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MERIT Property Management’s San Diego Office Positions for Growth and Relocates to Expanded Office Space
October 9, 2009 Posted by MERIT
New office was designed with sustainable green design principles. San Diego, CA - October 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — MERIT, a leading provider of professional community association and rental management services, announces the relocation of their San Diego office due to rapid growth in the region. The relocation also created the opportunity for MERIT to design the new office space with sustainable green design principles
Three Vision Awards Presented to MERIT Employees by the California Association of Community Managers
August 7, 2009 Posted by MERIT
MERIT achieves high honors for outstanding service. Aliso Viejo, CA, August 5, 2009 — MERIT, a leading provider of professional community association and rental management services, announced that Susana McKellar, Jamie Mayo and Marybeth Green were presented with Vision Awards by the California Association of Community Managers (CACM). They were recognized for outstanding service and dedication to their communities at the Vision Award ceremony held on July 30th at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA.
Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Passage of American Clean Energy and Security Act
May 22, 2009 Posted by Governor Schwarzenegger
- May 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement on the passage of the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Under Pressure from Brown and others, DOE Agrees to Reconsider Weak Furnace and Boiler Efficiency Standards
April 23, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
San Francisco, CA - April 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Responding to a lawsuit that Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and others filed last year, the U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to reconsider the Bush Administration’s “grossly inadequate” home furnace and boiler efficiency regulations.
Brown Praises EPA’s Preliminary Determination that Greenhouse Gases Endanger Public Health or Welfare
April 21, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
SACRAMENTO, CA - April 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today commended the Environmental Protection Agency for taking the federal government’s “first concrete step toward curbing global warming” by issuing a proposed determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health or welfare.
Brown and 14 States Urge Obama Administration to Allow California to Enforce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Law
April 9, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
SACRAMENTO, CA - April 09, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and 14 other states yesterday urged the Obama Administration to overturn the Bush EPA’s “shameful denial” of California’s request to enforce its automobile greenhouse gas emissions law.
Capps Announces Over $7.5 Million in Funds for Central and South Coast Public Housing Authorities to Improve Housing
March 30, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Lois Capps today announced that several Central and South Coast public housing authorities will be receiving funding through the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for improvement projects to promote energy efficiency. Among those communities in the 23rd Congressional District receiving funding are
Governor Schwarzenegger Launches the California Green Corps
March 17, 2009 Posted by Governor Schwarzenegger
State To Utilize Federal Economic Stimulus Funds & Public-Private Partnerships For Green Jobs Training
Immediately after meeting with President Obama’s Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis in Sacramento to discuss federal economic stimulus funding and job creation, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today launched the California Green Corps.
CBIA Endorses Two Voluntary Green Building Programs
March 12, 2009 Posted by CBIA
SACRAMENTO, CA - March 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The California Building Industry Association announced today that it is endorsing two voluntary green building programs for its members that wish to build homes that exceed the state’s toughest-in-the-nation energy-efficiency and water conservation standards
Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Klobuchar and Snowe Applaud EPA’s Draft Rule-Making to Establish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry
March 11, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - March 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today applauded the move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a draft rule-making to establish an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions registry, an essential first step towards a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions
Brown Urges Obama Administration to Allow California to Enforce Tough Greenhouse Gas Emissions Law
March 6, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
SACRAMENTO, CA - March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today urged the Obama Administration to overturn the Bush EPA’s “illegal and shortsighted” denial of California’s request to carry out its state law requiring a 30% reduction in tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions.
Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Klobuchar and Snowe Urge Swift Federal Action on Rule-Making to Establish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry
February 10, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - February 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) have urged swift federal action on a rule-making to establish an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions registry, an essential first step towards reducing and capping global warming emissions
Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Secretary of the Interior’s Plan to Expedite Development of Renewable Energy
January 19, 2009 Posted by Governor Schwarzenegger
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement on the Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne’s order today authorizing the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices, including one in California, which will expedite the permitting of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal projects, along with needed electrical transmission facilities
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Releases Preliminary Draft CEQA Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 12, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
January 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) released its preliminary draft CEQA guideline amendments, which once formally adopted, will guide public agencies on how to analyze the impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by new projects on the environment
California Approves a Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 5, 2009 Posted by California RealEstateRama
January 05, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a plan on December 11 to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
