Posted on September 30, 2013
VICTORY: Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopts new standards
The EPA designated nine Colorado counties as violating federal air pollution standards. Oil and gas activity continues unabated in Colorado with thousands of new wells drilled each year, compounding the impacts already felt from the 51,000 wells in …
Posted on September 30, 2013
VICTORY: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity removes coal-related educational sections from its website.
Illinois is in the process of revamping its widely denounced coal education program for schools, but it still hasn’t taken down its pro-coal propaganda website. The website is problematic for several reasons. With a mounting health care crisis …
Posted on September 13, 2013
VICTORY: Gov. Brown signs S.B. 27, the bill to force dark money non-profits to reveal their funders in California elections
Nonprofits linked to the Koch brothers funneled $15 million of secret money into California last election. S.B. 27 makes sure billionaires and other special interests can’t hide behind secretive nonprofits by requiring any group spending $50,000 in California …
Posted on September 6, 2013
VICTORY: Gov Jerry Brown signs Early Abortion Access Bill (A.B. 154)
A.B. 154 provides California with the opportunity to lead the nation by removing barriers to abortion care. By authorizing trained health professionals to provide early abortions, this bill improves access to care and allows women to obtain services …
Posted on September 5, 2013
VICTORY: Deborah Brown Community School apologizes to Tiana Parker and changes dress code
Tiana Parker, a 7-year-old straight-A student, was sent home in tears from her Tulsa, Oklahoma charter school after being told that, according to news reports, her short and tidy dreadlocks didn’t look presentable. Over 20,000 CREDO activists signed …
