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Sierra Snow a Start to Ending the Drought
Experts, scientists, and everyone in between are rushing to give their take on the recent “bomb cyclone” that dumped the most amount of rain in many parts of Northern California in nearly 150 years. Sacramento broke the single-day rain record, last set in 1880, when 5.44-inches of rain fell between ...
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Sunday Morning Newsmakers Features Saving California
Steven Greenhut, editor of the new PRI book “Saving California,” joined Larry Marino on KRLA’s Sunday Morning Newsmakers to talk about the California recall, wildfires, and the many public policy woes facing the state. Greenhut gives a detailed breakdown of the controversy around the Newsom administration’s misstated wildfire prevention efforts ...
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Growing a Tree Infrastructure Makes Sense
In Pres. Biden’s $3.5 trillion pork reconciliation package, there’s a line item that even we limited government-types can get behind — planting trees. The question is, should the Federal government really be taking the lead? The New York Post article recently uncovered that Biden’s mega-spending bill provides for $3 billion ...
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Goats: The Greatest-Of-All-Time Firefighters?
The New York Times calls them an “unconventional weapon against future wildfires.” Some are known as “Fire Grazers.” To most of us, though, they’re just goats. But they provide a valuable service: eating the “type of vegetation (that) is known as the fire fuel ladder and (which) leads to wider ...
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Been There, Done That on Broken Promises on Wildfire Prevention
Been There, Done That on Broken Promises on Wildfire Prevention While touring wildfire damage in Northern California, President Biden touted billions in proposed federal dollars for wildfire resilience and forest management. But California dollars that should be spent on fire prevention, forest management, and equipment upgrades to reduce fire risk ...
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The Ashen State
If it’s Tuesday, or Wednesday, or any other day of the week, and there’s a fire gone wild, threatening someone’s home or business, then this must be California. Other states have wildfires, of course, but no one in the Midwest or New England wonders what in the world is going ...
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Fuel Breaks Help Stop Wildfires – or Do They?
Fuel breaks are the latest battle ground between the state, environmental advocates who argue for “hardening homes for wildfire,” and state wildfire officials as California experiences another dangerous season of wildfires. If you are not familiar with the term, a fuel break is a strip of land on which the ...
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Steven Greenhut Details New “Saving California” Book on KPAY Chico
Steven Greenhut, Pacific Research Institute author of the new book Saving California, talks with Scott Michaels on KPAY Chico about the Golden State’s public policy challenges and solutions to fix the state. Greenhut and Michaels discuss wildfires, unions and pensions, water and the drought, and education. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Steven-Greenhut-Saving-California-8-10-21.mp3
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The Infrastructure Bill – What’s in it for California
Of the Senate’s $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill, California expects to receive at least $39.4 billion over the next five years to help rebuild its roads and bridges, and to improve public transportation. The problem is, writes Reason’s Adrian Moore in PRI’s new book Saving California, “Infrastructure takes long-term thinking, planning, ...
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California Lost, California Regained
Gov. Gavin Newsom, running for his political life, is right, not everything is grim in California. At the same time, a lot of damage has been done over the last 25 years. Don’t believe it? Take a look at any list that ranks the states for any reason and California ...
Sierra Snow a Start to Ending the Drought
Experts, scientists, and everyone in between are rushing to give their take on the recent “bomb cyclone” that dumped the most amount of rain in many parts of Northern California in nearly 150 years. Sacramento broke the single-day rain record, last set in 1880, when 5.44-inches of rain fell between ...
Sunday Morning Newsmakers Features Saving California
Steven Greenhut, editor of the new PRI book “Saving California,” joined Larry Marino on KRLA’s Sunday Morning Newsmakers to talk about the California recall, wildfires, and the many public policy woes facing the state. Greenhut gives a detailed breakdown of the controversy around the Newsom administration’s misstated wildfire prevention efforts ...
Growing a Tree Infrastructure Makes Sense
In Pres. Biden’s $3.5 trillion pork reconciliation package, there’s a line item that even we limited government-types can get behind — planting trees. The question is, should the Federal government really be taking the lead? The New York Post article recently uncovered that Biden’s mega-spending bill provides for $3 billion ...
Goats: The Greatest-Of-All-Time Firefighters?
The New York Times calls them an “unconventional weapon against future wildfires.” Some are known as “Fire Grazers.” To most of us, though, they’re just goats. But they provide a valuable service: eating the “type of vegetation (that) is known as the fire fuel ladder and (which) leads to wider ...
Been There, Done That on Broken Promises on Wildfire Prevention
Been There, Done That on Broken Promises on Wildfire Prevention While touring wildfire damage in Northern California, President Biden touted billions in proposed federal dollars for wildfire resilience and forest management. But California dollars that should be spent on fire prevention, forest management, and equipment upgrades to reduce fire risk ...
The Ashen State
If it’s Tuesday, or Wednesday, or any other day of the week, and there’s a fire gone wild, threatening someone’s home or business, then this must be California. Other states have wildfires, of course, but no one in the Midwest or New England wonders what in the world is going ...
Fuel Breaks Help Stop Wildfires – or Do They?
Fuel breaks are the latest battle ground between the state, environmental advocates who argue for “hardening homes for wildfire,” and state wildfire officials as California experiences another dangerous season of wildfires. If you are not familiar with the term, a fuel break is a strip of land on which the ...
Steven Greenhut Details New “Saving California” Book on KPAY Chico
Steven Greenhut, Pacific Research Institute author of the new book Saving California, talks with Scott Michaels on KPAY Chico about the Golden State’s public policy challenges and solutions to fix the state. Greenhut and Michaels discuss wildfires, unions and pensions, water and the drought, and education. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Steven-Greenhut-Saving-California-8-10-21.mp3
The Infrastructure Bill – What’s in it for California
Of the Senate’s $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill, California expects to receive at least $39.4 billion over the next five years to help rebuild its roads and bridges, and to improve public transportation. The problem is, writes Reason’s Adrian Moore in PRI’s new book Saving California, “Infrastructure takes long-term thinking, planning, ...
California Lost, California Regained
Gov. Gavin Newsom, running for his political life, is right, not everything is grim in California. At the same time, a lot of damage has been done over the last 25 years. Don’t believe it? Take a look at any list that ranks the states for any reason and California ...
