Results

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Nation's first cap-and-trade program enacted.

The California Air Resources Board finalized the nation’s first ever economy-wide cap and trade program to drive down global warming pollution. 

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Grand Canyon saved from toxic mining—for now.

Faced with mining threats to the Grand Canyon, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar placed a temporary moratorium on new mining claims near the canyon's borders. Environment California helped rally the more than 300,000 people who urged Sec. Salazar to take this action. Now we need to show that same support and more for Yosemite. 

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California paves the way for cleaner cars.

California's pioneering clean cars standards paved the way for national fuel-economy standards announced by President Obama last fall. Nationwide, the fleetwide fuel efficiency average will double to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025: The single biggest step ever taken to break our dependence on oil and tackle global warming.