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June 3, 2008 California Primary Will Be Very Important for the Environment

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

susan_smartt.gif By Susan Smartt
Executive Director of the California League of Conservation Voters

Super Tuesday and the political excitement generated by the February presidential primary has passed, and most Californians, particularly those who care about the environment, are looking ahead to the November presidential elections. Indeed, the inertia and environmental backsliding by the Bush Administration over the last seven years give environmentally-minded Californians including the folks at the California League of Conservation (CLCV) good reason to look ahead (see http://ecovote.org/heat/). However, if you care about issues like global warming, sprawl, protecting the coast or the quality of the air that you’re breathing as you read this, you should join CLCV in treating the June 3rd primary with the same urgency as the November election.

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Why's Obama Passing Up California's Global Warming Debate?

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Hillary Clinton will be there. John Edwards will be there. Even Dennis Kucinich will be there. But Sen. Barack Obama appears to be MIA this weekend for an historic debate on global warming in Los Angeles sponsored by the California League of Conservation Voters.

The first Presidential Forum on Global Warming and America's Energy Future "will be a critical opportunity to hear from the candidates on their positions and to further elevate our issues in the presidential election," according to the CLCV's Susan Smart. More than a thousand people will fill the theater to watch the event. (You can watch the live webcast here.)

The event, which is sponsored by Grist and Living on Earth, will start at 2:15 pm PST with a welcome address from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Each of the candidates will then get 30 minutes on stage to talk about their vision for solving our energy problems and answer questions on their policies.

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Global Warming: It's not just a fact. It's a choice.

by Crystal Strait [courtesy of Party Line]


Recently, when I was driving on the 405 (stuck in the usual 11am LA traffic), I heard a radio ad of parents and grandparents apologizing to future generations for not stopping global warming. As the ad says, "Global warming isn't just a fact. It's a choice."

At the end of the spot I expected to hear a shout out for the Sierra Club, NRDC, CLCV--one of California's great environmental organizations that have working to champion pro-environment laws and more importantly change the overall culture of thinking about climate change.

Imagine my surprise when instead I was told that the ad was produced by Flex Your Power--a quasi-government agency funded in large part by taxpayer (utility consumers) money. It feels just like yesterday that the debate was IF global warming existed, not what we need to do to stop it.

The ad is in a TV spot version as well.

In conjunction with the ad, people can pledge to leave a better "legacy" for their children.

Let's just say that yesterday while looking at my paycheck and paying my SMUD bill, I felt proud that I was a taxpayer.

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