Vol. 01: No. 11: March/April 2008

North American Jurisdictions Coalesce Around the Climate Registry's Carbon Reporting Standards

Diane Wittenberg
Diane Wittenberg
Diane Wittenberg, former president of the California Climate Action Registry and current executive director of the newly formed Climate Registry, explains the importance of the Climate Registry's emissions reporting program.

Diane Wittenberg

US Renewables Group Invests Equity in Utility-Scale Renewable Projects, Alternative Fuels

Lee Bailey
Lee Bailey
Lee Bailey, managing director of US Renewables Group, discusses his company's efforts to develop "scaleable" renewable solutions for our country’s vast energy needs.

Lee Bailey

Integrated Waste Management Board Achieves California’s AB 32 Objectives

Margo Reid Brown
Margo Reid Brown
Margo Reid Brown, chair of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, discusses the role of waste management in meeting California's ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Margo Reid Brown

Los Angeles County Public Works Department Exploring State-of-the-Art ‘Waste-to-Energy’ Technology

Coby Skye
Coby Skye
Having just completed Phase II of a report on waste-to-energy technology, L.A. County Department of Public Works Associate Civil Engineer Coby Skye describes the county's process to research and facilitate the development of this promising technology.

Coby Skye

A Californian in Wales: Bob Hertzberg, G24i Chairman, Finds Green Pastures for Commercializing Flexible Thin-Film Solar

Bob Hertzberg
Bob Hertzberg
Former Speaker of the California State Assembly Bob Hertzberg discusses his Cardiff, Wales-based renewable energy company, which manufactures and commercializes flexible, thin-film solar as an alternative to batteries for powering electronics.

 Bob Hertzberg

IWLA’s Patty Senecal Details Los Angeles, Long Beach Port Clean Truck Plans—Key Differences May Trigger Litigation

Patty Senecal
Patty Senecal
Patty Senecal explains important disparities in the Clean Trucks plans between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and how these disparities may delay the benefits of the ports’ Clean Air Action Plan.

Patty Senecal

RAND Releases Report: ‘Identifying and Reducing Climate Change Vulnerabilities in Water-Management Plans’

RANDThe RAND Corporation's recently released research brief, entitled “Identifying and Reducing Climate-Change Vulnerabilities in Water-Management Plans,” describes how California utilities can anticipate the effects of climate change to manage regional water supplies. 

RANDWith climate change impacting the assumed climate models of regional water suppliers around the country and

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