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Angelina Galiteva Updates on ARCHES & Hydrogen’s Promise in California
Angelina Galiteva highlights the importance of clear, consistent, and transparent policies to drive down hydrogen costs and attract long-term investments, emphasizing that, as with solar and wind, California can reduce the price of hydrogen through scale and security.
Steve Westly on the Accelerating Cleantech Opportunity
With cleantech investment skyrocketing from $2.9 billion in 2014 to over $100 billion today, Steve Westly, Managing Partner of The Westly Group, in this VX News interview unpacks the seismic shifts reshaping energy, mobility, and the built environment.
Veloz’s Digital Dialogue on EV Policy: Working Under a New Administration
VX News shares the following excerpts from Veloz’s recent Digital Dialogue on EV Policy: Working Under a New Administration. Panelists examined the future of EV policy amid federal funding pauses and regulatory shifts, emphasizing state-led initiatives, industry collaboration, and policy stability to sustain market momentum.
Building Back Better: Insights from LAEDC’s 2025 Economic Forecast
As Los Angeles County continues its economic recovery after recent wildfires, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) has released its 2025 Economic Forecast Report, offering a data-driven roadmap for rebuilding with resilience. The report, excerpted by VX News, highlights the region’s economic strengths, persistent challenges, and key opportunities to "build back better."
Coalition for Clean Air's Dr. Joe Lyou on Post-Fire Recovery Precautions & Federal Funding Uncertainty
Given the impacts of the Eaton and Palisades fires on the region's air quality, the recent withdrawal of California's Advanced Clean Fleet EPA waiver request, and the billions in Inflation Reduction Act EPA grant funding committed but still pending to the region for goods movement decarbonization, VX News checked in with Dr. Joe Lyou, President & CEO of the Coalition for Clean Air.
Darrell Steinberg: Can California Fix the Disconnect Between Public Education & the Modern Workforce?
In this op-ed originally published by the LA Times and shared here with permission, Former Mayor of Sacramento Darrell Steinberg discusses how public education reform could play a key role in connecting with young voters and expanding access to economic opportunities. In his reimaging of public education, Steinberg stresses the need for core curriculum to be relevant and connected to high-growth job sectors as well as supplemented by paid work experiences that will better prepare and support students as they transition out of high school. Steinberg believes that through this strategy, California Democrats can redefine themselves to disillusioned voters and set an important example for what the future of American education—inclusive of more than those in pursuit of a college degree—could look like.
Concordia’s Steve Bingler: Disaster Recovery Planning Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
VX News shares this op-ed by Steven Bingler on key lessons learned from the evolution of New Orleans's Hurricane Katrina recovery planning process.