Environment
Four Gas Power Plants May See Operation Extensions Due To Blackouts, Grid Issues
This week, environmental organizations, officials from numerous cities, and energy company officials are mounting eleventh hour fights before the State Water Resources Control Board meets next week to decide if several natural gas plants in Southern California will get an...
Endangered Species Protection For Joshua Trees Delayed By A Month
On Thursday, the California Fish and Game Commission delayed a decision to give the Joshua tree legal protections under the California Endangered Species Act. Possible greater protections delayed for the Joshua tree The delay comes as efforts between conservationists and...
Climate Goal Bill For California Lands Fails To Reach Senate Vote
On Friday, a bill that would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other state agencies to find a climate goal for California natural and working lands failed to advance to a Senate vote. AB 2954 fails to...
President Trump Criticizes California Officials Response To Wildfires
On Thursday, President Donald Trump criticized California officials over the high number of destructive forest fires across the state, while also threatening to withhold federal assistance against the fires. President Trump targets California officials in speech During a speech in...
Too Much Green Power Worsening Blackouts
The wave of power outages in California during the heat wave of 2020 are mostly in the PG&E power grid area where 21 local green energy-buying cooperatives (called Community Choice Aggregators) are buying green power and green jobs for their...
California’s Electric Grid Is Near Collapse
California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers and waterways such as the San Joaquin River Delta and hydroelectric dams; the Pacific coastline; 85 million...