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Big California health care businesses win exemptions from proposed hedge fund rules
CALIFORNIA, USA — California lawmakers are poised to vote for the first time on regulating private equity investments in health care, but the proposal they will weigh in on carves out exemptions for some of the industry’s biggest players. Heavy lobbying from deep-pocketed health care and investor groups...
Fortera lands $85M to scale up low-carbon cement
Cement-making is responsible for a lot of CO2 emissions. With the new funding, Fortera aims to expand use of its tech, which can clean up the process. Cement is one of the most widely used materials in the world, but making it causes a lot of planet-warming carbon emissions. The industry is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions, most of which are not from burning fossil fuels but a byproduct of the high-temperature chemical reaction used to create an important cement precursor.
Santa Barbara Supervisors Endorse State Bills to Revise Plastic Bag Ban
With no opposition, the county supervisors voted to endorse a couple of statehouse bills — Senate Bill 1053 and Assembly Bill 2236 — that would ban the use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail operations in California. Although the state legislature banned single-use plastic bags in 2016,...
San Bernardino County secession from California 'unnecessary' and 'unlikely,' new study shows
When San Bernardino County voters narrowly approved Measure EE in 2022, it authorized the county government to explore the idea of seceding from the state of California if the region wasn't getting its fair share of state resources.Turns out, it is.This week, the county government revealed the results of a study conducted by the Blue Sky Consulting Group that shows the county actually receives 9% more state funding per person than other counties statewide."For the most part, it shows that San Bernardino County does get on average its fair share," said Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman. "The truth is in...
Ted Danson on Oceana’s SeaChange Summer Party, Working With Amazon to Reduce Single-Use Plastic
Oceana, the world’s largest international advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation, held its annual SeaChange Summer Party on Saturday. Alan Cumming to Host .ORG Impact Awards to Honor "Mission-Driven" Changemakers (Exclusive) The Laguna Beach party, hosted this year by Ted Danson, raised $1.5 million for campaigns to protect and restore the oceans in California and around the world. “We’ve been doing it for 17 years, and we’ve raised over $20 million just from that area alone,” Danson told THR. “They are such a dedicated, supportive, generous audience down there, it’s one of our favorite events,” the actor said, adding that the...
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