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Los Angeles County: Profile of Clean Energy Investment Potential

Monday, August 25th, 2014

Mid-century Warming in the Los Angeles Region

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
UCLA LUSKIN CENTER FOR INNOVATION
The Environmental Defense Fund commissioned the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation to profile the potential for clean energy investments in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Solar and Efficiency Report (LASER): An Atlas of Investment Potential is multi-faceted. The LASER Atlas begins with this particular profile of clean energy investment potential at the county level. Other profiles that comprise the LASER Atlas are at the sub-regional level…This county level overview is designed to help community stakeholders identify areas of high potential for solar energy and the benefits of green economic investment. These benefits include capitalizing on incoming state and local funding while creating jobs and building community resilience to current environmental health and energy threats that climate change will exacerbate.

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Tags: CA, California, Environmental Defense Fund, LA, LASER, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Solar and Efficiency Report, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Solar Energy, Transportation Research at the University of California, UCLA, University of California
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Local, Sustainability, Urban Planning

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ACCESS Magazine: Issue 39

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Retrofitting the Suburbs to Increase Walking

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
During the last half of the 20th century, cities and towns across America were built primarily for one transportation mode: the automobile. Much of this development occurred on the urban periphery, creating the suburbs that are now home to more Americans than either traditional central cities or small towns. Today, while federal transportation policies and urban planners have shifted toward promoting a more multi-modal form of development, the legacy of the postwar era remains: thousands of suburban neighborhoods poorly served by any mode of transportation other than the automobile.

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Tags: ACCESS Magazine, Transportation Research at the University of California, UCTC
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Clean Air, Infra Views, Local, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Smart Growth, Transit, Urban Planning

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