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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...

Fix California’s Voter Roll Cleanup Successes and Voter Registration Sprint

May 10, 2022 7:49 amMay 10, 2022 9:28 am

In July of 2021, Richard “Ric” Grenell’s Fix California started a statewide inspection of the 58 counties’ voter rolls. As the Globe reported at the time, “California’s November 3, 2020 election was marred by significant voting and registration irregularities, the...

Fix California Says There is a Path to Change California

July 29, 2021 4:08 pmMarch 23, 2022 11:54 am

Mass irregularities in California’s registration and voting numbers continue to erode voter confidence, which is why Ric Grenell and his team at Fix California launched a statewide legal survey analyzing the current status of voter rolls throughout the state. Press play...

‘Fix California’ Launches Statewide Legal Inspection of Current County Voter Rolls

July 14, 2021 8:42 amMarch 23, 2022 11:50 am

California’s November 3, 2020 election was marred by significant voting and registration irregularities, the Globe reported in June, following an alarming report by the Election Integrity Project California. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

Ric Grenell’s ‘Fix California:’ Doing the Hard Work to Make Long-Term Impact on California

June 8, 2021 7:12 amJune 8, 2021 7:39 am

Last month the California Globe talked with Richard “Ric” Grenell, former Ambassador to Germany, and President Donald Trump’s former Director of National Intelligence, about his long term plan to “Fix California.” Grenell’s is a long game plan to revamp state...

Ric Grenell Aims to Revamp California Politics and ‘Fix California’

May 18, 2021 2:30 amMay 19, 2021 11:22 am

After a year of COVID lockdowns and Zoom school, Ric Grenell says millions of Californians are tired of being controlled, tired of the political lockdowns and restrictions, and really tired of having their kids forced to sit in front of...