Posts Tagged ‘california’
Chevy Volt Gets Carpool Privileges In California
March 2, 2012 at 5:00 am
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Driving a Chevy Volt in California now not only offers potential savings on your gasoline bill—it might also help shave a considerable amount of time off your commute. That’s because starting this month, drivers of a low-emission model of the 2012 Chevrolet Volt are allowed to go solo in the state’s carpool lanes. Tired of waiting [...]
Scientists: Californians Must Adapt to Climate Change
October 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm
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At a hearing hosted by state Senator Fran Pavley (23rd District) at Santa Monica's City Hall last week, experts testified that Californians will have to adapt to a drier climate and rising sea levels as a result of climate change. The hearing, titled "Climate Change Adaptation: Impacts in Southern California," was held Thursday before a [...]
California drops to No. 2 in energy efficiency rankings
October 20, 2011 at 12:49 pm
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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's latest assessment of the states, released Thursday, showed California edged out of first place for the first time in the five years that the rankings have been conducted. The council's State Energy Efficiency Scorecard showed Massachusetts in the top spot, edging out California with a score of 45.5 out of a [...]
Solar energy jobs growing in U.S. and California
October 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
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One in every four solar energy jobs in the United States is held by a Californian, and growth in the clean-tech industry is burgeoning nationwide, a new study said. In August, California had an estimated 25,575 of the 100,237 solar-related jobs nationwide, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2011, scheduled for release Monday by [...]
California approves pay-as-you-drive ‘green’ insurance program
September 14, 2011 at 3:57 pm
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State regulators have approved an auto insurance policy that rewards car owners for driving less and potentially emitting fewer pollutants into the atmosphere. The new program, called SAVE, will go on sale in January by CSE Safeguard Insurance Co. Motorists will be charged only for the number of miles they drive. "This is a true [...]
Green energy: California poll finds overwhelming support
July 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm
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A new statewide survey of environment issues conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California found more residents favor climate change policy, want to cut greenhouse gas emissions and believe they are already experiencing the effects of global warming. “This is a clear mandate that people want to move beyond dirty energy,” said David Graham-Caso, [...]
California gets $5.4 billion bank loan to bypass U.S. debt drama
July 26, 2011 at 1:01 pm
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California borrowed $5.4 billion from major banks Tuesday, boosting its cash reserves ahead of possible market disruptions tied to Washington’s debt drama. The state got the loan at an annualized interest rate of 0.237%, Treasurer Bill Lockyer said. That is far below the 1.4% rate Lockyer had to pay for a bank loan last October and [...]
Gov. Brown pushes renewable energy goal at UCLA conference
July 25, 2011 at 4:05 pm
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Gov. Jerry Brown wants a major chunk of California’s renewable energy to come from urban rooftops and backyards, rather than just the massive solar and wind installations scattered around the outskirts of the state. How that’ll come to pass, though, is still up in the air. So Brown called a conference to figure out how [...]
Homework: L.A. Unified is doing theirs over again
July 20, 2011 at 1:10 pm
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Applause for school officials who are willing to admit to a mistake. A couple of months ago, leaders at Los Angeles Unified School District sent out a staff bulletin outlining a new homework policy to take effect this summer. Bottom line: Teachers could assign as much homework as they wanted, but it couldn't count for [...]
California leads nation in ‘green jobs,’ study says
July 13, 2011 at 12:00 am
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The Brookings Institution report, which is likely to draw more debate over what constitutes a 'green' job, found that almost 320,000 people work in such jobs, and 90,000 of them are in the L.A. metropolitan area.California continued to lead the nation in the number of people with "green jobs," according to a study that looked [...]
California rooftop solar installations surge; renewable energy approaches oil output
July 7, 2011 at 5:33 pm
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Solar Renewable sources in the U.S. are starting to produce enough energy to rival oil output, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. Biomass and biofuels along with geothermal, solar, water and wind-power generation were responsible for nearly 12% of the country’s energy production during the first quarter of the year. That’s nearly 6% more than nuclear’s output and 77% of the amount coming from domestic crude oil, the agency said.
Solar rip-off? Many L.A. area cities overcharge for permits, Sierra Club says
June 20, 2011 at 5:22 pm
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More than half of the municipalities in Los Angeles County are overcharging for commercial solar installation permit fees, according to a new report from the Sierra Club. Of 89 jurisdictions, 62% are charging more than necessary to make up for the cost of inspections and reviews for businesses, nonprofit organizations and government clients, the Angeles and Loma Prieta [...]
