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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 […]
Jerry Brown: 3 Billion Will Die from Global Warming
Jerry Brown: 3 Billion Will Die from Global Warming On April 17, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown delivered a speech at the National Press Club in Washington DC. A day later the headline that forms the title of this post appeared in Google News. I’ve been unable to find out exactly how many views Google […]
Drastic Pension Cuts Will Hit California, Kentucky, Other States
Drastic Pension Cuts Will Hit California, Kentucky, Other States The CA Supreme Court will rule on pension cuts. Curiously, the court’s ruling will be irrelevant in case of bankruptcy. Please consider California’s Brown Raises Prospect Of Pension Cuts In Downturn. California Governor Jerry Brown said legal rulings may clear the way for making cuts to […]
California Mulls Combustion-Engine Car Ban: “You Could Stop All Sales By 2030”
California Mulls Combustion-Engine Car Ban: “You Could Stop All Sales By 2030” California, the state which single-handedly turned Elon Musk into the billionaire that he is today by forcing taxpayers to subsidize his unprofitable electric vehicle scam via “Zero Emission Vehicle” credits, is now considering a full ban of combustion-engine cars by as early as […]
Water Wars Coming To California? Is The Drought Really Over?
Water Wars Coming To California? Is The Drought Really Over? Authored by Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret., In California, the poor growth and development policies that have resulted from a lack of vision have led-to and are continuing to lead Californians down a path of unsustainable growth and a widening gap between the […]
Why ‘overregulated’ California is leading the way
Why ‘overregulated’ California is leading the way Ideologues hate it when the facts get in the way of their theories. California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed trailblazing legislation last week that commits the state to audacious greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030 of 40 percent below 1990 levels. Not surprisingly, longstanding critics from the business community were howling once […]
California Lawmakers Move to Prevent Another Disastrous Gas Blowout at Aliso Canyon
California Lawmakers Move to Prevent Another Disastrous Gas Blowout at Aliso Canyon On Tuesday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 380, which requires rigorous testing protocols to prevent another disastrous blowout at the SoCal Gas Aliso Canyon facility north of Los Angeles. And lawmakers said SB 380 will buy time to fix the larger problem […]
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch Organizers say the leak has ‘been a wake-up call for this community…. We’re all on the front lines of climate change.’ Porter Ranch residents protest California Governor Jerry Brown’s months-long refusal to call a state of emergency over the gas leak that has been […]
California Oilfield Operators Refuse To Report Water Usage, In Violation Of The Law
California Oilfield Operators Refuse To Report Water Usage, In Violation Of The Law How much water does California’s oil and gas industry actually use? We still don’t know, despite a 2014 law signed by Governor Jerry Brown that went into effect this year requiring companies to report on all water produced, used and disposed of […]
What Does California Gov. Jerry Brown Know about the Next Crash and Recession that We Don’t?
What Does California Gov. Jerry Brown Know about the Next Crash and Recession that We Don’t? California was America’s Greece in 2009. It had excellent wine and olive oil. But tax revenues were collapsing. The deficit ballooned. Its credit rating was cut to the lowest of any state in the US. It couldn’t borrow at […]
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design A reservoir showing the effect of drought conditions in California In recent news, there has been significant coverage of California’s struggle with its below average precipitation in the past several years. Yes, they call it a drought. Governor Jerry Brown and California State […]
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens Early last month we warned that California’s drought was approaching historic proportions and that if climatologists were to be believed, the country may see a repeat of The Dirty Thirties as experts cite “Dust Bowl” conditions. Governor Jerry Brown has called for statewide water restrictions aimed at […]
How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use?
How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use? When California Governor Jerry Brown issued mandatory water restrictions for the first time in state history, he notably excluded the agriculture and oil industries from the conservation efforts, a decision that was heavily criticized. The oil industry, for its part, insists it is a responsible user of water. The […]
