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New Reports Finds EPA Will Likely Give A Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Car Sales Ban Mandate

December 14, 2024 2:45 amDecember 14, 2024 2:46 am

According to a new report first published by the Washington Post on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently set to allow California permission to ban gas-powered cars by 2035, a move made by the Biden Administration in an...

Ringside: Is Photovoltaic Power Competitive?

December 13, 2024 2:55 amDecember 13, 2024 2:56 am

As reported in Politico on 10/29, “Westlands Water District, which supplies some of California’s driest farmland in the Central Valley, is making plans to convert some 200 square miles of it — an area roughly the size of Detroit — into what would...

Rep. Kiley to Introduce Bill to Eliminate All Federal Funding For California High-Speed Rail Authority

December 11, 2024 4:42 pmDecember 12, 2024 8:00 am

Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that he plans to introduce a bill soon that would eliminate federal funding for the failed California High-Speed Rail project, which, if successful, would amount to at least $8 billion in potential federal...

San Francisco Cruise Robotaxi Folds Following $10 Billion In Losses

December 11, 2024 2:45 amDecember 11, 2024 2:46 am

General Motors, the parent company of the San Francisco-based robotaxi firm Cruise, announced on Tuesday that Cruise would be folding following $10 billion in losses and a disastrous rollout attempt in San Francisco over the last few years. In 2022...

California Department of Water Resources Predicts A Dry 2025

December 7, 2024 9:25 amDecember 7, 2024 9:26 am

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) predicted earlier this week that California will face a mostly dry 2025, with major storms expected in the first few and last few months of the year. Since the late 2010’s, California has...

CA GOP, Dem Lawmakers Slam Newsom’s EV Rebate Proposal Excluding Tesla

November 27, 2024 1:51 pmNovember 29, 2024 7:22 am

Republican and Democratic lawmakers across the state continue to denounce Newsom’s proposed electric vehicle (EV) tax credit program on Wednesday, saying that the market-share cap provision would unfairly box out Tesla and other EV makers. Governor Gavin Newsom announced on...

Hot Tips for Dealing with Your Bigoted Family at Thanksgiving

November 27, 2024 9:07 amNovember 27, 2024 9:07 am

The holidays following a Presidential Election can be painful. In any given family in America, someone is going to be disappointed, distressed, even depressed, while others may be jubilant, joyous, jocular, even Jolly. How will your aging hippie Bernie-loving aunt...