Environment – Page 45 – California Globe

Ringside: Sacramento’s War on Water and Energy

April 4, 2024 7:10 amApril 6, 2024 9:06 am

After the deluges of 2022-23, and the rainfall season so far this year delivering an above normal snowpack and above normal rain, the drought in California is over. Even the situation on the dry Colorado is much improved, with Lake Powell and...

Friends of Earth Sues DOE Over $1.1 Billion Diablo Canyon Plant Extension Funding

April 4, 2024 2:30 amApril 4, 2024 2:31 am

The environmental group Friends of Earth sued the United States Department of Energy on Wednesday over the $1.1 billion the Department gave the state to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open until at least 2030, citing that they...

California Reaches 113% Snowpack Level On Critical April 1st Measurment

April 2, 2024 7:07 pmApril 2, 2024 7:07 pm

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that the April 1st snow survey at Phillips Station, widely regarded as the most crucial snow measuring day of the year as it records peak snowpack, was at 113% of average snowpack...

Gov. Newsom So Afraid Trump Will Win, He’s Doubling Down on… Climate Change?

March 29, 2024 7:50 amMarch 29, 2024 8:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom is preparing an army of bureaucrats to protect California’s climate policies against a second Trump administration. You read that right. With California’s visible melt-down, the elitist governor is focused on climate change. In “California is preparing to...

‘Hero’ Gavin Newsom Stands Up to Big Oil in New Ad Campaign

March 29, 2024 2:39 amMarch 29, 2024 11:50 am

California’s own “Hero,” Governor Gavin Newsom, has been recognized in a new series of ads attacking “Big Oil.” “Governor Gavin Newsom Joins ‘Team of Heroes’ Standing Up to Big Oil in New Ad to KEEP THE LAW Protecting Neighborhoods from...

Drain the Reservoirs, Return California’s Stolen Land

March 23, 2024 2:45 amMarch 22, 2024 3:12 pm

The destruction of dams on the Klamath River provides an encouraging precedent for progressives throughout California. As was breathlessly reported in the San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere, indigenous tribes are now able to recover their sacred land and revive their ancestral villages and way...

California’s Carbon Contradiction of Favoring Foreign Oil Over Domestic Truth

March 23, 2024 2:30 amMarch 22, 2024 2:07 pm

In the heart of California’s environmental policy discussions, a glaring contradiction casts a shadow over the state’s commitment to leading the world in climate action. California’s proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulatory package highlights the absurdity surrounding the carbon...