Each semi-monthly issue of CEI keeps you current on:

• The latest developments in California's ground breaking efforts to thwart climate change



• The latest initiatives from California's Air Resources Board and the state's local air districts, whose actions often establish standards picked up by other states and the national government



• The efforts of the state and local California agencies regulating water quality, underground tanks, contaminated property



• Developments in implementing California's unique toxic disclosure law; Proposition 65



• State and local efforts in emerging areas, such as green chemistry, nanotechnology, and emerging pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors



• What Governor Brown and the California Legislature are up to in their efforts to add to California's reputation as an environmental trendsetter, and



• Regulatory, legislative, and court developments at the federal level and their impact on California.

The Website

For no additional cost subscribers get access to our website: CEIToday.com, where they can find the following.

• A searchable archive of past issues of CEI



• Downloadable copies of recent court decisions and pleadings in recently filed lawsuits described in the newsletter



• CEI's list of most important pending or recently signed California environmental legislation



• CEI's online calendar which includes listings and links to upcoming meetings of California environmental agencies, courses and conferences on California regulation, and compliance deadlines facing the regulated community in California.

E-Mail Alerts

Also, for no additional costs, subscribers can receive e-mail alerts about significant regulatory actions, court decisions and meetings that occur between CEI's semi-monthly publication dates.

Roger W. Pearson

Roger W. Pearson is the publisher and chief editor of the California Environmental Insider and CEIToday.com. Mr. Pearson founded CEI in 1987.

Mr. Pearson is a graduate of the U.C.L.A Law School. He was environmental counsel to two Fortune 500 industrial companies and, prior to that, practiced with private law firms in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

In addition to publishing and writing CEI for the last twenty years, Mr. Pearson has lectured frequently on California environmental law and regulation.

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