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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill to Enable Recycling of CRT Glass
2016-11-01 17:04:37| Waste Age
The new bill will allow CRT glass to be used in the creation of new products, where it is determined to pose no harm.
Jerry Brown Looks To Extend Climate-Change Efforts
2016-07-11 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a campaign to extend some of the most ambitious climate-change programs in the country and ensure his environmental legacy when he leaves office in two years. The centerpiece of the push is a cap-and-trade program that aims to reduce use of fossil fuels by forcing manufacturers and other companies to meet tougher emissions limits or pay up. The program, however, is only authorized to operate until 2020. It faces a litany of challenges including a lawsuit...
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Jerry Brown interview: The long struggle for the environment
2016-05-26 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UCLA: It can seem that Jerry Brown has always been governor of California. First elected in 1974, he served two eventful terms -- securing rights for farmworkers, balancing the state budget, navigating a tax revolt and the Medfly -- before unsuccessfully running for the Senate in 1982. He left politics for a time, traveled and worked with Mother Teresa, learned Spanish and then returned. He served as mayor of Oakland for two terms, was elected attorney general and then, an astonishing 28 years after leaving...
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A carbon tax Jerry Brown thinks could have potential
2016-02-17 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday said a tax on carbon dioxide emissions has potential and suggested he was open to the idea. The Democratic governor, a fiscal moderate but longtime champion of environmental causes, noted support among some conservatives for a revenue-neutral carbon tax, in which proceeds are not held by the government. Former secretary of treasury and former secretary of state (George) Shultz and Arthur Laffer, the Reagan adviser on supply-side economics, have both strongly endorsed...
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Tax issues nag Gov. Jerry Brown: Dan Walters
2016-01-13 03:30:29| Telecom - Topix.net
The formulas for calculating their tax liabilities are complex and interpreting them has involved decades of political and legal wrangling, fueled by the issue's multibillion-dollar stakes. The issue bugged Jerry Brown during his first governorship four decades ago and as his second governorship winds down, it's still percolating.