Clean Energy – California Globe

VP Debate Moderators Showed their ‘Smug and Arrogant Bias’

October 2, 2024 8:03 amOctober 2, 2024 4:03 pm

Tuesdays’ Vice Presidential debate was disappointing but expected, only because my expectations were so low already. CBS “hairdos” Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan did provide one surprise – I did not expect them to be so bitchy. Someone after the...

Assembly Republican Leader Gallagher Demands Answers on Undemocratic End of Session

September 9, 2024 2:45 pmSeptember 9, 2024 2:45 pm

Monday, California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) demanded answers from the Assembly Rules Committee in the wake of several parliamentary violations that crushed debate and caused chaos at the end of the 2024 legislative session. As the Globe...

America Should Fear California’s Agenda Now More Than Ever

September 4, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:56 am

As Gavin Newsom bows out from the limelight, not on the Democratic party’s presidential ticket, we can refocus attention on the policies under consideration in Sacramento. It’s no secret the supermajority of Democrats in the state legislature, together with Newsom,...

California’s Legislature Has Turned on the People

September 3, 2024 8:44 amSeptember 4, 2024 8:29 pm

Have you ever been stabbed in the back by a friend? You trusted them, supported them, and they turned on you. You never saw it coming. And you ask “what happened?” California’s Supermajority Democrat lawmakers now work against governing the...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe

August 22, 2024 4:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 4:23 pm

Last week we examined California’s plans to install between 2,500 and 10,000 floating offshore wind turbines approximately 20 miles off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Humboldt counties. The estimated cost to install 25 gigawatts of capacity, which equates...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe

August 15, 2024 2:08 pmAugust 15, 2024 2:08 pm

When it comes to looming financial and environmental catastrophes, nothing can compare to floating offshore wind. It is energy policy at its worst. In an analysis earlier this year (WC #36), using cost estimates published by a European energy consulting firm, I...

Gavin Goes to China: Ambitious Newsom Chooses Acclaim over Governing

November 3, 2023 1:24 pmNovember 3, 2023 2:44 pm

Gavin Newsom’s trip to China (via Israel) exposes what an unserious but ambitious politician he really is – governing a big state just isn’t fun, after all. Working to be a statesman isn’t as rewarding as being a high-level office...