by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Newsom’s Grand Power Plan: Asks Warren Buffett to buy PG&E California Governor Gavin Newsom, doing his best to avoid responsibility for California’s power failures, blames “dog-eat-dog capitalism” for the state’s current crisis. In his next breath, Newsom wants Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to make a takeover bid for [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Gov. Gavin Newsom Struggles To Stay In Control More than 2.5 million Californians are without power in 36 counties, while parts of the state burn. Utilities warn the power outages could go on for up to five days. Sunday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe California’s Cap and Trade manipulations and illegal Delaware corporation WCI Inc. about to be investigated “The United States today filed a civil complaint against the state of California, several of its officers, the California Air Resources Board, and the Western Climate Initiative Inc., for unlawfully entering [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe The Golden State is feeling more like an emerging market economy in a developing nation Tuesday, another text message warning came in from Pacific Gas & Electric that power outages are imminent. Again. Couple that with a same-day heads-up message from the El Dorado Irrigation District [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Other cities may also impose curfews The City of Morgan Hill imposed a curfew on its residents lasting from 8 p.m. through 6:30 a.m. Wednesday evening, due to the PG&E power shut offs, KRON4 reported. City officials on Facebook said the curfew was intended to crack [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Who’s going to bail out the ratepayers for fires caused by the utilities?’ A lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in California shows that three Investor Owned Utilities in California, Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison, have recently [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Order violates Prop. 69, while eliminating highway expansion and repair projects Through an Executive Order, California Governor Gavin Newsom has redirected gas tax money to fund railway systems and other projects. The gas tax revenue would have repaired and upgraded the state’s broken highways and roads. [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe 37 new oil and gas wells drilling on new California land leases over the next 20 years The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe There is no increase in summer temps, but the renewable energy mandate is being ramped up San Francisco based Pacific Gas & Electric recently warned customers on that it could turn off power in six Northern California counties as a public safety precaution to help reduce [...]
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As appearing in the California Globe ‘We won’t be intimidated by this brazen political stunt,” Gov. Newsom says Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) sent a message to President Donald Trump on Friday, after the Trump Administration notified California that it is not meeting its environmental [...]
