VXNews checked in with Bud Ovrom, one of Burbank’s three Commissioners on the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority for an update on the Airport’s capital improvement plans.
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Shared here with permission from Bloomberg Opinion, VX News presents Liam Denning's op-ed where he examines the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on global energy markets and domestic renewable ambitions.
Submitted on March 17, 2022 - 12am
In response to calls for increased domestic energy production following President Biden’s executive order last week banning US imports of Russian oil and gas, in this op-ed for The Hill, Admiral Dennis McGinn, makes the case for immediate investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy.
Submitted on March 16, 2022 - 3pm
VX News excerpts the February 16 LAEDC 2022 Economic Forecast Breakout Session on Infrastructure and opportunities for coupling one-time investments with workforce development and cross-sector collaboration.
Submitted on March 9, 2022 - 8am
VX News interviewed California State Senator and Chair of its Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Environmental Protection, and Energy, Bob Wieckowski, who underscores the importance of empowering local solutions and offers insights on how the final budget might address wildfire risks, EV deployment, recycling, and other top climate priorities.
Submitted on March 9, 2022 - 8am
VX News checked in with Council President Nury Martinez to shed light on LA City governance and equitable economic recovery in this challenging moment of transition.
Submitted on March 9, 2022 - 8am
Ken Alex—former Sr. Policy Advisor for Governor Jerry Brown, OPR Director, and SGC Chair—highlights how Project Climate and other departments at UC Berkeley are significantly boosting research capacity of state and local policymakers to accelerate implementation of “absolutely realistic” and ambitious climate transition goals.
Submitted on February 10, 2022 - 12pm
VX News shares this exit interview with Janna Sidley, who since 2013 has served as POLA's General Counsel and is retiring after a 2.5-decade career in the LA City & US Attorneys' offices, in which she reflects on her accomplishments and tenure representing the nation's 2nd largest port.
Submitted on February 10, 2022 - 12pm
Facing significant revenue shortfalls at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, California legislators in June 2020 paused the state's R&D and other business tax credits.
Submitted on February 10, 2022 - 12pm
With generous surplus state funding included for climate resilience in Governor Newsom’s 2022-23 budget request, VX News caught up with Santa Monica Mountain’s Conservancy Executive Director, Joe Edmiston, to elaborate on how the influx of federal and state infrastructure investments will impact Southern California conservation and open space projects.
Submitted on February 10, 2022 - 12pm
As early February brings heat alerts for communities in Southern California following an otherwise dry January, VX News shares the latest report by the Malibu Foundation assessing the social vulnerabilities and physical hazards of living in Southern California's Wildland Urban Interface.
Submitted on January 18, 2022 - 11am
With respected cleantech leader and California Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg announcing his campaign for LA County Supervisor, District 3, VX News shares the below announcement and impressive list of endorsements from a large and diverse coalition of local and regional leaders in support of Hertzberg's candidacy.
Submitted on January 18, 2022 - 11am
On Monday, January 10 Governor Newsom announced his $286 billion budget request for 2022-23. TPR excerpts the Governor’s Proposed Budget Summary, highlighting requested state spending for economic and workforce development, transportation, energy, water, climate, housing, and homelessness.
Submitted on January 18, 2022 - 11am
VX News excerpts a recent (December 8th) Westside Urban Forum panel, AI on LA’s Streets: Autonomous Vehicles are Arriving. The panel held in front of an an audience of city officials, planners, engineers, people in real estate, focused upon on the future of AVs in Los Angeles and the latter’s impact on design, land use, and city planning.
Submitted on January 6, 2022 - 9pm
Los Angeles was selected in December by the US Economic Development Agency as a finalist in the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
Submitted on January 6, 2022 - 8pm
As LA County competes for up to $100 million in federal funding to develop and scale blue/green growth innovations for Southern California's goods movement ecosystem, VX News excerpts this report, prepared by Invest Vancouver—a service of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, operating in support of the Metro Vancouver regional economy—on the opportunities and challenges for advancing the region's competetiveness in the global clean transportation sector.
Submitted on January 6, 2022 - 7pm
VX News links this Coalition for Clean Air panel on its 50th anniversary, on California's Water, Clean Air, and Energy Nexus. Fmr. State Water Resources Control Board Chair, Felicia Marcus, fmr.
Submitted on December 20, 2021 - 1pm
As the world’s largest direct air capture plant kicked off operations this September in Iceland, Southern California Gas Company recently announced plans to develop and test new direct air capture technology that both captures C02 and collects water for irrigation.
Submitted on December 20, 2021 - 1pm
With climate change fueling increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters—whether from flooding, wildfire, or extreme heat events—2021 was another record-breaking and deadly year for climate disasters in the US.
Submitted on December 20, 2021 - 1pm
VX News excerpts this offshore wind panel from the recent California Germany Bilateral Energy Conference, with remarks by California Energy Commissioner Karen Douglas; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regional Director Doug Boren; Senior Climate Change Program Manager at the Ocean Protection Council, Justine Kimball, and EnBW’s Damian Bednarz