Energy

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Why California’s agricultural industry is at odds over converting land to solar farms

A conflict in the Imperial Valley offers a window into an increasingly sharp debate within California's $60 billion agricultural sector over what should happen as acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 7월 16, 2025

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PG&E collects a fee to support California’s last nuclear plant. Is it a slush fund?

California regulators are expected to take a last, controversial step to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operating.

에 의해 Malena Carollo • 6월 9, 2025

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Grants for LA clean trucks frozen in Trump effort to defund green energy

The $250 million, which would fund about 500 electric trucks serving the ports of LA and Long Beach, remains frozen as a legal dispute plays out between the EPA, a bank and a green energy group.

에 의해 알레한드로 라조 • 5월 1, 2025

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Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies

More than a century after California voters created the Public Utilities Commission to keep powerful companies in check, the commission has lost its way, and Californians are fed up.

에 의해 Loretta Lynch • 4월 23, 2025

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Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West

Senate Bill 540 will help California reach its challenging but achievable goals of clean, reliable and affordable electricity by moving toward an expanded energy market across the West.

By Michael Wara • 4월 22, 2025

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California’s carbon crusade faces resistance due to its real world impact

In concept, the public supports battery-powered cars, windmills, and solar farms to shrink California's carbon footprint. But some also see a downside to these climate change solutions.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 1월 31, 2025

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Massive Salton Sea lithium project gets judge’s go-ahead, ending advocates’ lawsuit

Social and environmental groups sued last year saying the $1.8 billion Hell's Kitchen project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in its environmental impact report. A judge disagreed.

에 의해 데보라 브레넌 • 1월 29, 2025

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Trump’s order won’t halt California’s offshore wind leases. But will it derail the industry?

The president’s order has no immediate effect on offshore wind leases already authorized, including two large areas off California’s coast. But it sends a current of uncertainty through the fledgling renewable energy industry, which relies on federal and state support.

에 의해 줄리 카트 • 1월 24, 2025

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If California actually wants to lead on AI, it can’t let 3 companies hog the infrastructure

In California's high-profile bill to regulate artificial intelligence last year, many people overlooked a policy dubbed "CalCompute," which would have made the essential infrastructure for developing AI more publicly accessible. Lawmakers can't let this idea fade with a governor's veto.

By Natalie Foster • 1월 6, 2025

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California lawmakers want to cut red tape to ramp up clean energy but rural communities push back

Some rural California communities are resisting efforts to streamline permitting for wind and solar farms and battery storage for environmental or safety reasons.

에 의해 데보라 브레넌 • 12월 13, 2024