Sierra Club – California Globe

The Attempt to Regionalize California’s Electrical Grid is Back – Why?

June 5, 2025 6:55 amJune 5, 2025 11:32 am

Since 2018, three bills introduced in California’s Legislature have sought to share control of California’s electrical grid with its neighbors. Those touting the concept claim it will advance solar and wind energy – that when it’s cloudy in Oregon, California...

ExxonMobil Sues Calif. AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation

January 7, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 7, 2025 6:36 am

Oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Intergenerational Environment Justice Fund, on Monday, claiming defamation over their plastic recycling initiatives. For several years,...

Ringside: Wade Crowfoot on Desalination, and the Opportunity Cost of the Delta Tunnel

February 15, 2024 7:31 amFebruary 15, 2024 7:31 am

Last week in Sacramento at Cal Desal’s annual conference, one of the highlights was an appearance by Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources Secretary. In his remarks, and in answer to questions from the audience, Crowfoot sought to create the impression the...

Bald & Golden Eagles Sacrificed at the Altar of California’s Green Agenda

July 10, 2023 12:58 pmJuly 11, 2023 6:28 am

California’s legislative Democrats are jamming a bill through to authorize the killing of Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles and other protected raptors, occurring at wind and solar farms throughout the state, all under the guise of helping enable statewide infrastructure projects....

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...

California Endowment Advocacy, Communications, Etc. Grants Dwarf Others

June 14, 2023 12:53 pmJune 14, 2023 6:14 pm

$50,000 dollars – That’s what The California Endowment awarded in grants specifically to “make health insurance accessible to all in California.” $70,000,000 dollars, at least – That’s what the Endowment spent on advocacy, organizing, media, communications, empowerment, etc. grants. The...

The Spark that Lit the Gas Stove Debate

March 17, 2023 3:40 pmMarch 17, 2023 4:27 pm

On January 1, 2023 it is likely most Americans woke up with a hangover. On January 1, 2023, it is a almost a certainty that no American woke up worried that the gas stove in their kitchen was secretly killing...