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California launches workforce development fund to train workers for jobs of the future

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new public-private partnership to create workforce development programs focused on good-paying careers in climate, public health and other jobs of the future, particularly in disadvantaged communities. The High Road Training Fund is launched in partnership with the nonprofit Jobs for the Future (JFF) and California Read More

California Public Utilities Commissions supports move to transportation electrification by approving PG&E pilot programs

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in continued efforts to promote rapid and widespread transportation electrification, today approved three vehicle-grid integration (VGI) pilot programs for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly prevalent in California, it is critical that they charge at times and locations Read More

‘Stop Poseidon’ coalition delivers signatures to California Coastal Commission

The California-based ‘Stop Poseidon’ coalition, comprised of environmental justice, coastal and ocean conservation groups, digitally delivered 12,512 signatures and comments to the California Coastal Commission in opposition to the proposed Brookfield-Poseidon Desalination Plant – which would be expensive, unnecessary, and environmentally damaging. “As a grassroots organization working to conserve the Read More