Wish They All Could Be California Kids

New jobs program, school buses in the Golden State 0

Two news items of note from sunny Californ-i-a:

  • Gov. Schwarzenegger officially unveiled the California Green Corps, a program that will train 16- to 24-year-olds in green-tech industries. “It’s the kind of program President Obama envisioned when he put together the economic stimulus package,” he said. “It’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs.”
  • The L.A. school district has replaced 172 of its buses with compressed natural gas models, and opened its second CNG filling station yesterday. OK, the total fleet is 1,300—but still. Less diesel = less scary pollution and health issues. Huzzah.

Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.

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