How’s That ‘Accelerated’ Fire Rebuild Going?
The toll from the wildfires is staggering: More than 18,000 structures were burned, 53 square miles were incinerated, 30, maybe more, people were killed, a couple of hundred thousand were evacuated. For the latter, there are pieces to pick up. Some estimates say more than 11,000 homes were destroyed. Politicians, from Sacramento to the neighborhood level, vowed they would oversee a rapid recovery. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass promised in early March that a “One-Stop ...
California Shouldn’t Set America’s Environmental Policy
For decades, California has made environmental policy as if it were a sovereign nation, not an equal member of the Union. The federal government granted it this privilege on the premise that the Golden State faced uniquely urgent challenges requiring special treatment. Over time, that sense of exceptionalism has only grown. The state’s auto emissions standards have been adopted nationwide, and the governor now holds the power to dictate, with a single signature, which cars ...
Taking The Wind Out Of California’s Net-Zero Sails
“We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed,” Trump said before the June 12 signing ceremony. “You go and look at these beautiful plains and valleys, and they’re loaded up with this garbage that gets worse and worse looking with time,” the president added. One of Trump’s first executive actions after taking office for the second time was to issue a ...
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