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...
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...
In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Nebraska and 16 other states sued the State of California over their “Advanced Clean Fleet” electric vehicle (EV) truck mandates, including laws where only new zero-emissions trucks would be sold in California beginning in...
“What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?” That actual headline in Nature.com triggered my BS meter. What does climate change have to do with mental health? “The warming planet is worsening mental illness and distress. Researchers need...
While the confirmed skeptic will consider Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) to be the ultimate waste of money, it nonetheless is happening. Billions of dollars have already been committed, with no end in sight. Regardless of how one might judge...
According to a new study by environmental non-profit group Next 10, California is not going to meet their goal of reducing greenhouse gases in the state by 40% where they were in the 1990’s by 2030, with it showing that,...
In January, a trio of judges from the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals struck down the city of Berkeley’s natural gas hook-up ban. Now, Berkeley has a ticking clock running on deciding if they will appeal the decision to...