Puts Forth Plan to Provide Domestic Manufacturing and Foreign Export Assistance for American-Made Products By Mara Lee
WASHINGTON, D.C.(OBSNews.com) – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) introduced the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010 to boost the competiveness of U.S. clean technology industry in the U.S. and international marketplace. This will have an enormous impact on the Sacramento region, and help further the region’s progress toward becoming a clean-tech capital. The bill is co-sponsored by leading Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including House Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), Chairman Emeritus John D. Dingell (D-MI), and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA). Currently, our nation’s clean tech industry is lagging behind many of its international competitors, particularly in exports abroad. According to a U.S. Senate Report released in January 2010, the U.S. clean technology industry exported about $7.7 billion in products and services last year compared to China’s $22.7 billion and Germany’s $19.6 billion increases in exports. Moreover, the Department of Energy has found that the increase in exports of green technology could reach $40 billion per year and could create more than 750,000 jobs by 2020. |
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NARAL ProChoice California Hosts Candidate Forum in San Francisco By Patrick McGilvray
SAN FRANCISCO (OBSNews.com) - On April 10 in San Francisco several panels of candidates vying for the offices of Governor, Attorney General, and Insurance Coommissioner in Caifornia addressed a crowd of about 300 at the Forum for Choice 2010, and event convened for the first time by NARAL ProChoice California (ProChoiceCalifornia.org). The candidates were interviewed about their views on abortion rights as well as a full range of issues relating to reproductive health issues relevant to women in California. In addition to the panel discussions, the candidates all were interviewed on camera by OBSNews and these videos are all embedded below.* Former California Governor and former Mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown, the Democratic Party candidate for Governor in 2010 was the only candidate in his race to attend as both Republican candidates, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman, declined their invitations. The candidates in the race for Insurance Commissioner included: |
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Local "Cycle Chic" Event Aspires to Build Community Around Eco-Friendly Clothing and Human-Powered Transportation Choices
By Patrick McGilvray SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) – Local cycling activist, landscape designer and blogger Lorena Beightler (www.SacCycleChic.com & www.LorenaBeightler.com) loves fashion and bicycling in equal measure and has planned a community building event next month in downtown Sacramento to help celebrate two of her passions. Her brainchild - Vélo & Vintage - a cycle-chic themed fashion show in which gorgeous models wearing stylish clothes will be actually riding bikes in the show itself on a runway that runs through the already swanky Hot Italian at 16th and Q Streets. |
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By Patrick McGilvray SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) - When light rail was installed 23 years ago on the K Street Mall in Sacramento bicyclists were prohibited from riding down the pedestrian mall. Many critics of the city have long pointed out the need for more pedestrian traffic on the mall to help the sometimes nice, but often grungy and scary area. “Creating greater connectivity for all modes of transportation continues to be a top priority in maintaining a safe and reliable multi-modal transportation system for the City and the region. This is another important accomplishment toward that priority,” said Jerry Way, transportation department director. |
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