California Environmental Scorecard

In 2015, California’s legislature passed and Governor Jerry Brown signed historic bills that will increase the state’s use of clean, renewable energy to 50% by the year 2030, more equitably distribute the benefits of clean energy to low-income families, ban microbeads from personal care products, automatically register millions more voters, and end California’s illegal ivory trade, among other important bills.

“Environmental champions in our legislature and advocates on the ground worked hard to pass clean air and clean energy bills that deliver benefits equitably to all residents, making California the undisputed national environmental leader,” said Sarah Rose, Chief Executive Officer, CLCV. “Most significantly, Californians made history by passing a first-in-the-nation law, SB 350, committing our state to increasing our use of clean, renewable energy to 50 percent and doubling energy efficiency in our buildings by the year 2030.”

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