This strategy brief explores how technology strategies present a possibility for a greener California. Managing the daily usage of internet tools and electronic communications with informed strategies can help promote cleaner, healthier lifestyles. Chief recommendations include teleworking to reduce traffic and carbon emissions, telehealth to connect providers and patients, and precision agriculture to save water and increase productivity.

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This briefing booklet from the California Emerging Technology Fund presents a detailed overview of 5G and a collection of resources about advanced networks.

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This 2020 report and action plan was created to gather data and input to inform state and federal policymakers about how to optimize the use of telehealth. The Covid-19 pandemic showed the importance of investing in internet infrastructure to enable access to telehealth. This report argues that the digital divide has become a "digital cliff" where residents fall into deeper poverty and greater isolation. It focuses on the status of telehealth in California, gaps and barriers to optimizing telehealth, and the development of an action plan to advance telehealth policy and funding.

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