Green-Collar Jobs and the Environment

"El problema es que cuando se habla de medio ambiente, los anglosajones piensan en los árboles de Lake Tahoe, pero comunidades como las de afroamericanos o latinos, ven esto en su entorno inmediato, en sus vecindarios", dijo durante la conferencia, Jakada Iman, director del Centro por los Derechos Humanos Ella Baker.

For those of us who believe that the health of people and the planet should come before profits, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the cornerstone of our state's environmental policy.

"Now the real question is how will the plan be implemented," said Emily Kirsch of the Ella Baker Center, the lead facilitator of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition of numerous community groups who contributed to the plan.

Using a new "crowdfunding" program called Solar Mosaic, the city is selling solar tiles to locals for $100 a pop and installing them on public buildings.

Bill Ensures State is Keeping its Promise of Environmental Justice

Kim and his cohorts are still riding high from the successful campaign to stop Proposition 23, which would have suspended California's Global Warming Solutions Act.

The California Green Recovery Network (CGRN) released a report today that breaks down the impact of the Stimulus on California's Green Economy.