Environment – Page 30 – California Globe

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump: We Need to Assess What is Right in this Presidential Race

October 27, 2024 2:55 amOctober 27, 2024 8:56 am

I’ve written quite extensively about what an atrocious and embarrassing presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is, for myriad reasons. She’s the textbook definition of an empty suit: A person with the appearance of authority, importance, or significance, but who,...

Consumers Are the Collateral Damage In the War on Oil, Trucking, and Farming

October 25, 2024 11:51 amOctober 25, 2024 11:51 am

The State of California is ramping up its war on oil and agriculture and, as a result, California is heading for some desperate times. The war on oil includes production, trucking, and consumption. The war on production includes banning fracking,...

California has More Customers Without Power One Week After Florida’s Hurricane Milton Cut Power to 4M

October 21, 2024 5:23 pmOctober 23, 2024 4:01 pm

Over the weekend, California utility company Pacific, Gas and Electric shut off power in 12 counties as a countermeasure to ‘wind spikes and fears of wildfires. This is a rather new “normal” in California. As a native of California, this...

Ringside: Would Suing the Bureaucracy Bring Us More Water?

October 17, 2024 6:30 amOctober 17, 2024 6:31 am

There isn’t a major water project in California in the last 30 years or more that hasn’t been subject to relentless litigation. Usually the litigators represent powerful environmentalist organizations, sometimes they represent social justice groups, and sometimes they represent labor....

Gavin Newsom Chases Another Oil Company Out of California

October 16, 2024 3:55 pmOctober 16, 2024 8:07 pm

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to close operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery late in 2025. The company said in a press statement that it “will work with the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet...

Elon Musk Vows To Sue California Over SpaceX Launch Permissions

October 15, 2024 2:45 amOctober 15, 2024 2:46 am

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Monday that he is threatening legal action against the California Coastal Commission for rejecting a request for more launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County partially on the basis...

California’s Gas Supply Restrictions Lead Gavin Newsom to World Stage

October 14, 2024 11:06 amOctober 14, 2024 11:06 am

How is California Governor Gavin Newsom going to jump back onto the national stage? Once his role as Joe Biden’s surrogate presidential candidate was shattered as Democrats replaced him with Kamala Harris, how could Newsom remain present in order to...