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High $peed Rail Hires Yet Another Consultant – For Sustainability?

July 23, 2023 9:46 amJuly 23, 2023 10:01 am

The California High Speed Rail Authority now has a sustainability consultant. The Authority tapped the decades-old, London-based consultancy Arup for the gig. The firm has provided engineering services for such iconic structures as the London Eye (the Ferris wheel,) the...

Climate Hustlers & Media use Scare Tactics to Sell Green Agenda

July 17, 2023 10:09 amJuly 19, 2023 1:48 pm

“It’s not your imagination: Sacramento is getting hotter, data shows.” the Sacramento Bee headline cautioned Friday. They also say, “The six warmest years in California have all happened in the past decade, according to NOAA.” Is this just a little...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Three

June 21, 2023 3:00 amJune 21, 2023 3:01 am

This is the third and final installment in a series of reports on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted...

Tax Fighter Warns ‘Big Problems for California’s Income-Based Utility Rates’

April 24, 2023 6:55 amApril 24, 2023 7:03 am

Last week the Globe reported that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric had just filed a proposal to create income-based utility billing. Currently, utility bills are based on electricity and gas consumption. The...

California Going Full Commie: ‘Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition’

April 16, 2023 2:30 amApril 17, 2023 7:37 pm

Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric filed a proposal on Thursday that would install a fixed-rate electric bill system for those under the three largest power companies in the state, the Globe reported....

The Misanthropic Delusions of California’s Ruling Class

March 31, 2023 2:46 amMarch 31, 2023 2:47 am

Earlier this week I attended an event in downtown Sacramento produced by an industry trade association. One of the highlights of this event was a plenary session where a high ranking state politician addressed the crowd. The participants shall remain...

Coyote Parable Spells Out Perfectly What’s So Wrong With California

January 30, 2023 2:09 pmJanuary 30, 2023 2:22 pm

It has been said that the love of truth lies at the root of much humor. Biting, caustic, even sarcastic humor can make us uncomfortable when it points out weakness or odd proclivities. So is humor truth? A friend sent...