to Governor’s Oil Phase-out Directive
February 9, 2021 – Advocates Resign from Illegitimate CARB Offsets Taskforce
February 8, 2021 – Letter of Resignation from Brian Nowicki to Compliance Offset Protocol Task Force
December 3, 2020 – 70+ Organizations Oppose CARB Chair Mary Nichols for EPA
November 6, 2020 – Reject Offsets Taskforce Recommendations Letter
September 23, 2020 – Governor’s Executive Order Falls Short on Bold Climate Action
August 18, 2020 – Environmental Justice Advocates Respond to Life-Threatening Blackouts
June 2, 2020—CEJA Stands with the Movement for Black Lives
May 15, 2020—Governor Newsom’s May Budget Commits to Protecting Californians, Falls Short on Just Recovery
March 19, 2020 – CPUC Strengthens Public Process for Wildfire Outreach
February 19, 2020 – Governor Omits Climate, EJ from State of the State
February 13, 2020 – EJ Scorecard Press Release
November 19, 2019 – Governor Newsom Announces Moratorium on New Steam-Injected Oil Wells
September 17, 2019 – California Advocates Defeat Dangerous Exemption for Oil Refineries
May 15, 2019 – California State Regulatory Agencies Must Improve on Environmental Justice
May 10, 2019 – Governor Newsom’s Budget Sets Stage for a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels
October 25, 2018 – CPUC Boosts Clean Energy Research in Disadvantaged Communities
October 18, 2018 – New Environmental Justice Legislative Scorecard Shows Urgent Need for Improvement
March 9, 2018 – NRG to Close Multiple Gas Plants in California
February 1, 2018 – New Environmental Justice Legislative Scorecard Shows Urgent Need for Improvement
December 15, 2017 – New $1 Billion Program Will Increase Solar for 150,000 Low-Income Renters
October 6, 2017 – California Energy Commission Expected to Reject Puente Gas Plant in Oxnard
June 5, 2017 – 3 Bills Move Forward to Expand Renewable Energy in California
May 2, 2017 – Senate Introduces Bold Vision for Equitable Carbon Pricing Policy
March 28, 2017 – New Bills to Break Down Barriers to Renewable Energy
September 8, 2016 – Governor Brown Signs Landmark Climate Bills SB 32 and AB 197
September 1, 2016 – Historic Environmental Justice Bills Advance in 2016 Legislative Session
June 16, 2016 – Environmental Justice Advocates Call for Focus on Equity in Climate Policy
April 20, 2016 – Environmental Justice Group Denounces Misleading Chevron-funded Mailer
December 17, 2015 – Energy Company Seeks to Override Community Opposition to Dirty Power Plant
October 8, 2015 – Governor Signs Nation’s Biggest Low Income Solar Bill
September 14, 2015 – Major Environmental Justice Measures Advance in 2015 Legislative Session
September 8, 2015 – Community Groups, Legislators from Polluted Neighborhoods Support Senate Bill
August 25, 2015 – Hundreds Rally For Equitable Climate Action
June 4, 2015 – Senate Passes Historic Climate Bill to Increase Renewable Energy in California