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Environment & Animal Welfare

August 3, 2015

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.


July 28, 2015

Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) issued the following statement in opposition to the REINS Act (H.R. 427).


July 21, 2015

Steve Corbin, Special to The Desert Sun 10:58 a.m. PDT July 21, 2015

Nationwide polling data clearly indicates that an overwhelming majority of voters support four national strategic policy ideas, known as the No Labels National Strategic Agenda.


July 21, 2015

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.


July 9, 2015

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, said Tuesday the United States needs to do more to stop the illegal ivory trade.


July 9, 2015

At least two lawmakers received have received notices that their personal data may now be in the hands of hackers believed to be working for China.


July 9, 2015

Posted on June 23, 2015

Tar Balls that came ashore last month at Manhattan Beach have been traced to the oil spill off Santa Barbara County.


July 9, 2015

During the first week of June tarballs washed ashore closing all three beach cities. Results indicate the source was from the Refugio spill.

Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 4:40 pm | Updated: 5:39 pm, Mon Jun 22, 2015.


July 9, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tar from the Santa Barbara oil spill washed up at least as far away as a Los Angeles County beach last month, according to test results released Monday.

The findings confirmed what was suspected by many after globs of oil began swamping Southern California beaches in the weeks after a pipeline dumped up to 101,000 gallons of crude oil on the coast May 19.