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Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change!

April 11, 2022 11:07 amApril 11, 2022 11:19 am

Over the last several months or longer, if one were to peruse any one of California’s most read newspapers, the one topic that would most certainly be referenced at least once each and every day would be the (and excuse...

Gavin Newsom’s Lithium Valley – Spinning Yet Another Field of Dreams

February 28, 2022 2:19 amFebruary 28, 2022 4:04 pm

It is no surprise that Governor Newsom’s recent promises of visionary breakthroughs in clean energy in Southern California comes with breathtaking assurances of game-changing technology plus equity for all. Quite a spin of the facts, courtesy of his senior advisor...

Bowing to China, Shipping Carriers Refuse to Transport U.S. and California Goods

February 24, 2022 3:36 pmFebruary 25, 2022 7:24 pm

“Shipping carriers rejected U.S. agricultural export containers worth hundreds of millions of dollars during October and November, instead sending empty containers to China to be filled with more profitable Chinese exports,” a 2021 CNBC investigation found. American farmers, ranchers and...

‘Lithium Valley’ California Will Help Increase Domestic Mining But Not Green Energy

February 23, 2022 1:41 pmApril 3, 2022 4:18 pm

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his plans to increase domestic mining, saying U.S. tech industries are too dependent on China for cobalt, lithium and other critical rare earth minerals, the Washington Times reported. California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined President...

Overreach in Technology Regulation Carries Multiple Risks

January 20, 2022 2:46 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:34 pm

Last year, former chair of the U.S. National Science Board Diane Souvaine, PhD, testified before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, & Technology on U.S. competitiveness in critical technologies. After warning that other countries such as those in East and...

Jack Dorsey Talks Green but Backs Energy Hog Bitcoin

September 1, 2021 9:56 amMarch 29, 2022 7:11 am

With California literally on fire, it’s a good opportunity to look at the enormous gulf between Big Tech talk and action when it comes to climate change. With crypto having entered the vernacular to the point that CNBC now runs...

US Pension Funds Lost $400 Billion on China Investments in July

August 3, 2021 7:47 amAugust 4, 2021 10:48 am

“Big Chinese tech stocks lost hundreds of billions of dollars in combined market value in July, reflecting rising investor concern about how the sector will fare under a barrage of regulatory pressure from Beijing,” the Wall Street Journal reported last...