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December 23, 2011: High-speed Rail Officials Concede Jobs Inflated

December 22, 2011: Dan Walters: Cost of Reaching for the Sun Will Soar

December 15, 2011: Forget Electric Cars, Used Full-size SUVs Are the Hot Property Now

December 18, 2011: San Bernardino County Making the Case for Manufacturing

December 2, 2011: Car Maker Couldn’t Match Federal Loan, Closes

November 26, 2011: California Demographic Shift: More people leaving than moving in

November 25, 2011: In Climate Talks West Would Redefine Rich and Poor

November 25, 2011: Time Running Out for Deal at Climate Talks

November 25, 2011: CO2 Climate Sensitivity 'Overestimated'

November 25, 2011: CO2 Sensitivity Possibly Less Than Most Extreme Projections

November 24, 2011: Climate Sensitivity to CO2 More Limited than Extreme Projections

November 7, 2011: Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws

November 4, 2011: (Incandescent) Lights to Go Out in China

November 1, 2011: Editorial: California's New Green Tax

October 11, 2011: Groups Sue Obama for Scrapping Stricter Smog Limit

October 9, 2011: Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling

October 5, 2011: EPA Easing Air Quality Rule for Power Plants: Report

October 4, 2011: Bernanke Offers Stark Words as Hopes Dim for Economy

September 22, 2011: Republicans Attack on Handling of Stimulus Money and Green Jobs

September 19, 2011: Survey: Calif. Ranks Worst for Business Again

September 14, 2011: Greenhouse Gas Proposal to Miss Deadline: EPA Chief

September 14, 2011: Bill Would Let Districts Collect Revenue

September 14, 2011: Power Plants Can Comply with Green Regulations: FERC

September 14, 2011: EPA Chief Sees Boiler Mercury Rule in November

September 14, 2011: Australia Adds Opt-in Rule for Polluters in CO2 Scheme

September 3, 2011: Grim Report Sharpens Focus on Job Creation

September 2, 2011: Obama Asks EPA to Withdraw Ozone Rules

August 24, 2011: California Plunges to Bottom in New Business Creation

August 16, 2011: Texas Job Boom - Leadership or Luck?

August 13, 2011: O.C. Manufacturer Celebrates 50 Tears in Business

August 11, 2011: To Make the Ocean Drinkable, Scientists Are Re-Inventing Desalinization

August 11, 2011: Industry Fights Calls for Court to Force EPA Issuance of Ozone Standard

August 11, 2011: AAA Survey Says Most Car Owners Can't Afford a Major Car Repair

August 2, 2011: Election May Spur EPA to Delay Next Emissions Transport Rule for Years

August 1, 2011: Ozone Standard Delay Revives Debate Over EPA Discretion Setting NAAQS

June 24, 2011: California Air Board Expands Clean-fuel Shipping Zone

June 21, 2011: The Real U.S. Fiscal Crisis Is Joblessness

June 20, 2011: The Great Jobs Mismatch

June 19, 2011: Deal Would Speed Cuts in Western Coal Pollution

June 13, 2011: Hunkered-down America

June 13, 2011: What Keeps Your Utility Company Up At Night

June 10, 2011: Employers Spend on Equipment Rather Than Hiring

June 7, 2011: Air Quality Worsened by Paved Surfaces: Widespread Urban Development Alters Weather Patterns

May 31, 2011: California Cities Are Paying Price for Overspending

May 31, 2011: Internet Sales Tax Bill Advances in California Legislature

May 23, 2011: Where Have All the High-paying Jobs Gone?

May 17, 2011: Businesses Attack South Coast NOx Rule On 'Miscellaneous' Sources

May 5, 2011: California Worst State for Business, Survey Says

May 3, 2011: Best/Worst States for Business

April 29, 2011: Assembly Committee Passes Sick Leave Mandate

April 28, 2011: U.S. Economic Growth Slows

April 28, 2011: Poll: Americans Have Economic Growing Pains

April 26, 2011: The Wageless Recovery

April 24, 2011: Even with Tweaks Taxing Internet Sales is a Bad Idea

March 22, 2011: California Lawmaker Pushes to Tax Online Sales

March 8, 2011: Are California Firms Closing or Leaving?

February 28, 2011: Op-Ed - Regulators, Businesses Clear the Air with Compromise

February 28, 2011: EPA, Its Rules Under Fire

February 22, 2011: EPA Seeks Public Comment on Plan to Review Regulations

February 13, 2011: Green Smoke Screen

February 1, 2011: California Court Clouds Cap-and-Trade Outlook

January 17, 2011: Carbon Broker Natsource Japan Closing Business

January 17, 2011: Special Report: Is a Solar Trade War about to Flare?

January 17, 2011: Conservation Group Sues to Stop California Solar Plant

January 14, 2011: Justice Dept Makes Defense of CO2 Rules Top Priority

January 13, 2011: Green Jobs Moving to Greener Pastures

January 7, 2011: California Solar Firms Lured to Other States

January 6, 2011: The New Thin-Film Solar Module Manufacturing Hubs in the U.S.

January 5, 2011: Sierra Club Sues over California Solar Plant

January 5, 2011: Special Report: With Solar Power, it's Green vs. Green

December 28, 2010: Former Shell Oil Chief Predicts $5 Gas by 2012

December 27, 2010: Japan Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 5.7 Percent in 09/10

December 27, 2010: Japan Seen Shelving Carbon EmissionTrading Scheme

December 24, 2010: EPA Moving Unilaterally to Limit Greenhouse Gases

December 23, 2010: EPA Gives Power Plants, Oil Refineries Deadline to Clean Up

December 23, 2010: DOE Report: U.S. Will Remain Coal-dependent in 2035, Carbon Emissions Rise

December 22, 2010: California Economy Begins Modest Upturn; Uncertainty High

December 20, 2010: Environmental Community Shifts Focus Away from Washington with 'Think Local' Strategies

December 17, 2010: California Approves First Large Scale Cap and Trade System in the U.S.

December 16, 2010: California Air Resources Board Gives Green Light to California's Emissions Trading Program

December 6, 2010: Report: A Dramatic Drop in Coal-fired Power by 2035 in the U.S

November 10, 2010: EPA Issues Pollution Permitting Guidance for States

November 10, 2010: EPA to Push Efficiency on Big Carbon Emitters

November 3, 2010: Republican Wins to Halt Obama's Clean Energy Plans

November 1, 2010: Why the Economy's Growth Isn't Easing Unemployment

October 29, 2010: AQMD, Lowe’s Reach $2.75 Million Settlement

October 28, 2010: Paycheck Anxiety Hits U.S. as Tax-Debate Delay Risks Raising Withholding

October 23, 2010: Sacramento County Jobless Rate Rises to 13%

October 22, 2010: China Greenhouse Gas Growth "Daunting": U.S. Envoy

October 22, 2010: Construction Slump Costs SoCal $29 Billion

October 17, 2010: New Tactic in California for Paying Pollution Bill

October 8, 2010: AB 32 - Voters Can Chill State Global Warming Law

October 18, 2010: California's Cap-and-Trade War

September 28, 2010: Water, Electricity, Clean Air: Pick One: MY 2 CENTS

October 18, 2010: Searching for a New (Green) Holy Grail

October 18, 2010: The Ethanol Bailout

October 18, 2010: China Denies Giving Unfair Clean-Engergy Subsidies

October 17, 2010: Curtis S. Dubay Commentary -- Tax Increase Would Kill Economic Growth, Jobs

October 17, 2010: In This Recovery, Washington Has Less Power Over the Economy Than You Think

October 8, 2010: The Mystery of Stubborn Unemployment

October 8, 2010: Green Startups: Trapped In the 'Valley of Death'

October 10, 2010: Abu Dhabi Shifts Plans for $22B Clean-energy City

September 30, 2010: New Law Requires California Air Board to Explain its Fines

September 30, 2010: EPA: Republicans Eye Heavy Oversight in 2011

September 29, 2010: CLIMATE: Senate Dems Open to Tackling Energy in 'Chunks'

August 13, 2010: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold--How to Please an EV Battery

Augsut 13, 2010: World 2009 CO2 Emissions Off 1.3 Percent: Institute

August 12, 2010: EPA Proposes Rules on Greenhouse Gas Permits

August 12, 2010: Calif. project spurs debate over a 'decarbonized' energy system

August 11, 2010: Californians' Income Falls for First Time since WWII

August 10, 2010: Why Jobs Are AWOL

July 15, 2010: State Court Ruling Allows AQMD to Continue Issuing Air Quality Permits

July 15, 2010: Opinion: Three times not a charm for oil severance tax: Thousands of jobs threatened

June 25, 2010: Best and Worst States for Business 2010

June 25, 2010: Is California a Sinking Ship?

June 24, 2010: O.C. Workers' Costs Are Twice Minimum Wage

June 22, 2010: O.C. Leads State in New Jobs in May

June 21, 2010: Long-term Jobless in Calif. Tops 900,000

June 21, 2010: White House, Lieberman Considering Utility-only Bill

June 20, 2010: The Great Recession at 30 Months

May 11, 2010: Are California’s Green Jobs Going out of State?

June 21, 2010: Is a “Utility-only” Cap-and-Trade Bill Worth Passing?

June 21, 2010: U.S. Senate Debates Stopping EPA Climate Rules

June 18, 2010: California Small Business Program Faces Loss of Federal Funds

June 18, 2010: Op-Ed: A Cap-and-Dividend Way to a Ceaner Nation and More Jobs

June 18, 2010: Study Claims National Low-carbon Fuels Rule Would Spike Gasoline Prices

June 18, 2010: Environment Worries to Lift Electric Car Sales

May 3, 2010: Economic Outlook Is Cautious even with Spending Up

May 3, 2010: CA Jobs Initiative Petitions Delivered to L.A. County Registrar of Voters

May 2, 2010: Poizner, Whitman Environmental Positions Have Changed

April 19, 2010: OP-ED: DWP Rate Hike a Shocking Maneuver

March 18, 2010: Updated: California's Hostile Business Climate - 114 'Moving-Out-of-State Events

April 17, 2010: Why the Clean Air Act May Be Past its Prime

April 12, 2010: Recovery Likely to Remain Sluggish into 2011

April 12, 2010: Earth to Mayor: Your Electricity Rate Hike Will Turn Out Our Lights

April 5, 2010: L.A. Spars Over Green Energy

April 5, 2010: Some Worry PG&E's Proposed New Rates Could Hurt California's Solar Market

April 5, 2010: Calif.'s 'Cool Cars' Law Runs Afoul of Budget Cuts, Bad Timing

April 5, 2010: L.A. Controller Warns that City Could Exhaust General Fund Next Month [Updated]

April 5, 2010: Op-Ed: State’s Cap-and-Trade Plan Comes With Hefty Price

April 4, 2010: Calif. Climate Law under Assault in Poor Economy

April 4, 2010: Businesses Scared Off by California Go Global

April 3, 2010: Despite Dire Budget Warnings, Los Angeles' Payroll Continued to Grow

April 2, 2010: Regulate, Baby, Regulate

March 31, 2010: Solar Shake-up at BP Shows Challenge of Green Jobs Effort

March 31, 2010: U.S. Senators Worry about Damage to State Climate Efforts

March 31, 2010: U.N. Official Says Climate Deal Unlikely Until 2011

March 31, 2010: Climate Fight to Factor in Calif. Attorney General Race

March 29, 2010: Air District Gives Some Breathing Room to Business

March 26, 2010: Southern California Faces Sanctions for Failing to Meet Federal Ozone Standard

March 23, 2010: Small Businesses Being Attacked Under Another Name

March 11, 2010: AB32: Report Forecasts Job Losses, But Governor Says Hogwash

March 11, 2010: Editorial: How to Worsen the State Job Climate

March 3, 2010: U.S. EPA Says to Ease Carbon Rules on Small Business

February 28, 2010: Job Chiller

February 8, 2010: Democratic Climate Revolt - A bipartisan effort to stop the EPA's anticarbon crusade

February 6, 2010: Voter Support for AB 32 Shrinks

February 5, 2010: Backing Down on Climate Change

February 5, 2010: Survey Finds U.S. Energy Standard Would Create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs

February 5, 2010: Green Groups Wary of New IMF Climate Fund

February 4, 2010: Initiative to Suspend AB 32 Cleared to Gather Signatures

February 4, 2010: Crusade Against Free Parking: the mania keeps spreading

February 3, 2010: Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits

 

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