Environment Archives - Page 23 of 49

Stanford/MIT Study: Keeping Diablo Nuclear Plant Open Would Save Billions, Help Meet Emissions Goals

November 9, 2021 11:49 amApril 3, 2022 8:16 am

A new Stanford University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study released on Monday found that an extending the life of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant past it’s planned 2025 closure date would help the state greatly reduce carbon emissions and meet...

Sportfishing and Boating Groups Rush to Stop New Harbor Craft Emissions Standards

November 4, 2021 2:36 amNovember 5, 2021 11:00 am

A coalition that includes the Sportfishing Association of California (SAC), the Golden Gate Fisherman’s Association (GGFA), and a number of other sportfishing, boating, outdoor retailer, and marine groups and organization warned in a letter to the California Air Resources Board...

Environmental Group Announces Plans To Sue Federal Government Over Orange County Oil Spill

November 2, 2021 11:32 am

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental non-profit group with over a thirty year history of legal action, announced that they would be suing the federal government over last month’s oil spill in Orange County. The spill, first detected on October...

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Rejects Federal Water Deal For Second Time

October 29, 2021 2:18 amOctober 28, 2021 9:51 pm

A federal deal that would have given agricultural water contractor Westlands Water District access to Bureau of Reclamation water resources to help reinvigorate farms in the Central Valley was rejected by the Fresno County Superior Court on Wednesday, possibly paving...

U.S. Small Business Administration Declares Orange County Oil Spill a Disaster, To Give Federal Disaster Assistance

October 28, 2021 2:16 pmOctober 28, 2021 2:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced late Wednesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved federal disaster assistance for those businesses hurt during the recent Orange County Oil Spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. The spill, first detected on...

Newsom Administration Announces New Ban Regulations on Oil and Gas Facilities

October 22, 2021 2:22 amOctober 21, 2021 10:22 pm

The Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), with the backing of Governor Gavin Newsom, announced a sweeping new proposed regulation on Thursday that would ban any new oil or gas development from being within 3,200 feet of all...

Governor Newsom Expands Drought State of Emergency To Entire State

October 20, 2021 1:14 pmOctober 27, 2021 6:02 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that the drought state of emergency would be expanded again to include all remaining counties in California, with the California State Water Resources Control Board also receiving the power to instill bans on wasteful...