Environment – Page 2 – California Globe

California’s Climate Lawsuit Ignores Energy Reality

October 27, 2025 3:10 amOctober 27, 2025 3:11 am

As gas prices in California continue to skyrocket, residents in the state are beginning to ask, who is really “gouging” at the gas pump? The answer, it seems, points more to the state legislature than the California oil industry, as leaders...

U.S. Energy Shift Offers Economic Hope to Global South

October 17, 2025 7:38 amOctober 17, 2025 7:38 am

For decades growth strategies in poorer countries of the Global South – Asia, Africa and South America – leaned heavily on energy-intensive industries powered by fossil fuels and, in a handful of cases, by nuclear power. Cities grew, factories rose,...

Ringside: Steps Toward Water Abundance

October 16, 2025 8:00 amOctober 16, 2025 8:01 am

Earlier this month a letter was sent to Governor Gavin Newsom from the State Water Contractors, an association of 27 water agencies that together deliver water to nearly 30 million Californians and irrigate nearly one million acres of farmland. This letter is...

Potential Impact of Retail Gas Prices of the Chevron El Segundo Fire

October 6, 2025 6:35 amOctober 6, 2025 6:35 am

Facts California is facing a gasoline crisis and the potential for significant price increases and worse, supply shortages. (Note: the primary reason why gasoline prices are lower than expected is due to the 19% decrease in the cost of crude...

Ringside: Newsom’s Concessions to Oil Industry Will Not Save It

October 1, 2025 2:55 amOctober 1, 2025 2:56 am

Access to adequate supplies of gasoline and diesel fuel for Californians is in dire peril, and the signing of SB 237 on September 19 will do very little to change that. To rescue the industry, far more sweeping legislation is required. First,...

Gov. Newsom Inks Another ‘Climate Deal’ – This Time With Kenya

September 25, 2025 2:46 pmSeptember 26, 2025 7:41 am

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced yet another climate change partnership – this one between California and Kenya, “to advance efforts to cut pollution and support trade.” Who has to cut pollution – California or Kenya? Governor Newsom is acting more...

California’s Failed $2.2B Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is Shutting Down

September 24, 2025 7:44 amSeptember 24, 2025 7:58 am

California has taken nuclear power plants offline while increasing mandates for wind and solar, resulting in statewide power shortages and power outages. Nuclear power is clean and reliable; wind and solar power, while “clean,” are unreliable, significantly more expensive, and...