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Climate change. Can idealism and capitalism Work Together . We go to costa rica to find out. And, two mothers living with hiv aids and their healthy kids. We visit celia and elayna in mozambique. The United Nations has released some shocking data on Climate Change. Global warming can increasingly be blamed for the worlds worst natural catastrophes whether its droughts, floods, or storms. Over the past 20 years, the United States and china have been hardest hit by extreme weather events, while in...

Meeting in a neighboring town. It ended with a deadly shootout. Lavoy finicum was killed. Finicum was an arizona rancher and the groups spokesman. Ward says this has been tearing our community apart. We dont arm up and rebel. We work through the appropriate channels. This cant happen anymore. This cant happen in america and it cant happen in Harney County. Armed trooopers are now parked in the middle of the road on both sides of the wildlife refuge no one is allowed in but protestors are free to...

Everyone is aware of that and were pushing strongly the idea that you dont need to keep your grass green. It can be slightly brown. You can watch it enough to keep it alive. We do not need to kill things and this is not a mandatory reduction. Our water use has reduced by 19 on a per capital basis in the last ten years. Theres not that great amount of savings that can happen inside. You have to achieve these savings, hit the outdoor water use. Were pushing that strongly. Many of our cities have a...

Use and the summer is our biggest area to achieve those savings and specifically we looked to the urban areas. Everyone is aware of that and were pushing strongly the idea that you dont need to keep your grass green. It can be slightly brown. You can watch it enough to keep it alive. We do not need to kill things and this is not a mandatory reduction. Our water use has reduced by 19 on a per capital basis in the last ten years. Theres not that great amount of savings that can happen inside. You ...

Right now. So we have to be very clear about this. We do not need to wait for pg es green tariff rates to come out before we set our not to exceed rates because they are not going to be below their brown power rates and we know what the brown power rates are and we know that we just like marin and Sonoma County are going to be charging brown power rates. Pg e is not going to be able to beat that unless they go to a really anticompetitive posture which will be very challenged by pg e and not be a...

I feel like its a weak ask. It sounds like we can launch this year. Lets do the light green and dark green. It sounds like you should just aim to launch this year and catch up with the rest of the bay area. Its kind of embarrassing at this point. Thank you. Are there any other members who would like to provide comment. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. We are done with this item unless there is a requested action . Jason fried, the one thing that laf...

Cheapest electricity in california and in much of the country is natural gas electricity. Okay. Renewables are getting a lot cheaper but they are not cheaper than natural gas right now. So we have to be very clear about this. We do not need to wait for pg es green tariff rates to come out before we set our not to exceed rates because they are not going to be below their brown power rates and we know what the brown power rates are and we know that we just like marin and Sonoma County are going to...

Californias for energy choice. One of the coordinate ors that helped fight on ab. The rates really need to be challenged. Right now the cheapest electricity in california and in much of the country is natural gas electricity. Okay. Renewables are getting a lot cheaper but they are not cheaper than natural gas right now. So we have to be very clear about this. We do not need to wait for pg es green tariff rates to come out before we set our not to exceed rates because they are not going to be bel...

Extension. If the president signed that . The im not sure that anybody knows what the outcome of the situation is going to be. We saw the speaker of the house going on television over the weekend to declare that he is certainly comfortable with not funding the department of Homeland Security. I am not sure what kind of an of general mlss leads to that conclusion. And im not sure that its in the best interest of the vote tabulation that i can see. But yet he said that its on the left. And i think...

To implement the framework. Probably work with our insurers. On the topic, which is very serious topic hour people use technology and information, certainly with analytics and new Business Opportunities we need to continue on our journey on stem outside indication Stem Education and increasing the capabilities in math and science. Your hear everybody say it were not making enough progress. So, we are doing our part. I know bank of america is doing their part. All doing our part but as a collecti...