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Biden Energy Secretary Granholm to Visit So Cal to Tour Electric Truck Dealership During Heat Wave

August 31, 2022 2:52 pmAugust 31, 2022 2:58 pm

Thursday and Friday U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Southern California to tour the site of one of the first electrified truck dealerships in America. Secretary Granholm just happens to be visiting California during such an “extreme...

California to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Vehicles in just 13 Years

August 25, 2022 8:29 am

In California politics, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, and they don’t seem to care. California will ban the sale of all gas powered vehicles in the state in just 13 years, replacing then with electric...

Rolling Blackout State California To Completely Ban Sale of Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035

April 15, 2022 2:23 pmApril 18, 2022 6:16 am

“If you like your car, you can keep your car” may become the biggest lie ever in California. And I like my car. While you may be able to keep your existing gas-powered car in California, any new car purchased...

CalRecycle Announces $330 Million Proposal to Increase Recycling, Double Current Consumer Refunds

April 1, 2022 3:32 pmApril 1, 2022 4:38 pm

In a press release on Friday, the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced that they would be bringing a new $330 million proposal to the California legislature to greatly increase mobile recycling and reverse vending machine programs...

CalRecycle Loses $200 Million a Year Due to Bottle Deposit Fraud

January 10, 2022 3:26 pm

According to a just-released Consumer Watchdog report, the bottle deposit program of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) loses at least $200 million a year to criminals. The report notes that criminals use many fraudulent methods to...

Why is California’s ‘More Water Now’ Ballot Initiative Already Under Attack?

December 6, 2021 8:06 amDecember 8, 2021 3:42 pm

California has a long history of squandering its precious water. In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later,...

AB 881 to Allow ‘Truly Recyclable Plastic’ to be Counted Towards Recycling Goals

October 6, 2021 4:01 pmOctober 6, 2021 4:17 pm

On October 5, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 881 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), dealing with plastic recycling. Section One of the bill adds Section 41781.4 to the Public Resources Code to provide that the export...