Is California Killing the Electric Car…Again?

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California’s Air Resources Board prepared today to reduce its demand for zero emission vehicles and it’s the fifth cut in the mandate since 1990. On Reporter’s Notebook, today’s LA Times carries a front page story admitting the paper used false documents to imply that associates of hip-hop artist Sean “Diddy” Combs robbed and shot rapper Tupac Shakur.

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Will California kill the electric car – again? ()

in 1990, California’s Air Resources Board demanded that, by 2003, 10% of the automobiles in the state be zero emission vehicles. That would have meant 100,000 cars per year running on electric batteries or hydrogen cells. Since then, the mandate has been pushed back 4 times, down to 25,000 cars per year by 2012. Today, the CARB, as it’s called, was looking at a staff recommendation to reduce that by 90%--down to 2500 a year.

Guests:

• Chelsea Sexton: Executive director, Plug In America
• Chuck Squatriglia: Staff writer, Wired.com

Links:

• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Chevy Volt concept site

Reporter's Notebook

The LA Times Apologizes for Tupac Story ()

Last Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times ran a story that first appeared on its website two days before. It implied that hip hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs was behind the shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur —an even that triggered a deadly feud. Ultimately, Shakur and another rapper, Notorious B.I.G., were killed.

Guests:

• Joe Jesselli: Reporter, TheSmokingGun.com
• Jay Rosen: Professor of Journalism, New York University
• Todd Boyd: Professor of Critical Studies at USC

Links:

• Chuck Phillips article from 2002 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur?
• Article in thesmokinggun.com
• Dan Rather Statement On Memos

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Considered the dean of Southern California broadcast journalists, Warren tackles the issues Southern Californians care about. Expanding that concept, To the Point deals with issues of national concern and is on air in most major metropolitan markets across the country. On any day, you’ll hear a fast-paced, news-based talk show featuring multiple perspectives on a single major issue, with Newsmaker and Reporters Notebook features, as well. 

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