California's clean energy projects will lose around $400 million in funding in 2012 due to the elimination of the so-called public goods charge. This surcharge, paid by customers of Southern California Edison and other investor-owned utilities, adds a practically unnoticeable $1 to $2 each month to the average residential electric bill and helps fund energy efficiency programs and research. more ›

Bell Cab introduced the city's first hybrid taxis in Los Angeles today in what politicians hope is the just the first of many in the city's fleet of 2,303. Controller-Elect and current Transportation Committee Chair, Councilmember Wendy Greuel requested the city to create a green taxi plan and today challenged other cab companies to follow suit. "Taxi's in Los Angeles might be different colors on the outside, but my goal is for them all to be green on the inside," she said. more ›