Posts Tagged ‘environment’Bill to ban plastic bags in California clears Senate committeeFriday, April 19th, 2013 April 19, 2013 By Josephine Djuhana The war on plastic bags has returned with a vengeance, as legislators introduce new regulations that dictate what kinds of bags California shoppers are allowed to use when out shopping for groceries. SB 405, authored by state Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Ange... Enviros Seek Gray Wolf ProtectionTuesday, February 28th, 2012 Joseph Perkins: A single gray wolf was sighted on this side of the California-Oregon border this past December. On Monday, four environmental groups petitioned the state’s Fish and Game Commission to protect that lone wolf -- and any others that happen across the state’s northern border -- un... Auction Off State ParksMonday, February 27th, 2012 John Seiler: The always incompetent California state government now can't keep the state parks open. And it can't keep the closed parks free from looting and vandalism: "Reporting from Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, Calif. -- California parks officials closed a gem of the state park... Arnold Speech Misleads on RenewablesThursday, December 8th, 2011 DEC. 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Although he never seems to leave, once again Arnold is back. And he’s still primping to be appointed the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. On Dec. 5, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared in Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech to his hard core fan club at... Rural Rebellion BrewingMonday, October 31st, 2011 OCT. 31, 2011 The nearly five-hour drive from the Sacramento area to Yreka, in Siskiyou County by the Oregon border, was a reminder not just of the immense size and beauty of California, but of the vast regional and cultural differences one finds within our 37 million-population state. Sacrame... Refuse Orwellian ‘Smart Meters’Tuesday, October 25th, 2011Oct. 25, 2011 John Seiler: "Smart meters" for your electricity are supposed to be for conserving energy. Nope. They're for spying on you. Check out this video which explains how the government and Big Business can use the "smart meters" -- they should call them "Orwell Meters" -- to check e... Undiluted Perchlorate Regs a ScamThursday, October 6th, 2011 OCT. 6, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Everyone wants clean drinking water. But environmental zealots often forget the old saying, "The solution to pollution is dilution." A good example is regulations that govern the amount of perchlorate in drinking water. Perchlorate is a type of salt that occur... AB 32 Five Years LaterMonday, October 3rd, 2011 John Seiler: It's been five years now since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Time for an assessment. Two things to note up front. First, the operative euphemism has changed from "global warming" to "climate change." So anything environ... Brown’s Phony Reg ‘Reduction’Wednesday, September 28th, 2011John Seiler: Jerry Brown snookered a Mercury News reporter -- and a lot of other people -- when the governor signed into law two bills that supposedly loosen environmental regulations. "We're going to protect the environment, but we're also going to do it in a practical way. There are too damn ma... Calif. Gov. Guts Energy CommissionWednesday, August 24th, 2011AUG. 24, 3011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI During his 2003 campaign, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won on promises to “blow up the boxes” of bureaucracies of California state government. He failed. Now, stunningly, eight years later, a new governor of California quietly announced that his state’s E... |