Environment & Animal Welfare
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Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) ) issued the following statement after ExxonMobil announced the sale of its Torrance refinery to PBF Energy:
Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) released the following statement after Pope Francis' historic address to the Joint Meeting of Congress:
"His Holiness Pope Francis' address to Congress this morning was a historic, electric moment. The Pope's address to Congress was full of hope, inspiration, and moral fierceness. As a Catholic, I was deeply honored to be in the Pope's presence this morning.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) released the following statement in response to President Obama's announcement of new investments to enhance safety and security in the changing arctic:
"I applaud President Obama for continuing to highlight the devastating effects of climate change in places such as the Alaskan Arctic. As President Obama has rightly said, we are the first generation to personally experience the impacts of climate change and the last with a chance to fix it."
Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's release of common sense standards to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) issued the following statement of support for President Obama's Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP would place the first ever limits on carbon pollution from our nation's power sector; the reductions from the CPP are also critical to meeting the U.S. emission reduction target of 26-28% by 2025, which is the foundation of the U.S.
Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) issued the following statement in opposition to the REINS Act (H.R. 427). The REINS Act is a radical, potentially unconstitutional House Republican-authored bill that guts the ability of federal agencies to establish rules protecting food safety, clear air, clean water and other crucial common-sense safeguards.
Steve Corbin, Special to The Desert Sun 10:58 a.m. PDT July 21, 2015
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State Senator Fran Pavley, who represents the 27th district that includes Malibu, has earned a national reputation for drafting cutting-edge environmental legislation. Her 2002 California Clean Car Standards bill survived a Supreme Court decision and, in 2009, Obama directed that it become the national standard.
Pavley spoke at the Malibu Democratic Club's "First Saturday Speaker Series" where she talked about what she's working on in Sacramento.
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, said Tuesday the United States needs to do more to stop the illegal ivory trade.
"Every day, 96 African elephants are killed by poachers for their highly valued ivory," Lieu said during debate on a budget bill for the Department of the Interior. "With only a few hundred thousand of these elephants remaining, this illegal practice imperils their very existence."
A section in the proposed appropriations bill would bar the use of funds to restrict the ivory trade in the U.S., which is one of the largest markets for illegal ivory.