Environment – Page 49 – California Globe

California’s Cognitive Dissonance is Heard Around the World

June 14, 2023 6:47 amJune 14, 2023 7:14 am

In California last September, residents were told two things within the space of a few days – first, in a few years they will only be able to buy electric vehicles and then they were told not to charge the...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part One

June 14, 2023 2:45 amJune 14, 2023 6:15 pm

Part One – How CEQA Has Made California Unaffordable The following is the first of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It...

Canadian Wildfires Cast a Dark Pall of Smoke Over the East Coast

June 12, 2023 2:45 amJune 12, 2023 2:46 am

Before getting started here, I have an announcement to make. After much consideration and introspection, I have decided to come out to you all that I am in the process of transitioning. No, no, no! Not that kind of transitioning....

Bad Water Legislation Could Upend California’s Economy, Domestic Food Supply

June 11, 2023 2:45 amJune 11, 2023 7:04 am

If the legislation coming out of Sacramento were graded on the criteria of harmful, unintended consequences, it would receive an “F” average – provided you believe harmful is bad for the citizens and not just the cost of doing government....

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear California Offshore Fracking Ban Case

June 5, 2023 9:09 pmJune 5, 2023 9:09 pm

A nearly decade-long battle over offshore fracking in federal waters off the shore of California ended on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge against a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that reaffirmed the...

Which is it California – a Flood Emergency or a Drought Emergency?

June 2, 2023 9:11 amJune 2, 2023 9:11 am

“Meteorologists forecast that June will bring above-normal temperatures to California, which could worsen the state’s remaining drought,” the Sacramento Bee reports today. Ah. This is from the same meteorologists who could not or would not forecast the record rain and...

Energy Regulators Claim California Is Unlikely To See Major Power Shortages This Summer

May 26, 2023 2:24 amMay 26, 2023 2:25 am

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced on Thursday that the state will likely not see power shortages this summer due to a combination of new energy sources and enough rainfall to run hydroelectric plants at full capacity. For the last...