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USDA Intervenes in PG&E’s Planned Decommissioning of the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project

December 23, 2025 3:46 pmDecember 23, 2025 4:32 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has intervened in the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project proceedings currently being considering by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “This action will allow USDA to ensure that the interests of the National Forest Service, local...

Gov. Newsom’s Attempt to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project Rejected by Legislature, Again

September 11, 2025 1:53 pmSeptember 11, 2025 1:53 pm

The California Legislature just killed the Delta Tunnel project, again, by refusing to do anything on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pet project. “A Coalition Stops Trailer Bills Threatening the Bay-Delta and Communities Now advancing real water solutions rooted in creating local...

Ringside: Is Photovoltaic Power Competitive?

December 13, 2024 2:55 amDecember 13, 2024 2:56 am

As reported in Politico on 10/29, “Westlands Water District, which supplies some of California’s driest farmland in the Central Valley, is making plans to convert some 200 square miles of it — an area roughly the size of Detroit — into what would...

The Food on Your Table is Literally at Stake

August 24, 2024 3:05 amAugust 24, 2024 9:45 am

The unintended consequences of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) continue to reverberate across the Central Valley. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 there was a court hearing at the Kings County Superior Court that further tested the reach of state...

No Luck For California Trucks: CARB Regulates Sales to Zero

July 29, 2024 9:15 amJuly 29, 2024 9:16 am

So, you want to buy a truck. A big truck, a tractor trailer, a semi, a rig. You can, just not in California, thanks to the California Air Resources Board (CARB.) In January, yet another blurch of absurd CARB regulations...

Former CAGOP Chairman Shawn Steel Says California Is On Track To Pick Up 2 More House Seats This Year

July 18, 2024 2:03 pmJuly 18, 2024 2:08 pm

In a statement at the Republican National Convention this week, RNC Sergeant at Arms and former California Republican Party Chairman Shawn Steel said that the state is on track to pick up at least two more Congressional seats this year,...

Gov. Newsom and Caltrans Announce 10 Point Beautification Plan For Bakersfield

May 22, 2024 2:45 amMay 22, 2024 2:46 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that he would greatly step up efforts to “beautify” a city that normally hasn’t been on the priority list of many Democratic lawmakers in California: Bakersfield. While only a few decades ago Bakersfield was...