RegulationsCA Launches Green Chemistry InquisitionMonday, February 6th, 2012 FEB. 6, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI No one expects the California Green Chemistry Inquisition. In post-industrial California, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control has launched an inquisition called the Green Chemistry Initiative to determine if there are safer alternatives to th... Big Brother CARB Is Watching YouFriday, February 3rd, 2012 FEB. 3, 2012 By JOHN SEILER I love cars. The best auto site in the Internet is EricPetersAutos.com. He writes not just about old and new cars, but about the politics of cars. Another great site, LewRockwell.com, just published an article by Peters on how the government is spying on us thro... Brown Wrong on Factory Job Loss RateThursday, February 2nd, 2012FEB. 2, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California Gov. Jerry Brown may have met his moment of infamy on a Feb 1 TV show. He said, “California is losing manufacturing jobs at a rate no faster than the rest of the country.” Brown’s claim is not backed up by data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ... Science: Time to Freeze AB 32Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 JAN. 31, 2012 By CHRISS STREET California’s wildly expensive AB 32, Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, is supposed to prevent man-made global warming. AB 32 took effect Jan. 1 -- just in time for it to suffer another devastating scientific blow. Temperature data from 30,000 worldwide mea... New Social Divide Slams CA, BudgetFriday, January 20th, 2012 JAN. 20, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The recent capsizing of the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy is symbolic of both Italy’s and California’s inability to continue to fund welfare states. A lack of "social capital," not income or taxes, is tearing at the soci... Socialized Health Care Back From GraveThursday, January 19th, 2012 JAN. 19, 2012 By DAVE ROBERTS Like a bad horror movie in which the monster dies only to come back from the grave, socialized medicine has once again reared its ugly head in California. Not content to wait for Obamacare to kick in, state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, has introduced SB 810. I... Brown Wants New Anti-Business AgencyWednesday, January 11th, 2012 JAN. 11, 2011 By LAER PEARCE California lost about five and a half companies a week to other states in 2011, as the mass migration to avoid California’s hostile business environment grew. You would think a governor who is hungry for tax revenue -- and California has one of the highest corp... Brown Pushes Cap & Trade Pension GrabWednesday, January 11th, 2012JAN. 11, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Call it pension “entrap and raid” -- instead of environmental “cap and trade.” Gov. Jerry Brown is floating an idea to divert $1 billion from the auction of pollution credits under California’s Cap and Trade Program to plug a $9 billion gap in the... Judge Cancels California Trade WarFriday, January 6th, 2012 JAN. 6, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Trade war! The newspaper headlines last week read, “California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Blocked in Court.” It was a component of California’s AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which was scheduled to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2012. But d... Dems Spike Prevailing Wage ReformThursday, January 5th, 2012JAN. 5, 2012 By KATY GRIMES As work in the California Assembly began for 2012, on Wednesday the festive mood quickly was quashed. In the first committee hearing of the New Year, the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee killed two bills by Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, AB 98... |