Environment – California Globe

Significant Natural Areas

October 23, 2026 2:00 pmOctober 23, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 2, Chapter 12 of the Fish and Game Code deals with significant natural areas under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Section 1930 contains ten legislative findings and declarations. Section 1930.2 defines the terms “habitat...

Arizona Opens Only Three of 21 Planned EV Charging Stations, Four Years After Approval

October 23, 2026 10:41 amOctober 23, 2026 10:41 am

Arizona’s first three electric vehicle charging stations funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program are open, approximately four years after federal approval of the state’s deployment plan and months after the Arizona Department of Transportation’s original target for a...

Arizona Seeks To Join Colorado River Lawsuit After Failed Negotiations, GOP Criticism Of Hobbs

October 21, 2026 2:26 pmOctober 21, 2026 2:27 pm

Arizona has asked a federal court to let it join Nevada’s lawsuit challenging new Colorado River operating rules after seven-state negotiations failed to produce an agreement and Republican lawmakers criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs’ handling of the talks. The Oct. 16...

Ringside: Save Our Lawns, Reform AB 1572

October 21, 2026 2:20 pmOctober 21, 2026 2:22 pm

Californians are within months, if not weeks, of getting what could be the most thorough statewide drenching in decades, as a “super” El Nino grows in the Pacific. Expect hundreds (plural) of millions of acre feet of water to dump...

TPUSA Frontlines Reporter Says Activists Assaulted Him, Slashed Tires At Arizona Border Protest

October 6, 2026 8:46 amOctober 6, 2026 8:46 am

Turning Point USA’s Frontlines reporting team said activists assaulted reporter and manager Brandon Drey, damaged his recording equipment and slashed two tires on the team’s vehicle Monday during a confrontation over border-wall construction in Lochiel, Arizona. In an on-scene report...

The Vermin Are Winning in Los Angeles: Five Dead From West Nile, Typhus Makes an Encore

September 24, 2026 12:04 pmSeptember 24, 2026 12:38 pm

Los Angeles County is now reporting 100 West Nile virus cases this year, nearly five times the total recorded for all of 2025, with 94 hospitalizations and five deaths. The numbers come from the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

Lombardo Executive Order Puts Guardrails on Data Centers After Ford-Authored 2015 Giveaway

September 21, 2026 10:53 amSeptember 21, 2026 10:53 am

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Executive Order 2026-005 on Sept. 17 establishing the Nevada Standard for Responsible Data Center Development, requiring developers seeking tax abatements to pay the Local School Support Tax in full, cover their own energy and infrastructure...