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 »
A long planned gas-fired power station in Carlsbad that squeaked through approval largely because it was the only source that could be up and running by the end of 2017 will not be complete by that date after all. Read More »
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSEPA pick Scott Pruitt appeared before his Senate confirmation panel as a reserved man of the law, someone with a respect for process and a commitment to meeting agency deadlines. Several times President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee characterized the proper role of the EPA as a partner for the states, with states taking the lead. ... Read More »
More than a year after a massive methane leak in the northern San Fernando Valley, state regulators are recommending that the storage capacity of the Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon Storage field be drastically reduced as preparations are made to bring the facility back on line. Read More »
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