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Tectonic Plate Splits in Two Raising Risks for West Coast
Tectonic Plate Splits in Two Raising Risks for West Coast San Andreas Fault in California Can Be Observed from the Sky Recent studies have revealed that the massive earthquake which stuck Mexico actually split a tectonic plate in two. This has done more than just shaken the ground. It has also shaken up the geologist […]
California goes carbon negative
California goes carbon negative Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to cut California’s electricity sector emissions , which account for about 16% of the state’s total emissions, to zero by 2045. But an Executive Order he signed on the same day calls for 100% of California’s totalemissions not only to go to zero […]
Assembly Bill 100 and a 100% renewable California
Assembly Bill 100 and a 100% renewable California The California legislature just passed Assembly Bill 100 (AB100), which according to the inset calls for “100% clean energy by 2045”. The brief review presented in this post shows that AB100, which targets electricity, not energy, will cut California’s greenhouse gas emissions by only about 16% even […]
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels The worst drought in years in the western half of the United States has sparked hundreds of wildfires, has crippled thousands of farms, and has produced what could ultimately be the worst water crisis […]
Over The Last 7 Days Our Planet Has Been Violently Shaken By 144 Major Earthquakes
Over The Last 7 Days Our Planet Has Been Violently Shaken By 144 Major Earthquakes Within the past few days, we have seen an enormous magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Venezuela and a giant magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit Fiji. Where will the next one strike? To many of us, it is becoming exceedingly clear that something […]
Watch Out California! 53 Major Earthquakes (Including A Magnitude 8.2) Just Hit The Ring Of Fire In A 24 Hour Period
Watch Out California! 53 Major Earthquakes (Including A Magnitude 8.2) Just Hit The Ring Of Fire In A 24 Hour Period Is something unusual starting to happen to the crust of our planet? The USGS defines any earthquake of at least magnitude 4.5 as “significant”, and there were 53 earthquakes that met that criteria along […]
10 Haunting Photos As California’s Largest Wildfire Ever Spirals Out Of Control
10 Haunting Photos As California’s Largest Wildfire Ever Spirals Out Of Control On Monday, the twin fires being treated as one incident north of San Francisco became the largest wildfire in state history, destroying 443 square miles (1,148 square kilometers), nearly the size of the city of Los Angeles and 45% greater than New York […]
In defense of using ‘the new normal’ to describe climate change
WHAT IS NORMAL ANYWAY? In defense of using ‘the new normal’ to describe climate change It’s been an unusual summer, to say the least. Heat maps keep taking on a red-orange glow, with some veering into rare magenta territory. The Carr Fire, one of the most severe in California history, has burned down 1,000 homes […]
Massive “Fire Tornado” Blaze Started By A Flat Tire; White House Declares “Major Disaster” In California
Massive “Fire Tornado” Blaze Started By A Flat Tire; White House Declares “Major Disaster” In California One the most destructive wildfires in California history, the Carr fire, is still raging with only about 40% of it contained while elsewhere in the state, especially in the north, fires continue to expand. Overnight a seventh person was reported […]
CA Wildfire Surges 25% Overnight As Exhausted Firefighters Battle On
CA Wildfire Surges 25% Overnight As Exhausted Firefighters Battle On A rapidly growing wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate in Northern California surged overnight into Saturday – growing over 25% in size according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The “Mendocino Complex Fire” which consists of two fires had […]
California’s progress, or lack thereof, in cutting its emissions
California’s progress, or lack thereof, in cutting its emissions The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently published its 2018 inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to which the state achieved its goal of cutting GHG emissions below 1990 levels in 2016, four years in advance of the 2020 target date*. Gov. Jerry Brown claims […]
Radioactive Cesium-137 From Fukushima Found In California Wine
Radioactive Cesium-137 From Fukushima Found In California Wine Following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan – which left Japanese residents contending with toxic water and radioactive wild boars, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said that particles of radioactive fallout which made its way to the Western United States and elsewhere was […]
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the […]
Google and Facebook Are Quietly Fighting California’s Privacy Rights Initiative, Emails Reveal
Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK ARE QUIETLY FIGHTING CALIFORNIA’S PRIVACY RIGHTS INITIATIVE, EMAILS REVEAL LOBBYISTS FOR THE largest technology and telecommunications firms have only three days to prevent the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, a ballot initiative that would usher in the strongest consumer privacy standards in the country, from going before state voters […]
