Robert García and Ariel Collins | The City Project Blog | Link to article Climate is a civil rights issue as well as a health, economic, and environmental issue. A successful climate movement will address the rights of communities of color and low income communities directly. Recent polls show that Latinos are far more likely […]
Archives for February 2015
Climate is a civil rights issue as well as a health, economic, and environmental issue
February 12, 2015
Huge solar farm opens in California: Enough energy for 160,000 homes
February 10, 2015
Taylor Goldenstein | LA Times | Link to article About 4,000 acres of shiny black solar panels stretch across Riverside County near Joshua Tree National Park, where on Monday U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell dedicated one of the largest photovoltaic solar energy farms in the world. “This is the beginning of a renewable energy future,” […]
Lawmakers take step toward fulfilling state climate change goals
February 9, 2015
Chris Megerian | LA Times | Link to article State lawmakers are preparing a sweeping package of bills that would fulfill several of Gov. Jerry Brown’s climate change objectives by increasing California’s reliance on renewable energy and alternative transportation fuels. The proposals would also require state pension funds, the two largest public systems in the […]
