News

June 26, 2009

SCAG's Ikhrata Prioritizes Land Use, Transportation Plans

By releasing a conceptual land use plan that sketches a path to the first 60 percent of SB 375's expected carbon emission reduction mandate for the region, SCAG is hard at work on sustainability.

June 26, 2009

LACCD Launching New Sustainability Workforce Institute

LACCD Vice Chancellor marvin Martinez describes plans for a sustainability think tank to educate faculty and administrators in green workforce training.

June 26, 2009

What Do Developers Do When There's No Development?

A roundtable discussion of designers and developers of multi-family housing projects discussing business strategies for the ongoing real estate market downturn.

June 3, 2009

VerdeXchange Panel: Can California's Climate Change Initiatives Guide Federal Implementation?

Robert Hertzberg and Rep. Earl Blumenauer draw the lines of California's influence straight to the agenda of the new leadership in Congress and the White House. (March 2009)

June 3, 2009

American Society of Civil Engineers: 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure

With the federal stimulus package passed in the House and headed to the Senate, the ASCE delivers an average grade of D. (January 2009)

May 29, 2009

Edmiston: State Budget Crisis Constrains SMMC's Plans

With the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy's fate tied so closely to the health of state bond funds, Joe Edmiston describes the SMMC as ‘Dead in the Water'

May 29, 2009

Real Estate Meltdown Has Broad Effect on L.A. County Tax Rolls

With a drastically different outlook than last year at this time, L.A. County Assessor Rick Auerbach describes the effect of the real estate market crisis on county property tax assessments.

May 29, 2009

VerdeXchange Panel: ‘One Water' Integrated Resource Plan for L.A.

Los Angeles' leaders are spearheading a collaborative and integrated approach to weaning the region off of imported supplies of potable water.

May 29, 2009

Art Center College of Design Panel: Sustainable Mobility Opportunities Abound In L.A.

Two distinguished speakers from opposite ends of the public and private spectrum talk about what it takes to drive innovation in the green economy.

May 29, 2009

Metro's Leahy, Katz Grapple with SB 375-RTAC's Process for Setting CARB's VMT, Emission Targets

Describing the process as slow, two Southern California appointees to the Regional Targets Advisory Committee are working toward the committee's September deadline.

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