by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report The Associated Press released a report this week which found that a fraction of the promised jobs have been created following passage of the 2012 Proposition 39, by billionaire hedge-fund manager and green-jobs shill Tom Steyer. Prop. 39 is bringing in [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report When politicians crash and burn, they create diversionary tactics to disguise their failures. A perfect example is California Gov. Jerry Brown, and his impious policy on climate change. Just a few days ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown said the Lake County [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report A bill in the California Legislature is blazing through to mandate the reduction of 50 percent in the use of petroleum-based fuels, 50 percent reduction in energy use by existing buildings and increases the Renewable Portfolio Standard from 33 percent [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report Last week, Pope Francis called for a cultural revolution to correct what he calls the “structurally perverse” economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an “immense pile of filth.” Under the sub-heading “Climate as [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report Nearly every climate change and clean energy expert admits that California will achieve the legislatively mandated policy goals of AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which said the state has to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order Wednesday for a new target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts. Brown said it was critical to address what he called “an ever-growing threat” posed by global warming to California’s economy and well-being. [...]
Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow, participated as a speaker in the three-day Young America's Foundation High School Conference, which was held at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, CA. To view the video, click here.
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report This is Part ll of Brown Administration Tied To Scandal That Took Down Oregon Governor. Recent revelations resulted in the Feb. 13, 2015 resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber over collusion between the California and Washington State governors’ offices, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report Recent revelations resulted in the resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber over collusion between his office, California and Washington State governors’ offices, and environmental groups to force climate coordination and collaboration across the U.S. Emails from 2013 and 2014 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in The Flash Point Report Corruption and scandal resulting in the recent resignation of Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, appears to be just the tip of a very big iceberg. The ho-hum media coverage of the story made it sound like just another unscrupulous governor [...]
