[Source: Associated Press] A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration moves toward ending the use of oil and gas. The heat wave that started more than a week Read More…
Category: California News
These contentious bills are awaiting Newsom’s signature, or veto
[Source: New York Times] The California governor must decide about labor bills and a sweeping measure to seal criminal records, matters that have drawn intense lobbying from both sides. The countdown has begun. Today is the final day of the two-year legislative session in Sacramento, so lawmakers have until midnight to pass hundreds of pending bills that Read More…
Climate change job killer bills: 1 stopped; 1 goes to Governor
[Source: CalChamber] On the final day of the session, Assembly members heeded the concerns raised by the California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of more than 110 organizations and stopped a last-minute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction proposal. AB 2133 (Quirk; D-Hayward), a job killer, would have arbitrarily changed the State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) Read More…
California is preparing to make its dire energy problems much, much worse
[Source: Washington Examiner] If you thought California’s electricity and energy problems were bad now, just you wait. California regulators are about to vote to restrict the sale of gas-powered cars and ban the sale of them altogether after 2035. The state had already announced this plan in 2020 as part of its fanatic commitment to Read More…
California expected to ban new gas car sales by 2035, with Thursday vote
[Source: CNN] California air regulators are expected Thursday to issue stringent rules to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 and set interim targets to phase the cars out. The California Air Resources Board will vote on the measure Thursday afternoon, board member Daniel Sperling told CNN. Sperling added he was “99.9%” confident the measure would pass. Read More…
State’s progress on zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) goals: Q2 2022 results
[Source: California Center for Jobs and the Economy] In the latest report from California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), total new light-duty vehicle registrations in the second quarter of 2022 were largely unchanged from the first quarter, but were off 17.5% from the same period in 2021, and down roughly the same compared to the Read More…
Can Californians afford electric cars? Wait lists for rebates are long and some programs have shut down
[Source: Source: CalMATTERS] When Tulare resident Quentin Nelms heard California was offering a hefty state subsidy to help lower-income residents buy electric cars, he applied right away. But it wasn’t as easy as he thought it would be. Nelms spent four months on a waitlist before he was accepted into one of the state’s clean-car Read More…
Going electric: California car mandate would hit mechanics hard
[Source: CalMATTERS] The pungent odor of motor oil and grease wafts through the air at JR Automotive in San Francisco as Jesus Rojas lifts the hood of a 2014 Honda Civic to inspect its engine. Gasoline-powered vehicles like this one have hundreds of moving parts and other components that keep mechanics like Rojas busy. Rojas, Read More…
Southland air regulators threaten to sue EPA over smog
[Source: USA News] With smoky Southern California set to miss a critical clean air goal next year, local regulators are now threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the federal government has made their “impossible” work. The South Coast Air Quality Management District recently advised EPA Administrator Michael Regan that it intends to sue Read More…