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EPA is readying climate rule for existing power plants as deadline approaches
-The Washington Post Time for L.A. to embrace energy blessings of the sun: Opinion -Los Angeles Daily News Opinion Organic mega flow battery promises breakthrough for renewable energy -Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Power struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready -LA Times Tesla's Huge Battery Deal Suggests Sales Could Quintuple Within 4 Years -Forbes Air Pollution in China Shuts Down City of 11 Million -LegalPlanet Battery-Stored Solar Power Sparks Backlash from Utilities -Bloomberg Clean Energy Jobs Quarterly Report Q2 2013: Announcements from the second quarter of 2013 -E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs ISO Chair Bob Foster on California’s Energy Future without San Onofre -The Planning Report California Energy Commission Awards $1.7 Million for Military Microgrid Project -Solar Thermal Magazine Update: SoCal Edison closing San Onofre nuclear plant; will store fuel onsite (timeline, photos) -Southern California Radio Farm Subsidies Leading to More Water Use -The New York Times Tesla Motors Repays its Government Loan in Full -Greentech Media Israeli and American Universities Team Up for Renewable Energy -Jspace -The New York Times Better Place shuts down US, Australia operations -The Jerusalem Post Having raised a $5.5m round, OurCrowd's investment platform helps Israel's startup nation funded -The Next Web Obama to visit Israel within weeks -The Times of Israel Auto execs share insights on the industry and what's next - Los Angeles Times Sweden runs out of garbage, forced to import from Norway -Mother Nature Network
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Community Relations
Effective community relations are essential to our clients' success. To be credible, community relations strategies must reflect and respect how the local community operates and be tailored to each situation and location. Whether building and supporting a local profile, or responding to criticism or controversy, it is imperative for our clients to take a thoughtful approach to stakeholder engagement, issues management, and community investment. To create true support, outreach must pair localized strategies with the communication channels that are credible in the community. Los Angeles is well-known for its community opposition and unique local politics. Proposed change in any of Los Angeles’s fifteen city council districts and ninety-five neighborhood councils is bound to cause uncertainty and concern among the public. CAC can help position our clients as an effective and involved organizational citizen to avoid issues.
We offer community events such as our farmers market that draw in local officials and policy makers every week. Our annual bike fest attracts over 10,000 bikers and our farmers market brings in thousands of locals on a weekly basis. CAC has the experience to help clients make strategic community relations decisions to maximize exposure while aligning these efforts with the organization’s overall objectives. Through an extensive network of personal relationships with community leaders across Los Angeles, CAC’s staff of community relations consultants can help generate effective proposals and strategies to build strong working relationships with communities by focusing on ongoing communication and fair negotiation to address community concerns. Some strategies include coalition building and grassroots community outreach, which are critical tactics to shape perception and behavior change and to encourage organizations to work together to achieve the same goals. CAC’s methodology to achieve success in this area relies on a heavy dose of political intelligence, mobilizing support, and creating long-term and ongoing relationships with the local community. CAC’s community relations services will include:
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