From Oxy & UCLA
Think 800 and 600 -- that's people and megawatts -- just to followup on that big green day last week. In Eagle Rock, more than 800 people showed up to participate in an Obama administration 'listening session' with all kinds of ideas on what policies this country should put in place for conservation, recreation and preservation of the great outdoors. The speakers, who came from Santa Barbara to Mojave, told Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, among other things, that it's crucial for the country to get more young people and people of color involved in saving the environment. Over in downtown L.A., meantime, green energy advocates unveiled Bruin research that argues for a city initiative to let businesses and residents invest in solar panels, then to sell any excesss power generated back to the city through a 'feed-in tariff program.' That program, at a cost of $25 million to $35 million, would be more cost-effective than other Department of Water and Power plans to obtain sustainable power, advocates say. They also contend it would create 11,000 green jobs and help Los Angeles meet ambitious goals for sustainable energy by creating one of the nation's largest such solar programs.
In Eagle Rock, hundreds offer environmental ideas to Obama officials
Bruins back plan for big Los Angeles sustainable power plan
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