December 1, 2022
SAMMY ROTH | LA Times Link to article Ending the climate crisis will almost certainly require putting solar panels and wind turbines on huge amounts of land — some of it valuable wildlife habitat, some of it now used for food production, some of it held sacred by Indigenous tribes. It’s an uncomfortable reality backed […]
November 16, 2022
TONY BRISCOE | LA Times Link to article California air quality officials released a bold climate plan Wednesday that outlines in broad strokes how the state intends to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade and eventually eliminate its carbon footprint. The so-called scoping plan released by the California Air Resources […]
September 15, 2022
JEFF ST. JOHN | CANARY MEDIA Link to article Smart thermostats, solar-charged batteries, EVs and other household devices can shore up the stressed grid. Why isn’t the state going all in on incentives? Last week, for the second time in three years, California’s power grid was strained to the limit by record-high demand in the […]
August 25, 2022
ALEX JACKSON AND V. JOHN WHITE | SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE Link to article The state Assembly proposed an alternative last week that would instead invest in expanding the state’s clean power supplies. The plan would help reduce permitting delays, accelerate power line development and hold utilities accountable for energy procurement. Newsom’s office called […]
August 16, 2022
Suzanne Potter, Producer | Public News Service Link to article As President Joe Biden gets ready to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law, California conservation groups are hailing it as the country’s largest-ever investment in the battle against climate change. The bill puts $369 billion into projects to reduce carbon emissions, boost clean energy, […]
June 6, 2022
Anne C. Mulkern | Climate Wire Link to article V. John White, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, said Newsom’s budget initiative should include an expansion of incentives to get people and businesses to plug in at non-peak times. There are several companies that recruit groups of those people and […]