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July 2009The New Metroplolis: How the Inland Empire can prosper as a Regional Force
INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE
June 2009Regional Players: Growing a Green Valley
INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE
May 2009It isn't easy being green
Area9 Magazine
05.27.09
ALI SAHABI WINS REGIONAL CHAMPION AWARD
LA QUINTA, Calif. – The Southern California Association of Governments has awarded Inland Empire developer and philanthropist Ali Sahabi with its Regional Champion Award for his continued dedication to improving the quality of life for the region.
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04.22.09
Region well positioned to reap rewards when electric automobiles take off
Looking like a futuristic space pod with wing-like doors, the plug-in electric 2e gives off zero emissions and an equal amount of noise, as it zips through the streets near the Aptera Motors headquarters in Vista, about 25 miles south of Temecula.
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04.21.09
Resolve to go a little greener
Thirty-nine years after the first Earth Day, going green is getting a lot of attention in personal lifestyles and public policy.
04.04.09
Green Valley Initiative hires executive director
The Corona-based Green Valley Initiative, a nonprofit group which encourages the growth of environmental industries in the Inland region, has hired Craig Keys to be executive director.
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02.02.09
Rep. Baca warns of missing out on federal stimulus funds
SAN BERNARDINO - Inland officials must decide upon a list of projects that could move forward immediately or risk losing federal stimulus money to better-organized areas of
the state, Rep. Joe Baca warned Monday.
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01.08.09
Barstow joins regional 'green' group
BARSTOW • Barstow became one of almost 30 cities in the Inland Empire to join a
coalition that aims to bring more green economic development to the region.
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11.28.08
Money is available for Job Creation
Money is available from the US Department of Commerce, Wilfred Marshall, the regional representative told antendees at the EDA Workshop for the Green Valley Initiative this week.
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11.22.08
Environmental solutions focus of symposium in San Bernardino
Emerging technologies that turn waste to energy could one day render landfills obsolete, area experts said Wednesday at a symposium at the San Bernardino Community College District's Applied Technology Center in San Bernardino sponsored by the Green Institute for Village Empowerment.
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11.20.08
Redlands plans to go green, reduce emissions
It's said that Redlands got its name from the red earth that spawned grove after grove of navel oranges and led to the nickname "Navel Orange Capital of the World."
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11.05.08
$200,000 in grants to promote green technology in the I.E.
The Green Valley Initiative recently announced it has received grants and pledges
totaling nearly $200,000 to help fund future efforts to bring clean and green technologies
to the Inland Empire.
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11.01.08
Kennedy school's students raise money for recycling bins
To raise awareness of care for the environment, some students at
a school in Norco are picking out bottles and cans from the trash to recycle.
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10.23.08
GIVE adopts JFK Middle College High School in Norco
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10.22.08
Local agencies in no hurry to join initiative
Green is the color of prosperity. That’s the word the movers and shakers behind the
Green Valley Initiative want to spread throughout the Inland Empire.
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10.22.08
Inland region gets go-ahead to pursue funding for green-based industries, jobs
The Inland region has gotten the green light from the U.S. Department of Commerce to seek funding for projects that vow to bring green industries and jobs.
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10.22.08
Green Valley Initiative seeks ecological commitments
Communities and agencies that sign on to the Green Valley Initiative pledge to address a
minimum of five policy areas to form a sustainable community.
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10.16.08
Speakers at desert conference call for easing trade barriers
Easing trade barriers with smaller nations could help U.S. business stung by the souring
economy or harm it even more by opening more opportunities for outsourcing, said
participants at a national trade conference taking place this week in Palm Springs.
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10.15.08
Green Valley Initiative receives $100,000 grant from Edison
The Green Valley Initiative has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Southern California
Edison to "help further the progress being made to promote clean and green technologies
in Riverside and San Bernardino counties," according to a news release.
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09.13.08
Green jobs touted to fuel economic recovery
When Fred Noble finds someone to fix his many windmills at the entrance to Palm
Springs, it doesn't take long for companies from Norway or Texas to hire them away.
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08.26.08
Tax credits aid power pioneers
Our view: Edison's ambitious plan to install solar panels on
2 square miles of Inland Empire warehouse rooftops is a winner.
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07.14.08
GIVE supports emergency Water Supply Act of 2008
Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sen. Feinstein propose November ballot measure
to address the dire circumstances facing California’s future water needs.
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06.12.08
Inland Empire to Push California's Green Economy
CORONA, Calif. – Climate change and a shift in the global marketplace have
prompted California to reassess its role as a lead economic engine for the nation.
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04.30.08
Green technology getting a push at Inland summit
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04.11.08
Have fun with green at Green Valley Earth Festival
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01.31.08
Green investment gets a slow, steady move-on
Attracting enough smart people and investment capital to the Inland Empire might be the
key to unlocking the area's green technology potential.
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01.24.08
Corona skits have green theme
A Corona nonprofit arts and theater group plans to help the environment by performing three 40-minute environmentally themed skits at Dos Lagos in Corona.
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01.17.08
Rethink Use of Tribal Land
There is something rotten in the way that California government treats Native Americans.
While the politicians supporting Indian gaming Props. 94, 95, 96 and 97 are promoting
the initiatives in terms of universal social and economic prosperity, Californians know
better.
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01.05.08
Boost Inland’s ‘green’ image
The strength of the Inland Empire has emerged and so has its vision. We are an economic
powerhouse, boasting a $77 billion economy that rivals many states in the nation.
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