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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...

Former Gov. Newsom Leg Secretary Named New Head of CalRecycle

November 28, 2020 2:35 amDecember 2, 2020 9:04 am

On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Deputy Legislative Secretary and Chief Senate Consultant on the Committee for Environmental Quality Rachel Wagoner as the new head of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). Her salary will be $189,389....

Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Suspended Until June

April 24, 2020 1:39 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to suspend the 2016 plastic bag ban for 60 days out of COVID-19 coronavirus concerns. The law, which started out as Senate Bill 270 in 2015 and later as Proposition 67...

Statewide Recycling Overhaul Bill Fails in Senate

January 31, 2020 2:55 pm

The nearly year-old Senate Bill 372, which would have required that beverage makers and distributors create their own system for buying back bottles and cans, was struck down in the Senate Thursday. A new can and bottle recycling system Authored...

Senate Committee to Vote on Statewide Rehaul of Recycling System

January 15, 2020 4:43 pm

A returning bill to the California Senate that would require beverage makers to take back their own cans and bottles, rather than the current system of consumers physically bringing empty containers to recycling centers, is to be voted on in...