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Brown aims to make Calif. more business friendly
"Many regulations in our state are important safeguards for our air, or water and the health of our citizens," Pavley said in a statement. "But we can protect Californians, the environment, workers, and public health while making it easier and less expensive to do business in California." Read the Forbes article.
Hidden Hills now a grand old city
Hidden Hills is home to about 2,000 residents who still enjoy a country way of life that nearly vanished from surrounding communities. It’s the oldest of the five cities within the Las Virgenes- Malibu Council of Governments, which includes Agoura, Calabasas and Westlake Village.
Sen. Fran Pavley, (D-Agoura) who has represented the area for over 10 years in the state legislature, said city founders had the wisdom and foresight to protect the area from overdevelopment. Read the Acorn article.
Pavley takes lead in effort to streamline state regulations
Ventura County state Sen. Fran Pavley, whose groundbreaking global warming legislation in 2002 made her an international celebrity among environmental advocates, on Wednesday embraced a new cause: cutting through the thicket of state regulations to make it easier for businesses to expand and operate in California. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Play jewelry for children may contain carcinogens
Earlier this year California lawmakers voted to ban the use of a toxic metal used in children’s jewelry—but that doesn’t take effect for another year. The play jewelry people give to children this holiday season may contain carcinogens.
Four years ago, California state senator Fran Pavley, D-Santa Monica, helped pass the nation’s first ban on lead in children’s jewelry and toys. Read the KPCC article.
Quiet lawmaker prompts national change in environmental law
Her face clouded, just a bit, as she talked about failing to ban the chemical BPA in all baby bottles sold in California.
But Fran Pavley, an unassuming state senator from the hills north of Los Angeles, has many victories to savor. Her impact on American environmentalism shows how a state legislator can leverage California's power to force national change.
This year, Pavley's bill limiting levels of the hazardous metal cadmium in children's jewelry became state law. California's sheer market size is likely to force manufacturers to change all kids' jewelry, which is often imported, for the national market. Read the Sacramento Bee article.
Beverly Hills City Council breaks ground for 9/11 Memorial: Steel from World Trade Towers To Be Included
The Beverly Hills City Council broke ground on a 9/11 Memorial on Saturday, during a remembrance event at 10 a.m.
The memorial will include a large piece of steel from the World Trade Center towers.
The Beverly Hills High School Madrigals, under the direction of Joel Pressman, also performed.
Pictured are (from left) City Manager Jeff Kolin, Councilmember Nancy Krasne, Councilmember John Mirisch, Guest Speakers State Assemblymember Mike Feuer and State Senator Fran Pavley, Mayor Jimmy Delshad, Vice Mayor Barry Brucker and Fire Chief Tim Scranton. Read the Beverly Hills Courier article.
A higher standard sought: New law to require elections equipment vendors to report flaws, errors and malfunctions
Senate Bill 1404, authored by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Santa Monica, and sponsored by Bowen, requires election equipment vendors to immediately report any errors, flaws or malfunctions to the California Secretary of State's Office, which is then required to report the information to the federal Elections Assistance Commission. Vendors or manufacturers that know of a problem but fail to report it face a $50,000 fine.
While the law may sound like a common-sense approach to voting system problems, it is the first of its kind. Unlike an automobile, a toy or a kitchen appliance, when voting systems fail in most jurisdictions across the country, manufacturers are not required to report the malfunction or failure to any government agency, according to a recent report from the Brennan Center for Justice. Read the Times Standard article.
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Landmark Water Recycling Legislation Sacramento
Last night marked a major milestone in California's efforts to securing sustainable, drought-resilient water for California. Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 918 by Senator Fran Pavley.
“Senator Pavley’s bill is a huge step forward for California. It helps to ensure that California’s farms, businesses, and residences continue to have the water that they need to prosper, without sacrificing the environment,” said Tina Andolina, Legislative Director at the Planning and Conservation League. Read the Century City News article.
Cadmium-jewelry bill awaits Gov's signature
Senator Pavley's jobs bill signed by Governor Schwarzenegger
Pavley's Energy Efficiency bill will create 10,500 jobs
"It's important to show the people of California that when it comes to pressing issues for California families, Democrats and Republicans can work together in Sacramento," said Senator Pavley (D-Santa Monica). "We can all agree on energy efficiency and jobs. This bill will bring down the cost of energy efficiency loans and help spur job creation. It's a win, win, win. It benefits workers, consumers, small businesses and the environment."
"It's a really great bill," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "It will create approximately 10,000 new jobs in California...It creates jobs and is good for the economy." Schwarzenegger went on to call Senator Pavley "one of the great environmental leaders in California." Read Senator Pavley's Press Release.
Senator Pavley on the signing of SB 77
Protect state's clean air law; it's a matter of U.S. security
The people of California have always been an inspiration to the rest of the country when it comes to supporting a clean, secure, energy future. We realize that cleaning our air and reducing our dependence on foreign oil is good for the environment, good for our economy, and good for our nation's security.
But some out-of-state oil companies are trying to use fear to put the brakes on California's clean air law, AB32. I believe the people of this great state will see through this greed-fueled attempt to kill progress. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Standards will limit tailpipe emissions
Eight years ago, Fran Pavley, an obscure California assemblywoman and former civics teacher, proposed something that no government had ever done before: a law to slash the carbon dioxide spewing from auto tailpipes, a major source of climate change.
Thursday, after an epic struggle in which California and other states battled car manufacturers and the George W. Bush administration on global warming to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first nationwide regulations to control greenhouse gases from vehicles took effect, modeled on Pavley's law. Read the LA Times article.
U.S. moves to curb emissions from new vehicles
"It's a great day for Californians and consumers," said state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills (Los Angeles County), who wrote the 2002 law. "Reducing our dependence on foreign oil, cleaning our air and saving consumers money at the pump are things everyone can support." Read the SF Gate article.
Military Officials Say Climate Change Could Destabilize Weak Governments
Military officials say climate change could lead to political instability around the world. They spoke at a California senate hearing Friday in San Diego.
Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn was one several people testifying at the hearing.
He said the effects of climate change will likely act as a "threat multiplier" for instability around the world, which means already weak regions could be more threatened. Read the KPBS article.
Fran Pavley: There they go again with "Chicken Little" attacks on AB32
When AB 32, California's landmark global warming law, was being debated in the legislature, a coalition of polluters and their misguided allies opposed the bill. This week these same opponents, who have also fought against clean air and water quality laws, are unveiling an initiative to suspend AB 32, predicting the sky will fall if the law is implemented. They predict that thousands of Californians would lose their jobs, and it will crush small businesses. There are even blaming the current loss of jobs on AB 32, but new emission reductions don't even begin until 2012, and then are gradually phased in by 2020.
But just as these Chicken Little arguments didn't fly back in 2006, they aren't holding up now. Read the Capitol Weekly article.
Infants vs. industry
California legislators have a choice to make today: They can look at the substantial evidence that suggests bisphenol A poses a risk to young children, and vote to ban it from bottles, sippy cups and formula containers. Or our elected representatives can defer to the arguments of the American Chemistry Council, can manufacturers and other businesses that insist the science is inconclusive and the danger is remote.
"It's a David and Goliath fight here in the Capitol," said Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, author of SB797, the proposed BPA ban, citing the army of lobbyists in opposition. Read the SF Gate article.
State's First Education Curriculum About the Environment Ready for Public Review
The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) are actively engaged in the implementation of EEI pursuant to AB 1548 (Pavley, Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003-PDF) and AB 1721 (Pavley, Chapter 581, Statutes of 2005-PDF). These landmark laws mandate the development of a unified education strategy to bring education about the environment into California's primary and secondary schools. Other current key partners include the State Board of Education, the Office of the Secretary of Education, the Curriculum and Supplemental Materials Commission, the State Department of Education (CDE), and the California Natural Resources Agency. Read the California Environmental Protection Agency press release (PDF).
Civics lesson for Detroit
What if automakers hadn't fought Pavley's law?
There's not much to savor in a victory when your opponent has already been pretty much vanquished before the game has ended.
So when Sen. Fran Pavley learned Tuesday that her eight-year mission to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from the tailpipes of California's cars had at last cleared its final obstacle, she reacted with satisfaction but not elation.
For most of these last eight years, her dogged opponent had been the American automobile industry. Read the Ventura County Star article.
E.P.A. Grants California the Right to Enforce Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it had granted California the right to enforce its first-in-the-nation standards controlling greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and light trucks.
The move reverses a 2008 ruling by the Bush administration and effectively ends a seesaw political battle between automakers and environmental regulators that began in Sacramento eight years ago when the California Legislature first took up the issue. Read the NY Times article.
On Legislation to Ban Bisphenol A
Children's interest prevails
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduced federal legislation to ban BPA in all food and beverage containers. That bill could provoke a long and intense fight. However, this week in Sacramento, the state Senate gave its approval to SB797, authored by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, that would ban the use of BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups and other feeding devices aimed at children. The vote was 21-16, the bare majority required for passage in the 42-member Senate. Read the SF Gate article.
Obama to issue auto emissions standards similar to those California wants
In a move hailed by environmentalists, President Barack Obama will announce today that his administration is issuing tough new auto emissions standards that closely mirror those California has been trying to put in place for years. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Battle over unlisted phone numbers returns to the Capitol
The fight over whether customers should have to pay to keep their phone numbers unlisted is coming back to the Legislature this year, reprising a heated battle between telephone companies and consumer groups.
The bill, SB 437 by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, picks up where Sen. Sheila Kuehl's SB 1423 left off last year. Kuehl's bill was bottled up in the state Senate after aggressive lobbying from AT&T and other telephone companies and reported intervention from the head of the Public Utilities Commission. Read the Capitol Weekly article.
Bill would limit loan, credit card rates
Since the beginning of the year, millions of credit card customers have been hit with higher interest rates -- in many cases from lenders that have received billions of dollars in bailout cash from taxpayers. Read the LA Times article.
California's EPA waiver
With a push from Obama, the state's effort to regulate greenhouse gases may finally bear fruit.
Fran Pavley was one week into her term in the California Assembly in 2001 when she took up the cause of two environmental organizations -- the Bluewater Network and the Sierra Club -- and pioneered a landmark law to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from the tailpipes of cars and trucks. Within 18 months, the bill had cleared the Legislature; in 2002, it was signed into law by the governor. Environmental leaders applauded the state for making the first national foray into regulating pollutants that cause climate change; state regulators swiftly drew up the rules to meet the law's requirements. Read the LA Times article.
California rules on emissions to get EPA review
It's a brand new day, said state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, who wrote the state's landmark tailpipe emissions law. What a difference a week makes.
The California Legislature passed tough new emissions rules for cars and trucks in 2002, but they have been on hold since late 2007, when the Bush administration refused to grant the necessary waiver. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Obama moves to force automakers to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles
Among other actions, the president orders the EPA to reconsider California's request to impose its tougher standards for greenhouse gas emissions on carmakers.
California state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), author of the legislation creating the California rules, indicated that Obama's move would clear the way for a single national rule in the future.
"We have reached a tipping point where 50% of all new vehicles sold will have to meet these cleaner, more efficient car standards," she said. Read the LA Times article.
Fran Pavley: Continuing a Legacy of Advocacy
Fran Pavley is a busy woman these days. Between speaking engagements at UCLA, the front-runner for State Senator, District 18 (Santa Monica) gave a sober assessment of the state of our fair state, as well as a glimpse of her agenda should her substantial lead over her two opponents hold true on November 4. Read the Santa Monica Mirror article.
Editorial: Easy pick in 23rd District
Pavley needed in Sacramento
Ms. Pavley possesses the confidence and trust of voters earned during her six years in the state Assembly where her accomplishments won her, literally, worldwide praise. Read the Ventura County Star article.
Pavley Wins in State Senate Primary
Those four hours of sleep Fran Pavley enjoyed Tuesday night were sound ones, offering a peaceful conclusion to her decisive primary victory for state senate. Pavley soundly beat her opponent, termed-out Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, in the Democratic election with 66.4 percent of the vote. In a district (the 23rd) with only 23 percent Republican registered voters, Pavley is expected to win easily in the November election against Republican candidate (Rick Montaine) and Libertarian candidate Colin Goldman. Read the Palisades Post article.
Five we like
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Speaker Fabian Nuñez may jet around the globe taking credit for the anti-global-warming initiative AB 32, but it was Pavley who wrote it. She also wrote a bill to regulate auto emissions and other measures that have returned California to its position as a leader in the fight to preserve the environment. Pavley -- hardworking, principled, self-effacing -- is a model lawmaker, and California would benefit from having her back in Sacramento. Read the Los Angeles Times article.
Pavley for state Senate
Valley needs leadership focused on results, not headlines
A California State University, Northridge, graduate, Pavley is a hardworking, no-frills kind of politician who views her role as that of a public servant. During her two terms as state assemblywoman serving the West Valley, she set key environmental policies, such as an important emissions regulation that has been adopted by at least 17 other states.
Pavley was also instrumental in helping to stop the massive Ahmanson Ranch development that would have greatly harmed the quality of life for many Angelenos. Most recently, she co-authored a landmark climate-change bill, AB32, that may very well change the environmental policy of the country, and thus the world. Read the Daily News article.
From the Publisher
Pavley had a spectacular eight years in the Assembly, carrying and passing numerous pieces of legislation, most important of which was AB 32, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming. That single piece of legislation has been copied in numerous red and blue states across the nation, and earned the undying wrath of the White House. Read the Malibu Times article.
Editorial: Familiar face for the 23rd
Star endorses Pavley for Senate
Recognized internationally as a leader on global- warming issues, Ms. Pavley, who has the backing of Ms. Kuehl, clearly possesses the needed legislative experience and has the trust of Ventura County voters, earned during her three terms in the Assembly.
The Star endorses Ms. Pavley for the 23rd Senate District in the Democratic primary. Read the Ventura County Star article.
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 Malibu Times 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.