Environment – Page 34 – California Globe

30 Miles of Tunnels Proposed for High Speed Rail: Can You Dig It?

June 29, 2024 2:00 pmJune 29, 2024 2:01 pm

The consistently accurate and forward looking board of the California High Speed Rail Authority has decided that it is a good idea to dig 30 miles of tunnels to connect Burbank to Palmdale. The purely political zig-zag to include Palmdale...

The Value of a Safe, Affordable and Consistent Food Supply

June 28, 2024 2:31 pmJune 28, 2024 2:31 pm

For the past few years I’ve been rolling up and down Highway 99 attending ag irrigation related meetings. I’ve heard several opinions about the value of agriculture and I tend to enjoy a good meal now and then, ipso facto,...

Ringside: An Overview of California’s Energy Economy

June 27, 2024 2:45 amJune 27, 2024 2:46 am

Energy in California is unaffordable and unreliable, and it’s going to get worse if the priorities of the state legislature don’t dramatically shift. The state’s default policy is to create energy scarcity in order to protect the environment, and in...

Statewide Long-Term Water Supply Expansion Bill Passes Assembly Committee

June 26, 2024 12:28 pmJune 26, 2024 12:28 pm

A bill that would establish long-term water supply targets for California, as well as creating a financing plan and having state authorities work with local water authorities to achieve water supply expansions, was passed in the Assembly Water, Parks, and...

The Fundamentals are Corrupted: Is the California Experiment Over?

June 20, 2024 9:00 amJune 22, 2024 7:37 am

If you feel as if California has descended into Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell, you’d be right. The fundamentals are corrupted. California’s Democrat politicians – everyone from the governor down to the most ardent leftists on local city councils –...

Ringside: Salmon Restoration Must Address Bass Predators

June 20, 2024 2:45 amJune 20, 2024 2:46 am

As reported in the Fresno Bee earlier this week, “More than 20,000 San Joaquin Valley residents could be left high and dry, literally, by Sacramento politicians intent on using $17.5 million that had paid for water trucked to their homes to help...

South Coast Air Quality District Enacts Yet Another Gas Heater Rule

June 19, 2024 11:52 amJune 19, 2024 11:52 am

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is at it again, enacting a new rule that will force restaurants and other businesses and just regular folks with pools and hot tubs to replace their more efficient, less costly gas...