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Measuring County’s Quality of Life – San Diego

Posted on February 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

A new report shows the overall quality of life in San Diego County is rising, but optimism about the future is tempered by ongoing challenges with affordable housing, waste generation, traffic and other recurring problems.

A “mixed bag of progress and decline” means “we remain a region at risk,” according to the third annual Quality of Life Dashboard, the most comprehensive assessment of its kind for the region. Of 14 categories measured, seven were trending up, six down and one was split.

The report is published by the Equinox Center in Encinitas, a small, nonpartisan think tank founded in 2008 that is backed by several local companies, trusts and individual donors. It applies statistical analysis to a mix of environmental and economic elements that help assess regional topics such as green energy generation, air pollution, clean-tech jobs and water consumption.

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Debate Over Calif’s New ‘Clean Car’ Regulations

Posted on February 7, 2012 | Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO — Auto dealers say California’s proposed rules to require carmakers to build more electric and other less-polluting hybrid cars and trucks by 2025 will cost consumers more money and will stifle the industry’s growth.

Consumer groups say customers might pay more for the vehicles but will save in lower fuel and other costs.

Both sides submitted testimony Thursday during a meeting of the state’s air quality board, which was poised to vote on rules to require that vehicles emit about 75 percent less smog-producing pollutants.

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San Diego Port Business Take Up Challenge of Green Initiative

Posted on February 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

Every day, among the most important things we do is treating San Diego’s natural gifts – land, sea and air – with the respect and care they deserve. Citizens’ environmental awareness, of everything from properly disposing of recyclables to residential prevention of stormwater pollution and contamination of the region’s 440 square miles of watersheds, is improving and being advanced through local outreach programs such as Think Blue. Still, additional outreach was needed to help local businesses create a better San Diego through their own focus on environmental management.

Nearly one year ago, our port became the first jurisdiction to launch a Green Business Challenge on the West Coast. The challenge is an integrated energy-efficiency and sustainability effort spearheaded by the Port of San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). This friendly initiative asked local businesses around San Diego Bay to voluntarily “green” their operations over the course of a year by implementing strategies in six categories: energy, water, waste, air, sustainable business practices and sustainable development.

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Measuring County’s Quality of Life – San Diego

Debate Over Calif’s New ‘Clean Car’ Regulations

San Diego Port Business Take Up Challenge of Green Initiative

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