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Bad Timing: California Denies 21 Fracking Permits in Kern County

July 10, 2021 9:38 amJuly 10, 2021 9:38 am

California’s Geologic Energy Management Division just denied 21 oil drilling permits in Kern County this week. “State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk sent letters Thursday to Aera Energy denying permits to drill using hydraulic fracturing in two Kern County...

California House Republicans Urge Natural Resources Committee Action on California Drought

April 28, 2021 3:59 pm

Last week, while standing in a dried out bed on Lake Mendocino, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency… but not for the entire state of California as expected. Newsom only declared a drought emergency for two Northern California counties...

Water and Drought Deceit: More Dubious Policies California Lawmakers Continue to Perpetrate

April 27, 2021 7:47 amApril 27, 2021 9:21 am

Food or Fish, Liberty or Oppression, Victim or Fighter? We Californians have many decisions to make about our future. In Climate Deceit and Dubious Policies California Lawmakers Continue to Perpetrate, we addressed unreliable solar and wind power, and China’s influence...

Climate Deceit and Dubious Policies California Lawmakers Continue to Perpetrate

April 26, 2021 9:13 amApril 26, 2021 8:14 am

People are so bombarded with one narrative on “clean vehicles” and “climate change” that many are unaware that there are alternative clean energy sources, or automobile options other than electric vehicles, including clean, technologically efficient gasoline-powered cars that don’t generate...

Recall Deja Vu: CA Rolling Blackouts are Back

August 15, 2020 10:06 amAugust 17, 2020 7:39 am

The last California Governor blamed for rolling energy blackouts was recalled by voters and replaced. In 2003, Governor Gray Davis was recalled over leadership issues, high taxation, and inaction over a struggling California economy and rolling energy blackouts. Gov. Gavin...

California Fuel Security is Needlessly Vulnerable

March 20, 2020 2:12 amMarch 19, 2020 6:03 pm

Empty shelves have recently greeted many shoppers due to panic surrounding the COVID-19 virus. Staples such as toilet paper, bread, and potatoes are temporarily gone from many stores. Wouldn’t now be an appropriate time to examine the supply chains we...

Enviro Group with Cal Poly SLO Posts ‘Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet’

April 30, 2019 3:27 pmMay 1, 2019 6:04 am

An environmental group aligned with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo just published a map of the “Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet,” a serious violation of privacy and potentially threatening, particularly when reading through the...