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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown on his climate efforts
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that commits the state to generating all its retail electricity from renewables, and becoming carbon-neutral by 2045. Some environmentalists applaud the move.
By Madeleine Brand • • 46m ListenGov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that commits the state to generating all its retail electricity from renewables, and becoming carbon-neutral by 2045. Some environmentalists applaud the move. But others say he needs to do more for California in particular, and has permitted some 20,000 new oil wells in the state.
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5 storiesGov. Brown to his critics: 'We have the strictest rules on oil drilling anywhere in the U.S.’
California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that commits the state to generating all its retail electricity from renewables, and becoming carbon-neutral by 2045.
Read the story10 minHow the 2008 financial collapse led to our current political populist moment
It’s been 10 years since the biggest bankruptcy in history. Lehman Brothers -- then the nation’s fourth largest investment bank -- failed and touched off the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Read the story8 minFinding parents deported without their kids in Guatemala
On September 12, a boy named Erik Castillo is expected to return to Guatemala after months in detention in the United States. Erik Castillo came across the border with his father, but they got caught and separated.
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The play “School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play” is set at a boarding school in Ghana. There is a queen bee, her gang of loyal followers, and a new girl who shakes up the pecking order. The girls are competing to become Miss Ghana.
Read the story13 minWhy we should take sexual harassment training more seriously
Sexual harassment training in the workplace is easy to dismiss as a waste of time. But should we give those training videos more of a chance, especially in the era of Les Moonves and #metoo?
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