Environment – Page 27 – California Globe

More States and Auto Dealers Fight Back Against California’s EV Car and Truck Mandates

December 23, 2024 1:33 pmJanuary 21, 2025 11:51 am

For the past several years, multiple states have followed California on two key electric vehicle mandates. One is the 2035 gas-powered car sales ban. And then the other is the 2042 Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which states that all trucks...

CPUC Approves $722.6 million Rate Hike For 2025 To Keep The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open

December 20, 2024 11:14 amDecember 20, 2024 11:14 am

In a 4-1 vote on Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission approved $722.6 million in additional ratepayer costs to pay for extended operations at both units of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant through the end of 2025 – a...

Biden EPA Approves Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

December 18, 2024 10:02 amDecember 18, 2024 10:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden administration, announced on Wednesday that they have approved California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, making it more difficult for President-elect Donald Trump to federally...

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...