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San Francisco Votes To Ban Natural Gas in Newer Buildings

November 12, 2020 4:42 pmNovember 13, 2020 6:08 am

Earlier this week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban natural gas from all new buildings within the city, becoming the latest Californian city to enact such legislation in the last few years. The ban ins scheduled to...

‘Climate Change’ Is Not Making It Harder to Vote

October 30, 2020 3:24 pmOctober 30, 2020 3:34 pm

A press release from a political group called “ClimatePower2020” makes ridiculously wild claims that “climate change” is making it more difficult to vote in the upcoming presidential election, by creating severe weather extremes that keep people from venturing out to vote. There’s...

How to Save California’s Forests

October 20, 2020 2:13 amOctober 19, 2020 9:11 pm

For about twenty million years, California’s forests endured countless droughts, some lasting over a century. Natural fires, started by lightning and very frequent in the Sierras, were essential to keep forest ecosystems healthy. In Yosemite, for example, meadows used to...

Peter Gleick’s National Water Plan for California

October 12, 2020 6:55 amOctober 12, 2020 11:11 am

California’s water policy is overwhelmingly a local matter. But if you read the mainstream media you might think that it was mostly a state or federal issue. For example, consider that two thirds of all spending on water projects in...

America Learned What California Already Knows About a Potential Biden/Harris Presidency

October 8, 2020 9:42 amOctober 8, 2020 10:12 am

Much of America has finally figured out that presidential debates are merely political theater for the media. Wednesday’s Vice Presidential debate only drove this home. But, the debate was useful for one important issue – America learned what California already...

EPA Chief Calls Into Question Legality Of Gov. Newsom’s Zero Emission Order

September 29, 2020 8:39 pm

On Monday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler called into question the legality of Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order issued last week that would make all passenger car sales be zero emission in California by 2035. In a letter...

Tom Steyer Selling San Francisco Home Because of ‘Climate Crisis’

September 26, 2020 9:15 amSeptember 26, 2020 10:56 am

“Billionaire environmental activist and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer is selling a couple of homes in his portfolio. Last month, he parted with a Lake Tahoe home for $2.8 million, and now he is putting his longtime family home in...