Environment

Sempra Energy issued a statement calling a VP's comments about the viability of a 100 percent renewable grid "aspirational," took down its spinoff website. Read More »

A vice president with Sempra Energy, one of the nation’s largest utilities, made a stunning admission to a roomful of gas and oil executives this week: there is no technical impediment to California getting all of its energy from renewables – now. In simple terms, this means all power could come from sources like wind, solar and hydro without reliance ... Read More »

On the surface, it’s just a request to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for more time to prepare, due to a change in federal administration. But inside the legal filing, lead attorneys in the Trump administration Justice Department say they are taking a hard look at California’s right to set clean air rules. The case, called Dalton Trucking vs. ... Read More »

Vapors from a dangerous chemical that runs underground in El Cajon have seeped into people’s homes, new air testing shows, contrary to what some residents were led to expect when they learned of the plume last October. In some homes, people may have breathed the gas for years or even decades. State officials offered 19 households in the Starlight Mobile ... Read More »

Governor Jerry Brown swore last December that if the federal government stopped collecting crucial climate data, the Golden State would launch its own satellite. Repeatedly since then California leaders have vowed to continue their pursuit of clean air and climate progress, no matter how the Trump administration proceeds. The state has long cut a separate path from the federal government, ... Read More »

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSDrug tunnels are not the only passageways beneath the U.S.-Mexico border that transport valuable cargo. Pipelines cross the boundary too, carrying natural gas south. This trade is up 300 percent since 2010, and now is set to double again by 2019. It’s the largest natural gas export capacity expansion in U.S. history, said Victoria ... Read More »

The Trump administration put California on notice Wednesday that it’s taking another look at miles per gallon requirements for cars and pickups that were negotiated during the Obama administration. Almost simultaneously, 10 attorneys general asked the administration to leave the rules alone. The rules determine what choices are available to consumers when they visit the dealership, and how fast carbon ... Read More »

Could San Diego have had battery storage instead of a large, new, fossil fuel plant? And wasn't the old Encina power station in Carlsbad supposed to close? Read More »

Imagine if someone texted you when the electrical grid was stressed from too much demand, asked you to put off doing laundry for an hour, and paid you for it. Read More »

A fed-up crowd of San Fernando Valley residents commandeered the first of two meetings on the reopening of the Aliso Canyon underground gas storage field last night, rising to their feet, roaring, “Shut it down!” The crowd of about 350, packed to standing room, overwhelmed a mediator hired to shepherd the meeting. They demanded more time to describe health problems ... Read More »