The Pacific Instutite has recently released a new study which looks at which Coastal area’s in the state are most at risk of climate change driven flooding:
According to the study, “480,000 people; a wide range of critical infrastructure; vast areas of wetlands and other natural ecosystems; and nearly $100 billion in property along the California [...]
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Water World: Who’s Getting Flooded in California?
Posted in Climate Change, Uncategorized on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
City of LA Looking at Bike Share Program
Posted in Climate Change, EcoVehicles on March 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Want to know what the City is up to? Well, sometimes it’s best to look at what the city is trying to buy. A couple weeks ago, the city of Los Angeles put this RFI (Request for Interest) up on their Business Assistance Virtual Network – basically, the site they post open business contracting opportunities: LINK
Here [...]
The Curious Case of SB375 Updated
Posted in Climate Change, tagged SB375 on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the link to the online materials from the SB375 seminar I posted on previously: LINK
News in Brief: Highways and Toxic Discharges
Posted in Climate Change, Water, tagged Governor Fast Tracking Highway Construction, Heal the Bay, Toxicity Study, Water Quality on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Fast Tracking Highway Construction: So it looks like the Governor is looking to fast track some major state highway projects through the environmental review process in an attempt to boost the economy – LINK. “Schwarzenegger is proposing that the California Department of Transportation forge ahead with some construction projects that are tied up in [...]
How Solar is your Zip?
Posted in Climate Change, Green Buildings, tagged Climate Atlas Project, Environmental Defense Fund, Peter Black, Solar Map on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just got wind of an interesting project being organized by Peter Black of the Environmental Defense Fund. It is called the “Climate Atlas Project,” and it appears to be a project developed to visualize the growth of the green/clean tech sector. The maps are great, be sure to check them out. Here it is [...]
UCLA Extensions Public Policy Programs
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Federal Regulations, Green Buildings, Water, tagged CEQA and Climate Change, Public Policy Programs, UCLA Extensions, Winter 2009 on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UCLA Extensions is hosting some great Public Policy seminars over the next few months. I’m defenitly going to try and make a one of two of them (note, they aren’t free, but they do have some scholarships for recent graduates). Click here for more information or to register. Here are the seminars:
Successful CEQA Compliance: A [...]
Congestion Pricing – Coming to CA?
Posted in Climate Change, EcoVehicles, tagged Congestion Pricing, San Francisco on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While not focused on LA, I thought this was an interesting article worth highlighting nonetheless. It’s an article that appeared in the SF Chronicle today discussing the application of London style congestion pricing in SF. It’s title, “SF is not London” , might clue you in on its position .
Still, I think it brings up [...]
Largest Solar Panel Installation in SoCal Complete!
Posted in Climate Change, Future Fuels, Green Business, tagged electricity, Fontanta, solar panels on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The largest solar installation in SoCal history, some 600,000 solar panels atop a distribution center in Fontana, is complete as of yesterday~ Just 1 of 150 solar projects planned for factory and warehouse roofs in SoCal, this site will produce enough electricity to power 1,300 homes.
Check it out in more detail! LINK
Solar Announcement Today!!
Posted in Climate Change, Green Buildings, Green Business, tagged 2020, Garcetti, Nahai, Nation's largest solarn energy plan, Perry, Rosendahl, Solar LA, Villaraigosa on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
City of Los Angeles
MEDIA ADVISORY
November 24, 2008
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA TO UNVEIL NATION’S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PLAN
Solar LA will deliver 10% of City’s energy needs by 2020 through solar
and jumpstart LA’s green economy
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City leaders will unveil
Solar LA – the largest solar energy plan in the country at [...]
Inside Scoop: City of LA to Announce the Establishment of a Major Solar Program
Posted in Climate Change, Uncategorized, tagged 2020, City of Los Angeles, LADWP, Mayor Villaraigosa, Solar Energy, Sunshares, Virtual Net-meetering on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So I love getting inside info, and here is the latest news I’ve heard regarding the City of Los Angeles’s Solar Program (thank you source!). Basically, at some point this week, the Mayor will be announcing that the City is making a commitment to an extensive solar power program that will help LADWP reach the [...]
