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California will host a billion-dollar 'hydrogen hub.' What it means for our energy future
In the race to decarbonize energy and fuel, the federal government is spending billions to create hydrogen economies. California will be one of several hydrogen hubs — here's what that will mean.
Eye-popping construction costs intensify California’s chronic housing shortage
It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets. As the yawning gap between demand and supply, especially in urban areas, pushes costs upward, it drags down the economy...
$13.8M Grant Aims to Close Digital Divide in Rural Areas
Teresa Perez recalls living online during the pandemic, when families with children were forced to stay indoors, communicate over Zoom, and file work or school assignments from home often over sketchy internet connections. “My daughter did a lot of her homework on her iPad during COVID. Luckily we have the...
California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company
State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so.
Report: California giant sequoia groves in peril after megafires
Two new studies find that without sustained intervention, California may permanently lose big sections of old-growth giant sequoia groves. The majestic trees only grow on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Since 2015, 20% of them have died, mostly in three megafires in 2020 and 2021. David Soderberg, Ph.D,...
Schiff unveils bill extending FOIA transparency to judiciary
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) unveiled legislation Tuesday that would extend the powers of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the judicial branch. The legislation from Schiff, who is running for the Senate in California, comes amid deepening scrutiny of Supreme Court justices. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas in particular has come under criticism from Democrats…
Kamala Harris is accused by the citizens of radioactive Treasure Island of concealing corruption
Former Treasure Island homeowners said Kamala Harris was complicit in the cover-up of fraud by lawmakers and businessmen who urged for the construction of million-dollar residences on the site of a former nuclear army training facility. The radioactive waste on the island and its concealment by politicians and government entities in charge of Californians’ well-being and security sickened and poisoned many inhabitants, kids, and soldiers.
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