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Schwarzenegger Blasts Oil Companies
(Archival Photo: Angela George) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used his appearance at the Commonwealth Club in Santa Clara today to “put a spotlight” on what he called the “self-serving...
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Candidates Question Climate Science
Third-party candidates for governor call the science of global warming “junk science” and “a scam at worst.” Photo: Craig Miller While Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown debate the pros and cons of the...
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Prop 23 Money Trail
It’s not just big oil with big money in the game. Prop 23 has backing from oil & gas interests in Texas, Kansas, Ohio, and Colorado, among other places. True, most of the money backing Proposition...
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Prop 23: The View from Valero
Carbon dioxide is “not pollution,” say engineers for the nation’s biggest refiner. Listen to Rachael Myrow’s radio feature on The California Report. Valero's Benicia refinery in Solano County. (Photo:...
View ArticleProp 23: No’s Rally, Pros Retreat?
In what might signal a final push by Silicon Valley, an environmentally-oriented investor group today released a manifesto from 66 “leading investors” opposed to California’s Proposition 23. The group...
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Water and Power
Two recent events provide a timely backdrop for this conversation, the water level in Lake Mead, the huge reservoir on the Colorado River, reached a record low — and the National Center for Atmospheric...
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Climate News that Went By in a Blur
Some of the week’s energy, climate, and emissions developments in California, that may have been overshadowed by other news: Largest Solar-Thermal Project Breaks Ground Officials broke ground on the...
View ArticleProp 23 Lands With a Thud
Voters reject a measure to set aside California’s landmark climate law. California’s chief air regulator was jubilant: “They didn’t know who they were messing with,” said Mary Nichols, when the first...
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The Next Battle Front for AB 32
California’s Proposition 23 has failed at the polls, so now either the “second Industrial Revolution” may proceed or it’s the end of free enterprise as we know it, or we simply move on to the next...
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Taking Climate Education to the Streets
Science museums, aquariums and other “informal educators” walk a tightrope when it comes to climate change. By Marjorie Sun The California Academy of Sciences and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have a big...
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