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Ringside: The Case for Carbon Sequestration via Natural Gas Power Plants

August 14, 2025 2:45 amAugust 14, 2025 2:46 am

In the case Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases because they qualify as air pollutants. And ever since, electric power plants using “thermal” fuels have faced escalating regulatory pressure. How...

Port Congestion Relief and Mitigation

August 14, 2025 2:30 amAugust 14, 2025 2:31 am

In Division 6, Part 2, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, it deals with port congestion relief and port mitigation relief. Section 1740 provides three statements of legislative findings and declarations, including that there is a need...

Additions and Amendments to California’s Constitution

August 13, 2025 4:52 pmAugust 13, 2025 4:52 pm

To preface this brief article, I readily admit to being a legislative geek as I read and researched our state’s constitution. The current (and second) California Constitution was adopted in 1879. The first one was adopted in 1849, the year...

Choosing the Positive Reality of Hydrocarbons Over ‘Green’ Fantasies

August 13, 2025 11:13 amAugust 13, 2025 11:34 am

British multinational BP has announced its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil’s Santos Basin. By 2030, daily production is expected to be 2.3 to 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, which leaves little doubt that the...

Offenses in California Navigable Waters

August 13, 2025 2:30 amAugust 13, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1.5, Chapter 3 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deal with offenses in navigable waters. Section 130 provides that every person who cuts or causes to be cut down any tree, so that it falls into any navigable...

Step Over the Delirious Drug Addict to See Sacramento’s Urban Dreams Art

August 12, 2025 7:38 pmAugust 12, 2025 7:51 pm

Sacramento’s new Urban Dreams Art Experience is really interesting, and will surely make people smile when they see any of the 12 new pieces of free-standing art, including the giant squid on top of Mulvaney’s, a fabulous local restaurant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLquMnqZAkg...

Nevada US Atty Sigal Chattah Reveals Harry Reid International Airport Does Not Use Narcotic Dogs for Drug Detection

August 12, 2025 3:39 pmAugust 12, 2025 4:19 pm

Last week, Sigal Chattah, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada and Special Counsel to the Attorney General, told Channel 8 news (KOLO) that she was surprised to learn that Harry Reid International Airport did not utilize drug sniffing...