by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe LaMalfa made video series exposing organized crime illegal marijuana grows in Siskiyou County With the federal Resilient Federal Forests Act introduced this week with the support of more than 70 bipartisan Members of Congress and over 85 organizations, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Power outages, rolling blackouts didn’t used to be the norm in California; they are now Last week, Californians learned that Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators that a damaged fuse box from a one of [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Univ. Wisconsin study links to Journal of Chinese Governance Residents of Sacramento seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about snitching on water wasters, according to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Sacramento Bee published an [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe 366,000 jobs in California are supported by the oil and gas industry California’s Geologic Energy Management Division just denied 21 oil drilling permits in Kern County this week. “State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk sent letters [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe AAA reports gas prices increased 40% since start of year and still going up up up The national gas price average increased 40% since the start of the year, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). “Starting the year [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The right to exclude is ‘one of the most treasured’ rights of property ownership The United States Supreme Court just affirmed Wednesday that the government cannot force people to allow third parties to trespass on their property. [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe 200 cases of human rights violations found when renewable energy projects were imposed on poor communities Coal. Oil and Gas. Solar. Wind. Nuclear. Biomass. Hydroelectric. These are all effective energy sources, but some are called “natural” and [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Droughts are nature’s fault and naturally occurring; water shortages are the fault of government officials The California State Water Resources Control Board announced that thousands of farmers in the Central Valley up to the Oregon Border will [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe A declaration of extinction would allow access to massive amounts of new water for families and farmers California water expert Kristi Diener notified the Globe that a petition to request the Delta Smelt fish be declared extinct [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe CA reservoirs were designed to provide a steady five year supply for all users, and were filled to the top in June 2019 “In the last 14 days, 90% of Delta inflow went to sea. It’s equal [...]
