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California Air Resources Board vs. Reality

July 8, 2024 10:18 amJuly 9, 2024 6:29 am

There is a reason the California Air Resources Board known as “CARB” is not actually called the California Air Reality Board. The very recent past has seen CARB try to mandate anti-pollution technology on boats, trucks, and trains. The problem...

It’s In the Air We Breathe: CARB and Racial Equity

July 1, 2024 6:47 amJuly 1, 2024 6:47 am

Rabbit hole. Wormhole. Rat hole. When trying to digest various government racial equity plans, these are three frustrating words that come up rather too often. Click on one government thing and it takes you to another and to another and...

The Fundamentals are Corrupted: Is the California Experiment Over?

June 20, 2024 9:00 amJune 22, 2024 7:37 am

If you feel as if California has descended into Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell, you’d be right. The fundamentals are corrupted. California’s Democrat politicians – everyone from the governor down to the most ardent leftists on local city councils –...

CARB Clean Boat Emissions Override Bill Passes Senate Transportation Committee

June 16, 2024 2:45 amJune 16, 2024 2:46 am

Both Republicans and Democrats have given support for a bill to override a recent California Air Resources Board (CARB) mandate, bringing about two rarities in the Capitol: A bipartisan environmental bill, and a Democrat-supported bill that opposes CARB regulations. Assembly Bill...

Another New Gas Tax: CA Gas Prices to Increase Another 50-Cents with ‘Clean Air Tax’

May 21, 2024 1:32 pmMay 24, 2024 8:28 am

I get the feeling that California drivers may just initiate a Sacramento Tea Party, but instead of dumping highly taxed tea into the harbor, this one may involve gas pumps. We already know that California’s gas prices and gas taxes...

NorCal Railroad Under CARB’s Gun

May 18, 2024 2:55 amMay 18, 2024 2:56 am

The Mendocino Railway in northern California, more commonly known as the “Skunk Train,” is what is called a “short line” rail service. And if the California Air Resources Board gets its way, it may move from being short to being...

Ringside: Only Unity Can Challenge Environmentalism, Inc.

May 16, 2024 7:19 amMay 16, 2024 7:19 am

The California Environmental Quality Act was passed by the state legislature in 1971. At that time, it was the first legislation of its kind in the nation, if not the world. Its original intent was to “inform government decision makers and...