Utilities and state government are partnering under the California “Green Building Initiative” unveiled earlier in the year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and they marked their first successful collaboration by going to jail Thursday. They weren’t locked up, but they did spend some time in Wasco State Prison to present a $6.5 million incentive check for energy efficiency measures adopted by the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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California, Utilities Partner on Efficiency Programs
Utilities and state government are partnering under the California “Green Building Initiative” unveiled earlier in the year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and they marked their first successful collaboration by going to jail Thursday. They weren’t locked up, but they did spend some time in Wasco State Prison to present a $6.5 million incentive check for energy efficiency measures adopted by the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Schwarzenegger Signs Metal Theft Bill to Help Utilities
Among more than a half-dozen new pieces of legislation that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law at the end of last month, two laws aimed at curbing the spike in metal thefts from utilities, municipalities and farm equipment suppliers (AB 844 and SB 691) were prioritized as the most important new laws for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), according to one of the utility’s managers in Sacramento.
California Governor Repeats Opposition to Lifting Offshore Ban
Clashing directly with the White House again, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasted no time Wednesday making public his continued opposition to lifting the moratorium on offshore oil/gas drilling along the coast of California and other coastal sates.
Schwarzenegger: Environmentalists Improve Image, Gain Support
Likening it to the transformation of the bodybuilding industry more than three decades ago, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said environmentalists and the environmental movement have improved their image, and they are getting more help and respect as a result. The former world bodybuilding legend and movie action figure made the comparison at a United Nations (UN) meeting in New Zealand via satellite last Tuesday.
Schwarzenegger: Environmentalists Improve Image, Gain Support
Likening it to the transformation of the bodybuilding industry more than three decades ago, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said environmentalists and the environmental movement have improved their image, and they are getting more help and respect as a result. The former world bodybuilding legend and movie action figure made the comparison at a United Nations (UN) meeting in New Zealand via satellite Tuesday.
Schwarzenegger: U.S. Should Commit to Fixing Climate
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned somewhat to the Republican fold Wednesday, praising President Bush for acknowledging that the nation and world have a climate change problem. But he reminded the president he has now also said the nation has a responsibility to do something to help fix the problem.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday filled a vacancy on the California Energy Commission (CEC) by appointing Karen Douglas, an attorney with the national group Environmental Defense, to the five-member panel that sites electric generation plants and does the state’s energy resource planning and research. Douglas fills the CEC seat designated for an attorney. The appointment requires confirmation by the California Senate. The other CEC positions, all currently filled, are designated by law to come from the environmental, economics, science/engineering, and general public sectors. Douglas was the environmental group’s Director of the California Climate Initiative, helping build the organization’s climate team. She was one of the key environmental lobbyists helping to craft and get passed the state’s 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).
Low-Carbon Amendment Garners Schwarzenegger’s Praise
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday for proposing an energy bill amendment that he thinks is modeled after his state’s low-carbon fuel standard. Schwarzenegger has been championing the idea of a national low carbon standard for the past two years, seeking political help on Capitol Hill and in various state capitals.
California Steps Up Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
Clean fuel advocates in the utility and merchant energy sectors Tuesday lauded California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing a new law to help implement the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (AB 118), authored by his political ally in the state legislature, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.