California landscape of climate finance
To support California in meeting its climate goals and using its budget most effectively, CPI created this first-of-its-kind landscape of climate finance in California, building on the flagship Global
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Exploring the market for third-party-owned residential photovoltaic systems: insights from lease and power-purchase agreement contract structures and costs in California
Over the past several years, third-party-ownership (TPO) structures for residential photovoltaic (PV) systems have become the predominant ownership model in the US residential market. Under a TPO contract,
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Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks
Declines in the number of large trees in temperate and tropical forests have attracted attention, given their disproportionate importance to forest structure, function, and carbon storage. Yet, factors
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Movement to Take Down Thousands of Dams Goes Mainstream
The White Clay Creek dam was the first ever removed in the state of Delaware, but it was far from the only one removed in the United States last year. On Tuesday, the conservation group American Rivers
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5.7 earthquake strikes in Northern California
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was just off the coast and caused light shaking in some parts of the North Coast area, including Ferndale and Eureka. The USGS said the temblor
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Are California's Forests Changing With the Climate?
You've likely heard all about how climate change is impacting our forests, changing how fast they grow, and which species grow fastest. Now, new research has revealed that a warming clime is even impacting
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City to go California way to fight pollution
Bengaluru will go California way in reducing pollution levels to reclaim the tag of 'Garden City,' if one were to go by what the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) says. Bengaluru will
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U.S. Solar Jobs Climb 22% as Clean Power Aids Economic Recovery
U.S. solar companies boosted their employee rolls by 22 percent last year, and now employ 86 percent more workers than they did in 2010, driven by rising demand in the world’s third-largest market.
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California Drought Outlook Extends at Least Into April
Most of California will still be in drought in April even though conditions will probably improve across the southern part of the state, according to the latest forecast from the U.S. Climate Prediction
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State puts limits on a pesticide used for strawberries, other crops
California puts limits on tear gas-like pesticide chloropicrin used for strawberries and other crops California farmers must restrict their use of a tear gas-like pesticide applied to strawberries and
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99 Cents Only to pay over $2 million to settle hazardous waste charges
99 Cents Only Stores has agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle accusations that its operations improperly stored, handled and disposed of hazardous and pharmaceutical waste. An investigation