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Bloomberg Opinion's Liam Denning: Biden’s $9.2 Billion Ford Loan Is Aimed at China

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Liam Denning lays out how a $9.2 billion loan to Ford Motor Company is a large part of Biden Administration's foreign policy strategy aimed at taking on China's dominance in EV manufacturing. 

Panama Bartholomy on Policy & Market Incentives Needed to Drive Building Decarbonization

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Panama Bartholomy

Gas from buildings produces twice as much smog pollution as all the cars and power plants combined in California. Panama Bartholomy, Founder and Executive Director of Building Decarbonization Coalition, outlines what market and government incentives are needed to facilitate, scale, and speed the decarbonization of buildings. Bartholomy also touches upon the Coalition's work nationwide, as well as COP 27, state and local building codes, and the “niche” for green hydrogen

Recommendations for Strengthening Vancouver's Clean Transportation Sector 

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Clean Transportation: Findings and actions to strengthen the sector in the Metro Vancouver region

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 economyon the opportunities and challenges for advancing the region's competetiveness in the global clean transportation sector.

LA Mayor Garcetti and UK Consul General Cloke on the Value of FDI & Growth of a Sports Economy

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Last month, the World Trade Center Los Angeles and the LA County Economic Development Corporation hosted its 6th annual Select LA Investment Summit to provide international and local business leaders with insights into the region’s investment ecosystem and opportunities for foreign direct investment (FDI). VX News shares these opening remarks by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and British Consul General in Los Angeles, Emily Cloke, who elaborate on the strategic advant

For Dr. Becker from BMW Group, Los Angeles is a Globally Significant Urban Mobility Laboratory

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Dr. Thomas Becker

Dr. Becker points to the opportunity to be found in Los Angeles, with its near-unique abundance of resources and political will, to innovate and implement mobility solutions and provide a paradigm-shifting model for markets around the world.

CARB's Mary Nichols Addresses Automaker's  Split Support for California's Emissions Waiver

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Mary Nichols

CARB's Mary Nichols addresses the state’s ongoing regulatory battles with the federal government over the California's efforts on air quality and climate action.