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2010 Green Innovation Index

The updated 2010 California Green Innovation Index concludes that California’s green economy is one of the few areas of the economy that is growing in the current downturn. Read more about California’s global leadership in green innovation.

California Budget Challenge

Next 10 launched a June 2011 updated version of their popular nonpartisan budget balancing tool at budgetchallenge.org. Try your hand at solving the state’s fiscal woes today!

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Press Releases

November 9, 2009. New Online Game Lets Players Tackle Federal Budget Deficit
Innovative California Organization & Federal Budget Experts Present the “Federal Budget Challenge”
November 9, 2009. Bay Area High School Students First in the Country to Use New Online Game that Lets Users Tackle National Debt
Palo Alto-Based Nonprofit & Federal Budget Expert Partner to Create Nonpartisan Online Simulation, the “Federal Budget Challenge”
October 14, 2009. While Most Californians See The Need For Constitutional Reform And Would Favor A Constitutional Convention To Do Its Work, Majorities Oppose Many Of The Proposed Changes On The Reform Agenda. READ the press release.
READ the California Opinion Index report.
October 6, 2009. Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?
New Report: New UC Report Assesses Business-As-Usual vs Aggressive Clean Energy Policy
October 1, 2009. OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS TO NEXT GENERATION LOW EMISSION VEHICLES
New Report: Industry experts weigh in
June 9, 2009. CLEAN ENERGY GROWS ECONOMY FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL SOURCES
New Report Unveiled at State Public Utilities Commission Forum
January 26, 2009. CALIFORNIA GREEN TECH INVESTMENT, PATENTS, JOBS JUMP
New Report Documents Powerful Economic Stimulus of Energy Efficiency
January 26, 2009. Media Advisory - New Data on Green Jobs, Investment, Patents, Economic Impacts of Energy Policy -2009 Green Innovation Index To Be Released
November 13, 2008. California Climate Risk and Response
October 20, 2008. Energy Efficiency, Innovation, and Job Creation in California
July 23, 2008. As Budget Stalemate Wears on-- Voters Can Set Their Own Priorities
June 23, 2008. Powerful Voter Support for State Global Warming Policies New Poll Shows Innovation Key; 83% Willing to Make Personal Changes
California Voters and Global Warming – Key Findings from a Statewide Voter Survey - Memo
California Voters and Global Warming – Key Findings from a Statewide Voter Survey - Presentation
June 19, 2008. Rossmoor: California Budget Challenge presentation to the League of Women Voters
March 25, 2008. California Voters Set Budget Priorities Using
Interactive Internet Game -- Next 10 Launches 2008 "California Budget
Challenge"
November 14, 2007. Californians Spend Less on Electricity, Save Billions More than Rest of Country Due to Green Innovation CA Inventors Win 44 Percent of All U.S. Solar, 37 Percent Wind Patents New Index Tracks VC Green Tech Investment, Patents, Job Growth
November 9, 2007. Californians see global warming as a serious threat to the state's overall quality of life. Strong belief that action is required. Optimism that greenhouse gases can be reduced while at the same time creating jobs and expanding the economy.
May 7, 2007. Online Tool Gives Californians a Voice in the State Budget Battle: Next 10's "California Budget Challenge" Sunshines Back Room Political Process.
May 7, 2007. Innovative Online Game Engages CA Students in State Budget Process.
October 20, 2006. "Focus on Infrastructure" at NextTen.org: New Non-Partisan Source Gives Voters the Nuts and Bolts On Infrastructure Needs, Ballot Issues.
May 15, 2006. The $100 Billion Question: Next 10 Challenges All Californians to Take the "California Budget Challenge.
April 5, 2005. New Nonpartisan Group Challenges 10,000 Californians to Create Their Own State Budget by May 5.