• This San Francisco Chronicle article explains a new study, which finds that California is one of only nine states that has developed comprehensive strategies to prepare for the impacts of climate change.
• A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association finds that California received more than half of the country's $28 billion in venture capital investments in 2011. This translates to California attracting more venture capital than any other state, pulling in almost five times as much money as No. 2-ranked Massachusetts. See the Los Angeles Times article for more information.
• This article in Renewable Energy World states that clean energy patents hit a record high in 2011, up 450 patents relative to 2010 according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index. California continues its sharp rise with 261 clean energy patents, up 54, to lead the U.S.
• The New York Times reports on a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics green jobs survey, which finds that green goods and services accounted for 2.4 percent of total U.S. employment in 2010. California had the highest number of green jobs, 338,400, representing 2.3 percent of the state's total employment.
• Fabian Nunez, former California Assembly Speaker and author of AB 32, writes in the Sacramento Bee that cap and trade is contributing to economic growth and expansion of venture capital investment throughout the state.
• A new UCLA report, "Spending California's Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenue: Understanding the Sinclair Paint Risk Spectrum," explores the legal considerations surrounding how to spend the auction revenues that the state is expected to collect from its cap and trade program. See the San Jose Mercury News article and the report to learn more.

The CLEAN Coalition* (Palo Alto) is pleased to announce that earlier this month, the Los Angeles City Council cleared the way for the launch of an innovative rooftop solar energy program, approving a measure to allow the Department of Water and Power to move forward with the CLEAN LA Solar Program. 

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Green California Summit and Exposition,        April 26-27 

Sustainable Brands 2012 Innovation Open, June 4-7

Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SB Innovation Open* - San Francisco) is a business plan competition taking place this year in San Diego on June 4-7. It is a showcase of creativity, innovative thinking and solution based approaches that seek to make a significant environmental, social and economic impact within the business world. In addition, it fosters collaboration between early stage eco-entrepreneurs and executives from some of the most influential brands in the industry, as well as socially responsible investors who can help take their ideas to the next level.

For more information, click here or see the press release.

The Mediterranean City: A Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, June 25-27

Join a network of experts to discuss adaptation strategies for the growing impacts of climate change at The Mediterranean City: Conference on Climate Change Adaptation taking place June 25-27 at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel in Los Angeles.

The conference will initiate an ongoing collaboration of cities working together to share ideas, needs and strategies to realistically adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change as they similarly affect the five Mediterranean-climate regions of the world. The conference will bring together an international network of experts from the academic, policy, business, public health and government worlds, and will stand as an example for how cities can work together across regional and national boundaries to bring more resources and knowledge to building solutions.

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