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California Moves to Set Water Pumping Limits Without Federal Input

April 3, 2020 2:18 amApril 3, 2020 5:23 pm

Last year federal investigations found that water could be diverted to farmland On Tuesday, California broke with policy and issued a new operating permit for its water project in the Central Valley without federal input. A break from federal...

Redondo Beach Waterfront AES Gas Power Plant to Close by 2023

March 31, 2020 2:24 amMarch 30, 2020 9:47 pm

On Monday, AES Corp. finalized the sale of its 51 acre gas power plant in Redondo Beach to real estate developer Leo Pustilnikov for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal would open up the 51 acres, located next to...

California Oil Industry Facing Disaster Due to Coronavirus, Oil War Threats

March 26, 2020 2:15 amMarch 25, 2020 9:43 pm

Oil rich areas in California such as Kern County and Los Angeles County, along with in-state oil and gasoline companies such as Chevron, are facing a more and more likely industry collapse in the next several weeks due to both...

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Agency Sued By Environmental Groups

March 21, 2020 7:48 am

One of the largest pollution controls districts in California received a lawsuit on Wednesday, charging the district with favoritism toward oil companies among other alleged wrongdoings. The national environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action joined with 5 local environmental groups...

CA Rep. Josh Harder supports another Democrat waterless water storage bill

March 21, 2020 2:20 amMarch 20, 2020 4:31 pm

HR 2473 is not targeted to benefit farmers but to provide public goods to constituencies of the Democrat Party: environmentalists, Indian tribes, scientists, fishing interests, rural immigrant enclaves with no water systems On March 11, 2020, Congressman Josh Harder...

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...

AccuWeather Reports California’s ‘March Miracle’ Continues as More Storms Coming

March 19, 2020 1:17 pmMarch 19, 2020 1:18 pm

AccuWeather reported that after an absence of major storms for much of the winter, the Sierra Nevada mountain range region in California finally received some heavy snow, and looks to receive more next week. Calling it the ‘March Miracle,’ AccuWeather Senior...