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• NEW: 2010 National Vehicle Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions National Vehicle Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 960 million metric tons over the lifetime of the vehicles regulated, equivalent to taking 50 million cars and light trucks off the road in 2030.
  
• High Efficiency Fuel Cell Technology Promises 80% Efficiency The potential applications of fuel cell technology is broad -- from automotive, to stationery equipment, to electrical generation and cooling heat and power.
  
• Khosla Ventures' Green Fund Tops $1 Billion It's reassuring to see that Calpers, California Public Employees, are investing in reinvigorating the state's economy by investing in cutting edge clean technology companies.
  
• Climate Economics and the Green Economy Planning requires facts. Facts require analysis. Analysis today...requires models. And the EPA helps companies and communities analyze the climate data that is being gathered. Here are the key climate analysis modeling tools.
  
• Oakland Green Jobs Corps Launches Green Jobs Training Program The Ella Baker Center and supporters have worked for two years to launch a green jobs training program in the construction industry.
  
• The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones The Green Economy by Van Jones lays out one solution for two problems -- energy and jobs.
  
• Green Initiatives in SoCal's Inland Empire: Riverside/San Bernardino The Inland Empire strikes back with a coordinated green economic development initiative.
  
• Franchise Opportunities Green jobs come from new businesses, small businesses, and franchises are one option for green business launches.
  
• Green Economy Projection: Job Opportunities for the Green Economy This state-by-state picture of occupations that gain from green investments covers building retrofits; mass transit, automobiles; wind power; solar power and cellulosic fuels.
  
• Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture The Green Jobs for America campaign examines 12 states and the people employed in occupations affected by six green economic strategies
  
• Green Jobs and Green Job Training Green jobs and green job training for sustainable workforces and community stability
  
• Fiber Hydrogen Optic Sensor for Hydrogen Applications NREL's fiber optic hydrogen sensor utilizes a non-ignitable, flexible, thin, glass or plastic, fiber optic strand that transmits light to a thin film material.
  
• California Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Green Purchasing The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Best Practices Manual helps make informed purchases that achieve both economic and environmental balance
  
• Green Jobs - What and Where Are They? Businesses and government agencies engaged in well-defined, environmentally related sectors create green jobs
  
• California’s Wildlife Festivals 2008 California wildlife is a wonder to behold!
  
• Total Wealth -- Nation by Nation, Resource by Resource Community and company sustainability are based in rule of law and education ... who knew?
  
• Technology Transfier from DOE for Greener Environment and Manufacturing Tech transfer for environmental remediation, security, process control, equipment, maintenance, energy and waste management
  
• California Green Innovation Index Core Findings Clean tech and green innovation put California in the forefront of global climate change progress
  
• Paper companies make green a manufacturing priority Paper usage starts at the mill -- how and what is as important as how it is used
  
• Key professional relationships Tip guides show how business owners can reap the rewards of high-quality relationships with their professional business service providers.
  
• Product stewardship These activities and product groups cause 70 to 80% of the total environmental impacts in society