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A coalition of California environmental justice advocates has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the California Air Resources Board‘s scoping plan for AB 32, the landmark climate change law enacted in 2006.   The plaintiffs include Communities for a Better Environmentthe Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment (whose visionary executive director Luke Cole tragically passed away last week), and California Communities Against Toxics.