The Future of Renewable Energy in California
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Google is investing 94 million dollars in solar plants in Northern California, but will other companies follow suit? California’s leading the nation in dealing with climate change—but that’s driving up the cost of electrical power. Will higher energy cost drive new investment out of state—including the money needed to fund more alternative sources?
Making News
$335 Million Settlement over Discriminatory Lending by Countrywide ()
Countrywide will compensate minority homeowners for racial discrimination.
Guests:
- Charlie Savage: New York Times, @charlie_savage
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The Future of Renewable Energy in California ()
Google is investing 94 million dollars in solar plants in Northern California, but will other companies follow suit? California’s leading the nation in dealing with climate change—but that’s driving up the cost of electrical power. Will higher energy cost drive new investment out of state—including the money needed to fund more alternative sources?
Guests:
- Parag Chokshi: Clean Energy Team Spokesperson, Google
- Dan Walters: Sacramento Bee
- Mary Nichols: California Air Resources Board, @AirResources
- Warner Chabot: CEO, California League of Conservation Voters
Main Topic
Bradley Manning: Hero or Criminal? ()
The pre-trial hearing is almost over in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history. Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of giving a massive trove of information to WikiLeaks, which published some on line. Was US security damaged? If Manning was the leaker, did he betray his country or tell the public what it needed to know? If a court martial convicts him should he get life in prison? And there’s a broader question. Since much of the information released was inconsequential, why was it classified at all?
Guests:
- Josh Gerstein: Reporter, POLITICO
- Jesselyn Radack: National Security and Human Rights Director at the Government Accountability Project, @JesselynRadack
- Cliff May: President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, @CliffMay
- Gene Fidell: Teacher of Military Justice, Yale Law School, @YaleLawSch
- Liza Goiten: Co-director, Liberty and National Security Program at Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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