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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

January 25, 2010: Cap-and-Trade Plan for Cutting Carbon Emissions Stalls

January 25, 2010: Global Warming: Ballot Initiative Would Curb California Efforts

January 25, 2010: Another Big Speech Looms, but Climate Activists Want Action

January 25, 2010: Senate Dems Build Case to Include Clean Energy, Solar in Jobs Bill

January 25, 2010: Energy Efficiency to Shine in 2010

January 25, 2010: The Clean, Green Desert

January 23, 2010: Opposition Growing to California's Global Warming Law

January 21, 2010: Calif. Denies It May Withdraw from Emissions Pact

January 21, 2010: Job Creation Needs to be the First Priority

January 20, 2010: Re: “Environmental Lobbying Group Accused of Misleading Tactics”

January 20, 2010: Don't Punish Producers

November 23, 2009: Climate Emails Stoke Debate: Scientists' Leaked Correspondence Illustrates Bitter Feud over Global Warming

November 23, 2009: The White House's Climate Conundrum

November 23, 2009: The Devastating Book which Debunks Climate Change

November 23, 2009: What Are the Largest Sources of Global Warming Emissions in California? The List Is Out

November 23, 2009: BIOFUELS: Shell Urges White House to Delay Renewable Fuels Mandate

November 22, 2009: A Climate Change Dust-up

October 20, 2009: Forest Study Sees Upside of Climate Change

October 18, 2009: When U.S. Economy Recovers, Will California Be Left Behind?

October 17, 2009: California Job Losses Keep Climbing

October 17, 2009: Imports Dive at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

October 16, 2009: Jobless Numbers Increase

October 16, 2009: Job Losses Continued in Sept. But Down From Recession Highs

October 12, 2009: Schwarzenegger Backs Away from VetoThreat, Vows to Weigh Bills on Merits

October 9, 2009: New Billion Dollar Hole in California’s Budget

September 8, 2009: Editorial: Why 33% Renewables by 2020 May Be Impossible

September 8, 2009: Climate Bill to Be Slowed by Health-Care Debate

September 8, 2009: Arguing From the Inside

September 8, 2009: Climate: Letters on Cap and Trade Pour into Senate

Sesptember 8, 2009: Health Care to Be a Stumbling Block on Road to Copenhagen

September 8, 2009: Cap and Trade in Senate Limbo as Obama Makes All Out Push on Health Care

September 7, 2009: Sen. Barbara Boxer the Force Behind Upcoming Energy Bill

September 7, 2009: State Fees on Greenhouse Gas Output Could Be Near

August 27, 2009: State Lawmakers Move to Clear Construction Roadblock

August 26, 2009: Former Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson Dies

August 26, 2009: SB 696 Passes Senate Committee

August 25, 2009: Can Jobs and Clean Air Co-exist in Southern California?

August 23, 2009: Will Blocked Emissions Credits in Los Angeles Cause Job Loss?

August 12, 2009: Electronics Maker Shuts Massive Fullerton Plant

August 4, 2009: ‘Cash-For-Clunkers’ Prospects Bolstered by Feinstein

August 4, 2009: How Much is that Clunker in the Window?

August 4, 2009: Cost to Meet Emissions Goal Could Double

August 4, 2009: Opinion: Global Warming and the Poor -- Why India and China Don’t Care Much about Climate Change

August 4, 2009: For Senate, a Climate of Competing Interests Groups Press Agendas

August 4, 2009: State Prepares to Deal with Heat Waves, Flooding, Wildlife  Die-offs and other Expected Results of Climate Change

August 3, 2009: Report: California Must Adapt to Changing Climate

August 3, 2009: Cash-for-Clunkers: Under Fire From All Sides

August 2, 2009: China's Big Energy Suppliers Still Pollute

August 2, 2009: Clunkers Bill Could FaceTougher Road in Senate

July 31, 2009: UPDATE: California Officials Relax Some Formaldehyde Deadlines

July 22, 2009: California Small Businesses Face $50,000 Cost from State Implementation of AB 32

June 30, 2009: State Panel Cuts Some Lawmaker Benefits, Perks

June 30, 2009: GM to End Contract with Fremont's New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.

June 30, 2009: EPA Approves Calif. Rule on Car Emissions

June 23, 2009: Losses of Factory Jobs in California Blamed on Regulation

June 19, 2009: A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants

June 19, 2009: Supreme Court Makes Age-bias Suits Harder to Win

June 18, 2009: Google Developing Smart Charging for Plug-In Electric Vehicles

June 7, 2009: Temp Work Covers Up Depth of Unemployment

June 7, 2009: ARB Unveils Climate Fee-Expenditure Details; Court Date Set

June 3, 2009: Miles Announces New Electric Car

May 14, 2009: Businesses Split Over Upcoming Special Election Measures

May 13, 2009: EPA Chief Says CO2 Finding May Not 'Mean Regulation'

May 13, 2009: Long Beach Port Traffic Falls Again

May 9, 2009: It's Politics: Senator wants AQMD permits for public facilities

May 8, 2009: Long Beach Gathering Urges OK of Emission Credit Bill

May 8, 2009: Air Board Corruption Exposed and Sued

May 8, 2009: California Air Board Sued Over Fee Tied to Global-warming Fight

May 5, 2009: Small Business Impact Analysis Passes

April 23, 2009: California Adopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard

April 23, 2009: Fullerton Economists Call For 'Great Recession'

April 22, 2009: Foreclosures Rise Sharply in L.A. County

April 18, 2009: Can Climate Change Legislation Be Kept from Destroying American Competitivenss?

April 14, 2009: Mayor Promises Aid to Struggling Small Businesses

April 13, 2009: Harbor Commission OKs New Terminal

April 1, 2009: Rating Agency Lowers Outlook for Workers Comp Insurer

March 24, 2009: Obama's SBA Lending Plan Not Seen as Cure-all

March 24, 2009: Electric Cars: Are We Ready or Not?

March 24, 2009: Workers' Comp Rate Hike Recommended

March 17, 2009: Law Would Require California Rule Makers to Weigh Cost to Small Firms

March 14, 2009: Lois Henry: Dodgy Science Strangles Industry

March 2, 2009: Printer Maker Moves Production to Mexico

February 26, 2009: Obama’s Budget to Count Revenue From ‘Cap-and-Trade’ Program

February 26, 2009: Commission Urges Taxing Drivers More

February 26, 2009: Silencing the Lambs: Scientists Target Sheep Belching to Cut Methane

February 26, 2009: Wind Energy Still Slow in California

February 25, 2009: Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate

February 25, 2009: Obama Budget Counts on Cap-and-Trade Revenues

February 25, 2009: Obama Needs a 'Not To Do' List

February 25, 2009: Green Ink: State of the (Energy) Economy

February 25, 2009: Fact Check: Obama's Words on Home Aid Ring Hollow

February 25, 2009: Biotech: Industry Leader Forecasts Obstacles in Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol

February 25, 2009: Climate: Federal GHG Registry Could Take Cues from Established Programs

February 25, 2009: Climate: Emissions Bill Needed to 'Save Our Planet' – Obama

February 24, 2009: Electricity: Schwarzenegger Proposes One-stop Permitting for Calif. Transmission, Renewables

February 23, 2009: State Squeezes Station Owners On Pump Costs

February 20, 2009: SBA Warns of Fraudulent Attempts to Obtain Bank Account Information from Small Businesses

February 18, 2009: L.A. Recovery? Forecast Says Not Until 2010

February 18, 2009: L.A. Port Activity Drops

February 12, 2009: Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling

February 12, 2009: Oil Industry Ready to Work on Global Warming

February 12, 2009: California Utility Looks to Mojave Desert Project for Solar Power

February 12, 2009: Big Science Role Is Seen in Global Warming Cure

February 12, 2009: Climate: House GOP Previews Cap-and-Trade Opposition with Call for Judiciary Panel Hearings

February 12, 2009: Tesla CEO: Federal Loan for Electric-car Plant Could Come Soon

February 11, 2009: Labor: Study Finds Carbon Sequestration Creates Millions of Jobs

February 11, 2009: Economy: Clean Energy Projects Slow with Global Financial Crisis

February 11, 2009: Heat Is on Energy Bulls, Less So in Homes

February 11, 2009: Biofuels Could Replace One-Third of U.S. Gasoline, Study Finds

February 11, 2009: Global Warming Is Not Our Fault … It's Nature

February 9, 2009: Edison Ready to Pay Almost Double Amount Riverside Paid for Power from Landfill

February 5, 2009: A Tale of Two Surveys

February 5, 2009: Obama Wants Appliances to Use Less Energy: Official

February 5, 2009: Lobbying: Renewable Portfolio Standard -- a 'distraction' or a solution?

February 5, 2009: Carbon Permits May Remain Cheap for Two Years, IEA’s Birol Says

February 4, 2009: Democrats Pen Principles for Climate-Change Bills: Senate Panel Sets Goal of Creating Cap-and-Trade System

February 4, 2009: Air Pollution: Report Tallies Health Costs of Bay Area Diesel Emissions

Fbruary 4, 2009: Climate: Calif. Prepared to Enforce Tailpipe Rule this Year, top regulator says

February 2, 2009: Arguments Begin Today in Suit over AQMD Pollution Credits

January 7, 2009: CBO Sees U.S. Budget Deficit of $1.2 Trillion this Year

January 7, 2009: CalChamber Urges Congress to Protect Workers’ Right to Secret Ballot

January 7, 2009: CalChamber Council Finds California Facing Same Hardships as U.S.

January 7, 2009: Regulators Rethink Rules on Testing Children's Clothing and Toys for Lead

January 6, 2009: Legality of Proposed California Tax Plan in Question

December 24, 2008: Change in Political Climate Puts State Programs under Review

December 23, 2008: Bay Area Fails to Meet U.S. Clean Air Mark

December 23, 2008: America's Stop-and-Go Energy Plan

December 23, 2008: EPA Drops Plan to Limit 'Flaring' Pollution at U.S. Refineries

December 23, 2008: Budget Woes Force CEQA Exemptions

December 23, 2008: Global Solar Leader Presses for European-style Policies in U.S.

December 23, 2008: Utilities Cheating Carbon Capture, Report Says

December 23, 2008: Arnold interview: When did '60 Minutes' become a news version of 'Access Hollywood'?

December 22, 2008: Obama Team Primed to Push Climate Change Agenda

December 12, 2008: State Adopts Sweeping Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

December 11, 2008: Editorial: Wrong Plan (greenhouse gases) at Wrong Time (recession)

December 9, 2008: No Lobbying Laws Broken in California's Quest for Stricter Greenhouse Gas Rules

December 8, 2008: Credible Climate Policy Skeptics Are Ignored

December 7, 2008: The Conversation: Something in the Air

December 4, 2008: Air Board's Analysis Holds Many Flaws

December 4, 2008: What the Carbon Emissions Plan Would Do

December 4, 2008: LAO Criticizes Key Fiscal Points in Greenhouse Plan

December 4, 2008: Trucking Companies: We Can't Afford Tougher Air Regulations

December 3, 2008: Smog Regulators: Court Ruling Could Hurt Business

December 1, 2008: Anaheim Bathtub Maker Closing Texas Plant

November 22, 2008: California Jobless Rate Soars to 8. 2%

November 21, 2008: Commentary: How Public Policy Can Help Restore State’s Fiscal Health

November 21, 2008: L.A.’s Jobless Rate Jumps

November 21, 2008: O.C. Job Losses Hit High Water Mark for Year at 35,100

November 21, 2008: Emissions Plan Calls for Tougher Rules, Fees: State's Goal Is Return to 1990 levels by 2020

November 21, 2008: State Emissions Plan Debated at Sacramento Hearing

November 17, 2008: State Fund To Hike Workers' Comp Rates

November 12, 2008: Schwarzenegger to Convene Global Summit on Greenhouse-gas Emissions

November 10, 2008: Study Sees Continued Job Losses

November 7, 2008: Slowing Economy Eases Ports Traffic

October 27, 2008: State Supreme Court to Hear Meal/Rest Period Case

September 9, 2008: Southland Air Toxics Study Shows Overall Decrease in Cancer Risk

October 24, 2008: European, Asian Leaders Meet to Tackle Finance, Climate Change

October 24, 2008: The Energy Challenge - Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival

October 23, 2008: Editorial: Putting the heat on faltering economy - Here's a reality check for California's global-warming bureaucrats

October 23, 2008: Three Key Issues Emerge in Congressional Climate Debate

October 20, 2008: Reforms on Tap at Workers' Comp insurer State Fund

October 20, 2008: State 'Green' Plan Called Job Creator

October 16, 2008: Climate Effort Could Be Stalled by Credit Crisis

October 16, 2008: California's Landmark Greenhouse-gas Plan a Step Closer to Reality

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