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The Stronger the Standard, the Greater the Growth
New study released by Next 10 finds that strong fuel economy standards and vehicle emissions standards will drive economic growth—and the stronger the standard, the greater the growth.
Next 10, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that promotes the growth of the state's clean tech sector, said the state and federal governments' implementation of aggressive new fuel economy standards could boost growth in California's $1.9 trillion ec
According to the study, new jobs would come, in part, because of cleaner, more efficient vehicles that would result in savings, spurring on economic growth.
For more than three decades, California’s investments in energy efficiency – through groundbreaking building, appliance, and utility regulatory standards -- have reaped substantial economic returns for consumers in our state.
"Many Californians do not know where the state gets its money and what it is spent on," said Sarah Henry, a spokeswoman for Next10, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit group that tries to educate voters about the budget.
The voters' lack of knowledge about even the basic structure of the budget makes the whole gambit even more of a challenge for Brown.
To help make the proposals being considered in Sacramento accessible, Next 10 created the nonpartisan California Budget Challenge, an online budget simulation that gives a simplified look at some of the tough choices being discussed right now.
The nonpartisan California Budget Challenge is an easy-to-use online tool that simulates some of the tough choices our legislators are facing.