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New indoor air cleaners certified to meet California's strict ozone limit
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 9:10:07 AM
The California Air Resources Board has certified as safe the first three dozen indoor air purifiers as part of its larger effort to rid the market of machines that pump large quantities of ozone into people's homes.
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State Water Board Awards Stimulus Money to "Green" and other Clean Water Projects
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 6:56:56 AM
The State Water Board has OK'd approximately $83 million for a variety of projects to protect public health and the environment and create jobs for Californians. The funding includes $51.3 million in federal stimulus money. That money is allocated to California for clean water projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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PG&E Offers Tips for a Safe and Cool Fourth of July Celebration
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 6:55:25 AM
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges customers to keep safety in mind while planning celebrations and recreational outings this Fourth of July. With hot temperatures forecast and dry conditions throughout the state, careful planning and preparation is needed to prevent heat-related illness and wild fires.
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California Coastal Cleanup Day Prepares to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 6:35:53 AM
The California Coastal Commission is proud to announce that the state's biggest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day, is preparing to celebrate its 25th Anniversary. The 25th Annual Cleanup, sponsored by the Coastal Commission and Whole Foods Market, will take place at more than 750 locations around the state on Saturday, September 19th, from 9 a.m. to noon. The Cleanup is one of the State's premier volunteer activities, annually bringing tens of thousands of volunteers to the state's beaches and inland shorelines to remove the debris that has accumulated over the course of the year.
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Schools Chief Encourages Schools to Apply for Federal Stimulus Funds for Construction Projects
Published Jul 4, 2009 - 5:29:47 AM
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today encouraged school districts and charter schools to apply for more than $773 million in the Qualified School Construction Bond (QSCB) program. The new QSCB tax credit program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
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State budget crisis scuttles Delta levee hazard detection, repairs
Full story: Sacramento Bee
The Seaweed Rebellion
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 11:37:08 AM
A group of 70 people, including environmentalists, seaweed harvesters, recreational anglers, abalone divers, and Native Americans, gathered at the city hall in Point Arena on Saturday, June 13 to begin the "Seaweed Rebellion" to halt or at least slow down the corrupt fast-track Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process being pushed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Big Green" environmental groups.
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DMV Offices Will Be Closed Fridays, July 10, 17 and 24
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 7:47:50 AM
The Department of Motor Vehicles reminds customers that all statewide offices will be closed on three successive Fridays during the month of July - July 10, 17 and 24 - in keeping with Executive Order S-13-09.
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Op-Ed: Jean Ross, CBP: California is the only state in the nation that requires a two-thirds vote to pass both a budget and tax increases
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 7:23:51 AM
California is the only state in the nation that requires a two-thirds vote to pass both a budget and tax increases. Today, more than ever, we see how necessary it is to change that supermajority vote requirement to a majority vote.
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Secretary Salazar Announces Recovery Act Award for Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region in California
Published Jul 3, 2009 - 6:01:32 AM
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region has issued a cooperative agreement award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The $5.25 million award is for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project on the Sacramento River in northern California.
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SMUD pullout dims hopes for big power project
Full story: Sacramento Bee
Los Angeles Will End Use Of Coal-Fired Power
Full story: Planet Ark
State high court: Juvenile crimes are 'strikes'
Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
Ex-Gov. Gray Davis reflects on fiscal crisis
Full story: San Francisco Chronicle
Coffers Empty, California Pays With I.O.U.'s
Full story: New York Times
Ashland-based Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center begins effort to form a national monument along crest of Siskiyous
Full story: Mail-Tribune
Rossmoor tries nonlethal woodpecker defenses
Full story: Contra Costa Times
Community and Public Health Advocates Halt Chevron Refinery Expansion at Richmond, CA
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 5:25:37 PM
On June 4th 2009, the court found the Environmental Impact Report approved by the City of Richmond legally inadequate because it did not fully disclose, analyze, and mitigate the project's health and environmental impacts.
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California IOU Interest Rate and Maturity Date
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 11:27:23 AM
The State will pay 3.75 percent annual interest when it redeems the IOUs. The State Pooled Money Investment Board (PMIB) -- chaired by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer -- set the interest rate today. The State will redeem the IOUs no later than Oct. 2, 2009. The PMIB today set an Oct. 2 maturity date for the IOUs. But under emergency legislation signed into law Wednesday by the Governor, the IOUs can be redeemed before Oct. 2, if the State determines it has sufficient cash. If the IOUs are redeemed early, the State will pay the interest accrued up to that time, instead of the full interest that would be due Oct. 2.
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Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues
Published Jul 2, 2009 - 8:48:19 AM
The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages.
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