Environment California
{{Short description|Environmental lobby group}}
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| founded = 1970s
| location = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| homepage = {{url|http://www.environmentcalifornia.org}}
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Environment California is a nonprofit political organization that lobbies for environmental legislation in the U.S. state of California.{{cite news|last1=Nagourney|first1=Adam|title=California's Water Czar, Part Empathetic Confessor and Part Friendly Scold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/15/us/californias-water-czar-part-empathetic-confessor-and-part-friendly-scold.html|accessdate=9 November 2015|work=New York Times|date=June 14, 2015}} It is affiliated with Environment America and the Fund for the Public Interest ("the Fund").
History
Environment California was formed by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) in 2003 to take over its environmental work.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffpir.org/enviro.html |title=The Fund For Public Interest Research |access-date=2008-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209171402/http://www.ffpir.org/enviro.html |archive-date=2008-02-09 |url-status=dead }}
In 2024, Environment California sued the City of Los Angeles for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act, claiming the Port of Los Angeles had violated the act more that 2,000 times in the previous 5 years by discharging storm water contaminated with fecal bacteria and groundwater contaminated with copper into San Pedro Bay.{{Cite web|last=Udasin|first=Sharon|date=July 23, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2025|title=California environmentalists sue Port of Los Angeles, alleging clean water violations |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4788520-port-of-los-angeles-environmental-lawsuit/ |work=The Hill}}
In April 2025, Environment California settled the lawsuit with the Port of Los Angeles. Under the settlement, the Port is required to pay $1.3 million to the Rose Foundation For Communities & The Environment for projects to restore the Los Angeles Harbor and San Pedro Bay. The Port will also pay a $130,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury.{{Cite web|last=Deehan|first=Laura|date=April 16, 2025|access-date=April 21, 2025|title=Environment California settles Clean Water Act lawsuit over Port of Los Angeles pollution |url=https://environmentamerica.org/california/media-center/environment-california-settles-clean-water-act-lawsuit-over-port-of-los-angeles-pollution/ |work=Environment California}} {{ cite news | url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/04/16/clean-water-act-lawsuit-over-port-of-la-pollution-tentatively-settled/ | title=Clean Water Act lawsuit over Port of LA pollution tentatively settled | last=City News Service | first= | newspaper=Daily Breeze | date=2025-04-16 }} It also requires the Port to treat the storm water and send the groundwater to Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant.{{ r | DB_2025-04-16 }}
Structure and canvassing efforts
In the book Activism, Inc., Dana Fisher, a sociologist, says that Environment California's fundraising model mistreats idealistic young people by using them as interchangeable parts and providing them with insufficient training.Fisher, Dana R. 2006. Activism, Inc. How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns is Strangling Progressive Politics in America. Stanford University Press. Fisher published this opinion after completing a 2003 study of random canvass offices throughout the entire United States.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C90010679&cycle=2014&txt= Environment California at OpenSecrets.org]
Category:Climate change organizations based in the United States
Category:Environmental organizations based in California
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Los Angeles