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LA Green New Deal Ordinances Adopted on Mayor Garcetti’s Last Day in Office

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On his final day in office, Former Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a series of ordinances implementing key provisions of LA’s Green New Deal including banning polystyrene, expanding the single-use plastic ban, banning natural gas in new construction, and phasing out oil drilling in the city.

E-Waste: ERI’s Chairman/CEO on Responsibly Recycling World’s Fastest Growing Solid Waste Stream

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In this VX News interview with John Shegerian, the Chairman and CEO of ERI and the coauthor of ERI’s 2021 book, The Insecurity of Everything: How Hardware Data Security Is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World—shares the importance of the evolving global marketplace for E-Waste.

CA Sen. Bob Wieckowski on State’s Proposed Funding of Climate Resilience

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Bob Wieckowski

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.

ERI’s John Shegerian: Recycling E-waste & Enabling a Circular Economy

John Shegerian

VX News interviewed ERI Executive Chairman, John Shegerian, on how ERI has evolved to be a global leader in responsible e-waste recycling by realizing the opportunities and global partnerships to be found in the transition from a take, make, and dispose linear model of extractive consumption, to one based on the principles of a circular economy.

The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act: A Federal Proposal to Address Plastic Waste

Alan Lowenthal

This week Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act—a federal legislative approach that aims to reduce emissions from plastic waste by changing the incentives of the industry and shifting the burden of plastic pollution cleanup to product manufacturers.

CalEPA Secretary Blumenfeld on Governor Newsom's Water & Climate Priorities

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Jared Blumenfeld

VX News sat down with new CalEPA Secretary Blumenfeld to discuss safe and affordable drinking water legislation, organic recycling policy, and taking on the federal government's inaction on climate.