]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/california Blog Articles Tagged with 'california' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/153979?rsstype=tag&tag=california Spring sprang with a vengeance in April, and despite the bouts of Spring fever, we took our laptops outside to enjoy the new season while keeping the posts flowing.No foolishness here just good stories from the wide world of sustainability. Here's... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/153979?rsstype=tag&tag=california Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:19:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/153204?rsstype=tag&tag=california Names Two Strong Climate Scientists to other PostsPresident-elect Barack Obama has tapped green jobs and immigrant rights champion Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA) to head his Labor Department, according to the Associated Press.Representative Solis ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/153204?rsstype=tag&tag=california Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153441?rsstype=tag&tag=california Ocean acidification driven by rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may hurt the Humboldt squid, report researchers writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153441?rsstype=tag&tag=california Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/153179?rsstype=tag&tag=california Last week, California's air quality board unanimously approved the nation's most sweeping plan to slow climate change by cutting emissions. The state already has a mandate to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (about 15 percent in the next 12 years... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/maria-energia/153179?rsstype=tag&tag=california Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:58:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/152617?rsstype=tag&tag=california The tale of one American city's epic struggle with smog may not strike you as the most interesting of reads. It sounds more like a government report than a page-turner. But when that city is Los Angeles, things become much more complicated and, I m... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/152617?rsstype=tag&tag=california Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151867?rsstype=tag&tag=california photo: Stirling Energy SystemsPoor economy or not, there are still a number of large scale renewable energy projects in the works. One such project seeking regulatory approval is the 850 MW Solar One power plant, to be built by Stirling Energy System... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151867?rsstype=tag&tag=california Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:05:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/151603?rsstype=tag&tag=california We've sort of figured that if electric cars get a full hearing that they will not be plugged into a house socket, even a specialized one, but that a market will develop to sell voltaic gas. This seems at least intuitive, since the displacement of gas... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/151603?rsstype=tag&tag=california Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:19:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151210?rsstype=tag&tag=california Image source: The GuardianOn the heels of Governor Schwarzenegger announcing state renewable energy standards for on Monday November 17, the Santa Clara City Council elected on Thursday November 20th to take the standards and raise them. The local ut... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151210?rsstype=tag&tag=california Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/150573?rsstype=tag&tag=california Credit: Pelli Clarke PelliIn a blog post on design applications of water resource management, New York Times design blogger Allison Arrieff included a photograph of a glass office building currently under construction in San Francisco with veritable ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/150573?rsstype=tag&tag=california Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:32:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/150606?rsstype=tag&tag=california photo: Better PlaceElectric cars may not be commercially available yet in the US, and aren't expected to be widely available much before 2012, but when they are the San Francisco Bay Area will be ready. Palo Alto-based Better Place has announced that... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/150606?rsstype=tag&tag=california Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dot-earth/150183?rsstype=tag&tag=california The president-elect pledges on video to stick with curbing greenhouse gases even as he rebuilds the economy.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dot-earth/150183?rsstype=tag&tag=california Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/149462?rsstype=tag&tag=california Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA View of Greater LA (Under GNU 1.2 License)You read the headline correctly. According to a report by researchers at California State University, Fullterton, pollution kills more people than car cra... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/149462?rsstype=tag&tag=california Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:55:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149029?rsstype=tag&tag=california Image Credit: Getty ImagesFestivals are not a modern day invention. The roots of the celebratory gathering go as far back as the Egyptians, who used to toast the annual overflow of the Nile, which irrigated crops. Whether it be religion (the most com... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149029?rsstype=tag&tag=california Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148575?rsstype=tag&tag=california Image source: Getty ImagesPharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Company just announced that it has joined the list of facilities that can and will take your unused and outdated medicines and properly dispose of them by an FDA-approved company. Neither dump... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148575?rsstype=tag&tag=california Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:55:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/148119?rsstype=tag&tag=california Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, Green DailyCalifornia, say hello to the bullet train. In the big election America held on Tuesday, one transportation-related measure that passed was California's Proposition 1A, named the Safe, Reliable Hig... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/148119?rsstype=tag&tag=california Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:47:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147910?rsstype=tag&tag=california While California voters rejected Propositions 7 and 10 which though on paper would've expanded renewable energy mandates and given tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles, were seen by many as being so poorly worded as to be counterproductive t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147910?rsstype=tag&tag=california Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147762?rsstype=tag&tag=california Photo of Palace of Fine Arts via 23amOut of 43 great innovations submitted to the California Clean Tech Open, a small handful of winners were chosen last night at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts to receive a start-up-in-a-box prize, which inclu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147762?rsstype=tag&tag=california Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/147580?rsstype=tag&tag=california Filed under: Legislation and PolicyWe heard plenty about the results of some of the various races and ballot measures around the country over the past couple of days. However, there was one ballot proposal in California that didn't get much attention... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/147580?rsstype=tag&tag=california Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147393?rsstype=tag&tag=california Image source: CakeCake (player of songs such as The Distance, Never There and the remake of I Will Survive) is showing their support for solar by installing a photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of their recording studio in Sacramento, CA. Their six... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147393?rsstype=tag&tag=california Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:58:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147246?rsstype=tag&tag=california photo: Katie ClaypoolA quick post-vote update to some of the renewable energy ballot initiatives in California: With over over a third of votes counted, approximately 60% of voters have rejected both Proposition 7 and Proposition 10. Prop 7 would hav... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147246?rsstype=tag&tag=california Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:28:00 -0500