Posts Tagged ‘K. Lloyd Billingsley’CA Missing Global Warming GoalsFriday, August 5th, 2011 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY: California is not on track to meet the most ambitious goals of AB 32, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, according to Carl Blumstein, director of the California Institute for Energy and the Environment. “It’s very challenging,” said Blumstein, addre... Will Salaries Sink CIRM?Friday, July 8th, 2011Lloyd Billingsley: The Los Angeles Times is editorializing that outlandish salaries at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, will “will go a long way toward assuring the institute's extinction.” But the Times is leaving out another factor that could sink the state stem cell i... Stem Cell Boondoggle Seeks New BossMonday, June 20th, 2011 JUNE 20, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem-cell agency, is looking for a new boss. The quest for a new leader, and possibly more public money, has shifted attention from CIRM’s lack of results. CIRM was created by Propos... Gridlock On Renewable Energy HighwayTuesday, May 24th, 2011 MAY 24, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California politicians want to draw 33 percent of the state’s energy needs from “renewable” sources such as wind and solar by 2020, fewer than 10 years away. That plan will be hard to pull off for many reasons, including those outlined by energy e... The Economist Mag Assaults Prop. 13Monday, May 2nd, 2011 MAY 2, 2011 By K. Lloyd Billingsley The surfer, posed by what appears to be the Pacific Ocean, wears star-spangled trunks and his surfboard bears a peace sign, a highway placard bearing the number 13 and a banner reading “Direct Democracy.” The section of his board emblazoned “California... |