Employment is growing, but can people afford to stay here? State faces possible shortage of middle-class workers
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New report & web tool detail business climate indicators, reveal strong business & jobs growth
New Compare 50 tool gives answers, puts big data in everybody’s hands
California leads U.S. in water-related technology patents, venture capital commitments
Walkability, downtown-like environments contribute to transit station success. Successful transit systems reap higher regional economic, environmental rewards.
Energy efficiency helps sector save money, boosts energy productivity
New Next 10 report assesses the latest comprehensive studies around cost-effectiveness, potential for carbon emissions abatement and technological feasibility of policies that could make or break the state’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020 and beyond
State is among world’s least carbon-intensive economies; in top ten renewable energy generation, clean tech investment and energy productivity
New study finds ambitious action sooner captures biggest economic boost
Ten years ago, on April 5, 2005, Next 10 launched the state’s first-of-its-kind online California Budget Challenge (www.budgetchallenge.org), and challenged 10,000 Californians to balance the fiscal books for the largest state in America.