Laura Klivans
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Aug 27, 2026
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- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Plug-in solar (opens the original)
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Why it matters: The devices can be tented in a backyard, hung off a balcony or placed on a roof. Models range from as low as $300 to $2200, depending on size. The bill would open the solar market to people who were previously left out: renters, people with unsuitable roofs, and those lacking the capital to build out a rooftop system, which can cost in the tens of thousands of dollars. If signed into law, the legislation would exempt plug-in solar devices from what critics say is a cumbersome and
Mobile home park heat (opens the original)
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No cost equipment: Ben Shamoon's home upgrading business, Bryge, uses state and federal money to help deploy appliances like heat pumps and HVAC systems that cut pollution. He could install the units at no cost to the customer and the roughly $8,885 incentive per job would be enough to pay for the equipment, labor, permits and profit. Residents paid nothing. Low-income customers receive the highest incentive. Benefits beyond cooling: What Shamoon is doing, swapping gas-powered heating and coolin
Tackling affordability and extreme heat in LA's mobile home parks (opens the original)
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One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Maria Franco has lived in the Park Royale Mobile Home Community for 25 years, in the Van Nuys neighborhood in north Los Angeles. The community has just under 150 rectangular homes, lined up neatly on a large field of mostly asphalt, with fruit trees popping up here and there. Two years ago, Franco faced a string of bad luck. The 65-year
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