In The News
Malibu Democratic Club endorses Pavley for Senate seat
The Malibu Democratic Party at its 2008 Annual Meeting and Candidate Endorsement Forum endorsed Fran Pavley, Democratic candidate for the 23rd Senate District, on Sunday at the Point Dume Club in Malibu.
Former 41st District Assemblymember Pavley and her Democratic opposition, Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (40th Assembly District), answered a series of questions submitted by audience members on topics such as special education, license plate color-coding, and gay and lesbian rights. Read the UC Berkeley News article.
Berkeley, and the nation, turn the spotlight on climate change
Berkeley, joining with campuses (including the other nine UC campuses) across America, took part Thursday in a daylong "Focus the Nation" event, gathering hundreds of listeners at International House to hear and question panelists including staff and faculty experts, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, former three-term Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, the head of Norway's environment ministry, and the executive producer of Blood Diamond and thirtysomething. Many at I-House participated in student-led breakout sessions to discuss policy and local action, while on campus, instructors were working climate change into their lectures. Read the UC Berkeley News article.
State to make environment a priority
The EEI curriculum was signed into law in 2003 with AB 1548, authored by former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley.
It directed the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and California Integrated Waste Management Board - in cooperation with the California Resources Agency, the California Department of Education, the SBE, and the state Secretary of Education - to develop a set of "environmental principles and concepts" for elementary, middle and high schools. Read the Whittier Daily News article.
Attorney General Brown and Governor Schwarzenegger to Sue Federal EPA Over Refusal to Allow California to Impose Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits on Vehicles
Waiver Denied to California and 16 Other States on Crucial Global Warming Initiative
Today the Bush Administration's Environmental Protection Agency denied California and at least 16 other states that want to enforce our stricter laws to control greenhouse gases from automobiles and SUV's that cause global warming. The EPA rejected a waiver requested by California and these other states, a request that has been pending for over two years and is the kind that has been approved many times for California under the Clean Air Act since its adoption in 1963.
This not only has the potential to gut landmark legislation passed by our state's legislature in 2006, AB 32 (Nunez), but to prevent implementation of a 2004 California law, AB 1493, by then Assemblymember Fran Pavley and regulations adopted by the California Air Resources Board limiting the emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons-- greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles, beginning with model year 2009. Read the California Progress Report article.
State to expand lead jewelry probe
The secret shoppers' search will include items for adults. Toxics regulators also cite nine additional retailers.
Former state Assemblywoman Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), author of the new children's jewelry law, said she was pleased that government regulators were proactive. "This will send out a message," she said. "The public is very savvy on this, and I don't think any store is going to want to be listed as having toxic jewelry." Read the LA Times article.
Agoura Hills turns 25
Party at The Canyon
Agoura Hills celebrated its 25th anniversary as a Los Angeles County city with a gala dinner-dance and rock show at The Canyon club last Saturday evening.
Approximately 300 guests attended the silver anniversary affair, highlighted by a performance from four-time Grammy winner Pat Benatar and her husband and longtime band mate, Neil Giraldo.
The evening included a video tribute to the city and its founding members. Fran Pavley, Agoura Hills' first mayor in 1982, received a gift from current Mayor John Edelston on behalf of the city. Read The Acorn article.
Editorial: 1 step closer to cleaner air
EPA needs to grant waiver
California has cleared a major roadblock in its fight to reduce tailpipe emissions from the millions of vehicles that traverse its highways. But, another hurdle still awaits. Read the Ventura County Star article.
California Sues EPA For Delaying Global Warming Waiver
In 2002, California passed AB 1493, the Pavley bill, named for author then State Senator Fran Pavley. Forced out of office because of the state's term limits law, Pavley is a senior fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Santa Monica. She is running again for a seat in the California Senate in the 2008 election. Read the Environment News Service article.
California Energy Commission adopts state alternative fuels plan
The State Alternative Fuels Plan approved by the Energy Commission was mandated by AB 1007 (Pavley) aimed at cleaning the state's air, diversifying fuel sources and protecting the state from oil spikes that affect prices, the economy and jobs. The plan supports Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's goal of reducing statewide greenhouse gases to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Read the Western Farm Press article.
For the record: Will California's clean-car law take effect?
Fran Pavley may not appear on magazine covers or at a U.N. podium, but she can claim action-heroine status on fighting global warming. The former middle-school teacher served as a Democratic assemblywoman representing Agoura Hills. The first bill she introduced: Assembly Bill 1493 to reduce global warming emissions from passenger vehicles. Her final bill: Assembly Bill 32 requiring California to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. Read the Sacramento Bee article.
State bans in-home ozone air purifiers, citing health risks
The California Air Resources Board says the regulation, which takes effect in 2009, is the first of its kind in the nation.
The California Air Resources Board on Thursday banned popular in-home ozone air purifiers, saying studies have found that they can worsen conditions such as asthma that marketers claim they help to prevent.
The regulation, which the board said is the first of its kind in the nation, will require testing and certification of all types of air purifiers. Any that emit more than a tiny amount of ozone will have to be pulled from the California market. Read the L.A. Times article.
States Can Take Key Steps to Influence Federal Climate Change Policy
A World Resources Institute analysis has identified certain state actions that historically have had strong influence in shaping federal policies, and recommends how states can affect impending federal decisions about climate change. Read the YubaNet article.
Fran Pavley: Environmental star plays on world's stage
To the extent there are such things as environmental rock stars, former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley is one. But you wouldn't know it in California.
Pavley, author of two nationally imitated and internationally renowned bills to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, is hardly well-known in a state where Hollywood rules and a former action movie hero is a sitting governor. These days, however, Fran is an environmental A-lister. Read the Capitol Weekly article.
State honors trio for improving air quality
James Hansen, Fran Pavley and Alan Lloyd each received the Haagen-Smit Award from the California Air Resources Board. The annual award recognizes significant career efforts in any number of areas, including research, public policy and community service. Read the Inside Bay Area article.
Climate Change Conference
A 'window' for victims of abuse
Historic legislation from Sacramento allowed abuse victims to take legal action against the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
AB 949 (Pavley) was sponsored by the LA District Attorneys Office. Marci Hamilton writes about the impact this legislation had for victims of sexual abuse. Read the LA Times article.
Emission Impossible?
A California Assemblywoman's personal environmental mission to reduce auto emissions inspired her colleagues to act and other states to follow suit. Supported by favorable federal court decisions, encouraged by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and armed with new laws, her state is now on the cutting edge of efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of everything from American power plants to automobiles. Watch the PBS NOW episode.
Greening tech's bottom line
Fran Pavley, a former California state legislator, was the speaker at the standing-room-only talk where I had my high-tech epiphany. Pavley, now a senior adviser for the National Resources Defense Council, shared her experiences fighting for two of California's landmark bills on global warming. Read the EE Times Asia article.
Environmental group to honor two
Pavley and Patagonia founder Chouinard named 2007 heroes
The Environmental Defense Center will honor Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Fran Pavley, former assemblywoman and author of California's landmark legislation on global warming, as its 2007 Environmental Heroes. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Pavley driving governor's green slant
Quiet environmentalist heard
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently gave highly publicized speeches on global warming in Washington and New York, his backdrop at Georgetown University featured a blowup of the Newsweek cover showing him balancing the globe on a fingertip. Read the Associated Press article.
A clear ruling on clean air laws
One of the great head-in-the-sand performances -- the White House's refusal to act on global warming -- is over, by legal decree.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal pollution regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency must consider limits on carbon dioxide -- the No. 1 greenhouse gas -- and not dodge the topic. The effect should be sweeping, with real-world steps to tamp down smokestack plumes from coal-burning power plants and, most importantly for California, tailpipe emissions. Read the San Francisco Chronocle article.
Emissions law could still face hurdles
Despite a favorable Supreme Court ruling, another suit, the EPA or Congress could still stymie state legislation.
California won a major victory in its campaign to regulate greenhouse gases on Monday. But the battle is not over.
The state still faces challenges on two fronts — at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and in a lawsuit by automakers — before it can implement its landmark law slashing greenhouse gas emissions from car exhaust. Even if California prevails, Congress could end up passing weaker national legislation that would supersede the state's. Read the LA Times article.
Statement of the American Lung Association of California Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Regulating Global Warming Pollutants
ENCINO, Calif., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California is thrilled with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today affirming the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as air pollutants under the Federal Clean Air Act. The 5-4 ruling means that the Environmental Protection Agency can no longer ignore the facts and do nothing about greenhouse gases that have been clearly linked to higher temperatures and worsening air quality that threatens public health. Read the AScribe article.
Trials of Warming Lawsuits Must Be Public
Turn on a television or flip through a magazine, and you are likely to see ads for Toyota, Ford and other automobile manufacturers extolling their commitment to a cleaner, greener planet. In federal courtrooms, their actions tell a much different story. Read the Scripps News article.
Purifiers' Ozone Danger Projected
State Survey: Some machines are likened to "a Stage 2 smog alert going off in your home."
An estimated 828,000 Californians could be endangering their health by using portable air purifiers that generate lung-irritating ozone, according to a survey released Wednesday. Read the Press Enterprise article.
The Weather Channel Announces the One Degree Hot List; Individuals and Organizations, Making the Greatest Impact on Global Climate Change
Gore, Schwarzenegger and Bush Top Inaugural List
One Degree, www.weather.com/onedegree, a broadband site dedicated to climate change developed by The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI), today announced the inaugural One Degree Hot List, naming the 10 individuals, groups or companies that most influenced global climate change discussion in 2006. Read The Weather Channel article via Yahoo Finance.
Temen Brote de Malaria y Paludismo por el Clima
Prevé el INE huracanes intensos en 2007 por el cambio de temperatura
Ante lo alarmante de los efectos que causa el cambio climático, el Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) recibió instrucciones del gobierno federal para que se reúna con los secretarios de Agricultura, Energía y Turismo, así como con algunos gobernadores, con el fin de advertirles lo que representa este fenómeno natural en sus áreas y regiones para que tomen las acciones necesarias. Read the El Universal article.
Pavley Wins as Award, Eyes '08 Campaign
I feel like I've come full circle," Assemblywoman Fran Pavley told her audience at the Temescal Canyon Association's annual meeting on November 27. Read the Palisadian Post article.
Boxer to Call State Leaders to Testify on Warming Law
Sentate environment chairwoman-to-be lays out agenda — California the model
Washington -- Sen. Barbara Boxer, the soon-to-be chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said Tuesday she will ask Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two Democratic state lawmakers to testify about why Congress should pass federal legislation modeled on California's landmark law to combat global warming. Read the San Francisco Chronicle article.
Kamp för Kaliforniens miljö
LOS ANGELES: Från lärare till Kaliforniens främsta lagstiftare om miljön.
När allt fler barn kom till skolan med astmamedicin förstod jag att något dramatiskt måste göras, säger Fran Pavley. Hon skrev lagförslaget om minskade utsläpp av växthusgaser som guvernör Arnold Schwarzenegger nyligen undertecknade. Read the GP article.
Follow the leader
Despite federal inaction, with Fran Pavley's help, California could lead the battle against global warming
She is not your meet-and-greet-type politician. Fran Pavley doesn't sport a Mystic Tan, hold babies for publicity shots or make a point of shaking the hand of every single person in every single room she enters. Read the VC Reporter article.
California Lawmakers Adopt Tough Climate Rules
The landmark climate change legislation expected to be passed Thursday by California's legislature was the work of an unlikely environmental pioneer. Read the NPR article.
Pavley Bill Stiffens Penalties for Attacks on Guide and Service Dogs
As hard as it is to imagine, working service dogs are all too often the victims of interference and attacks by other dogs that are allowed to run loose or whose owners will not control them. Service dogs have changed the lives and personal freedom of countless people who are fortunate enough to be partnered with these extraordinary animals. Incidents of attacks on the dogs and/or their owners can be devastating, and some attacks have resulted in the early retirement or death of the dogs. Read the Guide Dogs for the Blind article.