Climate Investments

August 28, 2017 – How will California spend the $1 billion collected from polluters? Check out our op-ed in the Capitol Weekly, where we call for state leaders to prioritize the most [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2017 California Climate Equity Coalition Opposes Proposed Restriction on Cap-and-Trade Funds ACA-1 (Mayes) Would Slow Efforts to Clean the Air, Create Jobs   [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2017 Contact: Isabel Alegría, 415-431-7434, ialegria@publicadvocates.org   On Tuesday of this week, Governor Jerry Brown released his state budget proposal [...]

This letter was submitted to the California Department of Transportation Division of Rail and Mass Transportation in November 2016  on behalf of ten organizations. The letter makes [...]

Investing in Mobility and Equity: Strengthening California’s Low Carbon Transit Operations Program Within the first two years of its implementation, the Low Carbon Transit Operations [...]

A who’s who of advocates, experts and agency representatives come together this week in Oakland for a convening of the California Climate Equity Coalition, a statewide group advocating for [...]

Fresno Bee reporter John Ellis on the signing of landmark climate change bills by Governor Brown today in Fresno. Ellis spoke with PA’s Chelsea Tu about benefits to low-income communities [...]

For Immediate Release. 091416. Governor Brown to sign landmark climate legislation today in Fresno, California. Governor set to sign AB 1550 (Gomez) which guarantees that going forward, at least [...]

By Chelsea Tu The 2015-16 legislative session in Sacramento wrapped up with watershed victories for social and environmental justice. A series of bills, among them one that directs climate [...]

March 20, 2014 Principles for ensuring that Cap and Trade revenues deliver benefits to disadvantaged communities, as required by SB 535 (De Leon), as drafted by Public Advocates, APEN, Coalition [...]