Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:16:24 +0000
Last night, the California Assembly worked overtime to secure passage of the largest climate bill in state (any state’s) history. The bill will surely be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, who has long pushed for climate action. It includes $54 billion in spending over 5 years on things like electric vehicles, infrastructure, and resilience to […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:50:24 +0000
Governor Newsom’s new targets will accelerate the deployment of super-efficient heat pumps, helping to keep people safe from extreme heat while cutting their energy bills and eliminating fossil fuel pollution. To achieve these goals, the California Legislature and the Governor need to fund equitable building decarbonization programs in the State budget in August. California Governor Gavin […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:50:45 +0000
There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, due to the fact that net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year, but then recently stalled and got punted indefinitely after a lot of backlash. […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:45:43 +0000
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a halt to all new fracking permits pending a review by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Environmental groups cheered while industry groups predicted dire consequences.
Credit to Author: Morgan Baskin| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:06:02 +0000
Over half a dozen people have already registered their bid to replace the freshman Democrat — including a wild-card last-minute addition.
Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:52:37 +0000
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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) reportedly will soon file a restructuring plan that includes more than $14 billion in equity commitments, as the utility looks to recover from billions of dollars in liabilities tied to its role in California wildfires that caused the company to file the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. Bloomberg on […]
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Credit to Author: Marie Solis| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:33:15 +0000
The landmark bill also empowers them to report abuse and exploitation.
Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:03:58 +0000
Governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:08:43 +0000
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to criticize California’s lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:27:44 +0000
California Governor Gavin Newsom on February 12 said the state has formed a “strike team” as it works to develop plans to help not only utility ratepayers but also utility employees. The move comes in the wake of the bankruptcy filing by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) as the state’s largest utility deals with its […]
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