Californians could get $1.3 billion in energy ruling
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A U.S. appeals-court ruling on Friday could open the way for more than $1 billion in refunds to Californians who experienced power outages and soaring energy prices in 2001, state prosecutors said.
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Energy law sets efficiency levels for cars and homes but environmentalists say measures are too limited
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By Gary Grado, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Feb. 3--Maricopa County is poised to offer $1.3 million to settle lawsuits brought by families of two inmates who died in jail.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has refused to approve California&#39;s demand for $2.8 billion in refunds from power companies found to have gouged the state during the 2000-2001 energy crisis, has been ordered to rethink its position and
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California's legislature approved the broadest restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation yesterday, marking a new stage in the accelerating drive for a more aggressive national response to global warming.
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Medical ethicists are concerned that the $3 billion that California approved for embryonic stem cell research could become a bonanza for private profiteers.
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San Diego Gas &amp; Electric Co. customers won a reprieve yesterday when the state utilities commission delayed a decision that could shift $1 billion in crisis-related power costs to local consumers and cause a major rate increase.
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Group, led by California, tells federal judge it plans to try to extend oversight until 2012; judge says she needs more time to think about it.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 7--The water agency serving the northern edge of Monterey County and south Santa Cruz County will ask the state Supreme Court to reverse an appellate court ruling that threatens to cut off a major source of district funding.
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An environmentally minded California software firm says it will give $5,000 to every one of its 1,500 US workers who buys a gas-electric hybrid vehicle rated 45 miles per gallon or more in highway driving.
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Southern California is gambling its future power needs on its constant sunshine, wind and the ability of engineers to effectively harness those and other alternative energy sources.
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In the increasingly competitive battle for biotech prominence, California just played a trump card: Proposition 71, a voter-approved initiative to spend $3 billion on stem-cell research over the next decade.
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A proposal to spend $3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but
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Californians may be ignoring a chance to claim their part of the $1.1 billion deal.
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California is betting that it can reduce emissions without wrecking its economy, and inspire other states to follow its example.
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Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have found a new purpose in transforming the $1 trillion domestic energy market.
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California could have 1 million buildings producing solar energy by 2018, with half of all new homes powered by the sun, administration officials said as they outlined ways to meet one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's more ambitious campaign promises.