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OAKLAND, CA — Ahead of today’s U.S. Senate cloture vote on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) and following the defeat of Proposition 45, California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters), issued the following statement.
Statement from Shannon Olivieri Hovis, Chief Strategy Officer, California Environmental Voters:
“Six days ago, Californians made their position clear. They rejected Prop 45 because they saw it for what it was: a shortcut that would shift power toward developers, sideline communities, rush environmental review, and shield polluting projects from accountability. BAAJA asks Congress to make that same tradeoff for the entire country.
Californians want lower energy bills, and they want corporate accountability, not industry giveaways that compromise clean air, safe water, and the health of our communities. This bill makes real progress toward scaling clean energy and modernizing our grid, but it also facilitates further data center development, risks expanded mining on public lands, weakens the Clean Water Act and other bedrock environmental protections, and undermines Tribal sovereignty.
Following an election in which voters resoundingly rejected Trump’s polluters-over-people agenda, the Senate should slow down, listen to voters, and get this right.”
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