Feature: California Energy
Golden State Must Maintain Leadership on Clean Air, Climate
"California has shown bold and bipartisan leadership through its effort to forge 21st century standards" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, President Obama said recently. Indeed, the Golden State has led the way on renewable energy development, clean air standards and greenhouse gas reduction. But now economic and budgetary concerns threat to erode that progress. NRDC experts explain why it's important for the nation and the world that California maintain its leadership role.
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Posted December 15, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
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Posted November 14, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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Posted November 11, 2011 by Lara Ettenson in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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Posted October 10, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
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Posted August 10, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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Posted August 10, 2011 by Lara Ettenson in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
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- california, californiaenergy, emissions, energy, energyefficiency, LADWP, utilities
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Posted July 20, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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Posted July 15, 2011 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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Posted January 21, 2011 by Noah Long in Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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Posted December 15, 2010 by Noah Long in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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- california, californiaenergy, ocean, oceanprotection, oncethroughcooling, powerplants, water
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