Governor Brown to Sign Landmark Climate and Clean Energy Legislation
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Los Angeles, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join government, climate, business, environmental justice and community leaders tomorrow in Los Angeles to sign landmark legislation – SB 350 by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) – that bolsters California’s nation-leading commitment to energy efficiency, renewable energy and the fight against climate change.
Governor Brown Signs California Fair Pay Act
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Sacramento, California - Taking action to improve gender wage equality and boost worker protections, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined dozens of state and local leaders, women and girls at the Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park to sign SB 358 by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), the bipartisan California Fair Pay Act.
Governor Brown Announces Appointment
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointment:
Rewarding good behavior of prisoners is a benefit to society
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Stanford, California - In any penal system, controlling the misbehavior of prisoners is challenging and costly. However, reducing the operational costs of prisons is possible when good behavior is rewarded, a Stanford professor says.
Investor Len Blavatnik to Pay $656,000 to Settle FTC Charges That He Violated U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements
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Washington, DC - Investor Len Blavatnik has agreed to pay $656,000 in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that he violated federal premerger reporting laws by failing to report voting shares that he acquired in a California technology start up called TangoMe, in August 2014.
Plastic-eating worms may offer solution to mounting waste
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Stanford, California - Consider the plastic foam cup. Every year, Americans throw away 2.5 billion of them. And yet, that waste is just a fraction of the 33 million tons of plastic Americans discard every year. Less than 10 percent of that total gets recycled, and the remainder presents challenges ranging from water contamination to animal poisoning.
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