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Judge Halts California Capitol Annex Remodel Over CA Environmental Law Violations

December 7, 2022 3:48 pmDecember 9, 2022 7:40 am

In September 2020, while the state was still suffering under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s oppressive COVID restrictions of lockdowns, and business and school closures, the Legislature’s Joint Legislative Committee on Rules held a hearing on the plans for the $1.2 billion...

San Diego City Council Passes Styrofoam Container Ban

November 16, 2022 2:29 amNovember 15, 2022 8:50 pm

The San Diego City Council passed an ordinance banning all single-use polystyrene foam containers (styrofoam), utensils, and other products on Tuesday over environmental concerns, with the ban going into effect in April 2023. San Diego originally voted for a ban...

Questions About Water for Governor Newsom

August 24, 2022 3:30 amAugust 23, 2022 5:36 pm

Borrowing a page from the More Water Now campaign, which unsuccessfully attempted earlier this year to qualify a water funding initiative for the November 2022 ballot, Governor Newsom announced a new water supply strategy on August 11. Perhaps with the presidency in mind, or perhaps because...

Bill to Exempt Mass Transit from CA Environmental Review Passes Assembly

August 9, 2022 2:30 amAugust 8, 2022 9:56 pm

A bill that would exempt bike, pedestrian, light rail, and rapid bus projects from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was passed in the Assembly on Monday, heading straight to a Senate vote. Senate Bill 922, authored by Senator Scott...

Yosemite Oak Fire Burns as Left Claims Climate Change is Culprit

July 25, 2022 3:31 pm

The Oak Fire, which is raging near Yosemite National Park right now, was sparked as firefighters were battling the Washburn Fire. The Washburn Fire, more than 1,500-acres, broke out in the Mariposa Grove, home to more than 500 mature giant sequoias,...

Superior Court Judge Orders Halt To Statewide Pest Prevention Spraying Program

June 1, 2022 3:39 pmJune 2, 2022 9:01 am

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James Arguelles ruled on Tuesday that a state program that sprays pesticides on public and private land is to be halted within two months due to state officials not looking into potential health effects properly....

The Abundance Choice, Part 7: An Environmentalist Juggernaut

May 26, 2022 2:25 amMay 30, 2022 1:32 pm

Environmentalists in California, who constitute much of the vanguard of environmentalism in the world, have normalized extremism. The solutions they’ve proposed to supposedly save the planet, and the premises they’ve convinced millions of people to accept as beyond debate, constitute...