Archives for July 2021

Offshore Wind Push Gains Momentum in California

Nick Cahill| Courthouse News Service Link to article Lawmakers clear a proposal intended to jumpstart floating wind farms off the coast, saying the technology could prop the state’s buckling power grid and create more than 10,000 new jobs. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Caught again in an energy crisis and facing another summer of rolling blackouts, […]

Newsletter: How solar panels on farmland could help California fix its water and power crises

Sammy Roth | Los Angeles Times Link to article This is the July 8, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. To the extent most Californians are thinking about energy right now, they’re probably wondering whether the lights will stay on during […]