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Clean energy patents, renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon intensity & clean jobs improve, now a staple of Golden State economy SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Often described as "emerging," California's clean energy sector is now diversifying and advancing, according to the 2013 California Green Innovation Index (www.next10.org). The annual report shows that clean technology patent registrations and energy productivity are growing, clean economy jobs continue...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in years, California's budget process will not be focused on solutions for closing massive budget shortfalls, but on critical decisions that will affect the state's future. Newly updated with policy choices and over a dozen nonpartisan videos explaining many of the different programs the state budget funds, the online California Budget Challenge (www.budgetchallenge.org) allows Californians to engage in the current...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Governor has signed the state's budget, but the final word on this year's budget actually lies with the voters--not lawmakers this year. Voters will decide through a November ballot initiative whether to raise $8.5 billion through increases to the state's income tax for California's highest earners and the sales tax. If that initiative fails at the polls, it will trigger cuts to schools and other programs to fill the gap. Next 10's...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new series of reports from University of California, Berkeley (UCB), University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and Resources for the Future (RFF) experts examine how California might spend the funds generated by the state's soon-to-be-launched carbon market under AB 32 (The California Global Warming Solutions Act). The four studies, commissioned by the nonpartisan nonprofit organization Next 10, together provide legal and...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California's lead in the global clean technology race is growing and that leadership is supporting the state's economic rebound, while also driving California's ability to cut emissions. These are among the findings of the 2012 California Green Innovation Index (www.next10.org), released today by the nonpartisan nonprofit group Next 10 and compiled by Collaborative Economics. The Index, the 4th since 2008, tracks the economic impacts...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A totally revamped and updated California Budget Challenge, a nonpartisan budget simulation tool, goes live online today as a new poll pinpoints the budget balancing strategies most California voters favor. The poll, commissioned by the nonpartisan organization Next 10 and conducted by the Field Research Corporation, shows that a majority of California voters (52 percent) back an equal mix of spending cuts and tax increases in order...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New data, released today in the 2012 Many Shades of Green: California's Shift to a Cleaner, More Productive Economy (www.next10.org), reveals that California's Core Green Economy showed greater resilience at the height of the recent recession, outperforming the overall economy by retaining a greater percentage of its workforce. The data, which represents a comprehensive, bottom-up accounting of California's Core Green Economy, shows that...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As California is poised to adopt a new round of car standards designed to cut emissions and expand the market for electric vehicles (EV), a new report provides insight into California's emerging leadership role in this fast-growing economic sector. New data reveals that California took in $467 million in global EV venture capital (VC) investment (69 percent of total dollars) in the first half of 2011 and, along with Michigan, is the top...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As state leaders struggle to close a roughly $10 billion budget shortfall, Californians can fire up their keyboards and tell lawmakers exactly how they think billions of taxpayer dollars should be spent. This morning a newly updated version of the California Budget Challenge (www.budgetchallenge.org), an online budget simulation tool, was launched. "There are few decisions made in the state of California as important as the ones surrounding our...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Policies that put cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars, trucks and SUVs on California's roads will drive consumer savings, spark job creation, and spur economic growth in the Golden State, according to a new study. The study, Driving California's Economy: How Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards Will Impact Economic Growth and Job Creation (http://next10.org/next10/publications/vehicle_efficiency.html), finds that the highest passenger vehicle fuel...