"California: Senate Passes Package To Offset Trump On Environment"

"California's Senate yesterday stepped up promised efforts to push back against the Trump administration, passing a package of bills to protect federal standards in the Golden State, even if rules are repealed or softened nationally.

'We won't allow Californians to suffer the consequences of Donald Trump's reckless slash-and-burn approach to the environment,' state Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) said in a statement. 'These measures safeguard public health and ensure we continue to make policy based on the best available science, not 'alternative facts' or polluter propaganda.'

The 'Preserve California' trio of measures included S.B. 49, the 'California Environmental Defense Act,' from de León and state Sen. Henry Stern (D). It would make existing federal clean air, climate, clean water, worker safety and endangered species standards enforceable under state law."

Anne C. Mulkern reports for Greenwire May 31, 2017.