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Gov. Newsom Rebuked after Misleading Claim on EV Sales

August 7, 2024 3:17 pmAugust 7, 2024 3:17 pm

A statement by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday saying that electric vehicles (EV) have had one of the best quarters in history was widely rebuked as being misleading – EV sales have actually been going down since last year....

CA State Regulators Force Solar Provider Under: SunPower Announces Bankruptcy

August 6, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 6, 2024 12:09 pm

On the one hand, the state of California has decided that it shall become an all-electric, all-renewable power state by, well, for practical purposes, next Thursday. On the other hand, the state gives utilities a massive break on how much...

Kamala Harris and the California Public Utilities Commission

August 6, 2024 10:36 amAugust 6, 2024 10:36 am

With the likely ascendance of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket this November we will see increased scrutiny of her past record. As we should. We’ve already seen some great work on that, including an article...

California Energy Commission Proposes State Takeover Of Oil Refineries

August 6, 2024 2:55 amAugust 7, 2024 12:57 pm

Just as Chevron Oil company announced that it is moving its headquarters to Houston Texas from San Ramon California, California Energy Commission regulators announced proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to combat future energy price surges,...

Add Chevron to the Growing list of Businesses Fleeing California

August 3, 2024 8:21 amAugust 4, 2024 11:10 am

California’s own Chevron Oil company is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from San Ramon, California, the latest big business to flee the Golden State. Chevron is in good company joining X/Twitter, Space X, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles Schwab, and...

Is the New York Times Clueless or Mendacious When It Comes to Climate and Wildfires?

August 1, 2024 10:00 amAugust 3, 2024 8:22 am

The New York Times in a July 30th story titled How Did the Park Fire Get So Big, So Fast? claims that “Heat has been breaking records all summer, and Dr. Williams said records will probably continue to fall over the...

Ringside: How Many People Will Water From the Delta Tunnel Support?

July 31, 2024 3:33 pmJuly 31, 2024 3:33 pm

According to the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR), “The Delta Conveyance Project would yield about 500,000 acre feet of water per year, which is enough for about 5.2 million people.” Let’s put that into perspective. Over the past ten years,...