Solar Farm Approval Feels Like Bureaucratic Performance Art
Squeezed into a packed meeting room in Sacramento yesterday to watch the California Energy Commission approve a controversial solar farm hundreds of miles south. The whole thing felt like bureaucratic performance art — and maybe that's OK? My report: https://t.co/XuEhBL3M3s
California Energy Commission Debates Solar Project Threatening Bighorn Sheep
This morning I'm at a meeting of the California Energy Commission in Sacramento. They'll vote on Soda Mountain, a controversial solar project on the border of Mojave National Preserve that critics say would harm bighorn sheep. I wrote about it...
Supreme Court Rulings Spark Climate Law Discussion Friday
Want to understand the climate implications of the big Supreme Court revelations last weekend? Come join me on Friday for a conversation with some of America's best climate lawyers. Zoom info here, for CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES subscribers: https://t.co/rCya1JZwIP
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Fun fact: The Rangers' majority owner co-founded Energy Transfer, which operates the Dakota Access Pipeline. Rangers players wear Energy Transfer logos on their jerseys as part of a sponsorship deal. Energy Transfer is currently on the verge of bankrupting Greenpeace in...
Solar Desert Project Highlights Complex Anthropocene Trade‑offs
Surprised myself with this story. Went into the desert expecting to write about a terrible solar project that would harm bighorn sheep...and ended up writing why California should maybe approve it anyway. In the Anthropocene, there are no easy choices: https://t.co/nHm7TLYZB1...
Controversial Soda Mountain Solar Threatens Bighorn Sheep
No solar project in California more controversial than Soda Mountain. It would harm bighorn sheep. The developer is an oil company. Just 1,500 feet from Mojave National Preserve. Should CA approve it anyway? My latest for CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: https://t.co/nHm7TLYZB1
Speculative $1B Fracking Deal Sparks Impeachment Talk
Tried to game out what it would look like if President Kamala Harris pressured an oil company into accepting a $1-billion payoff to cancel a fracking project in Texas and build a wind farm in CA. Screaming headlines for months. Talk...
Trump Refuses to Prosecute Phillips 66 Wastewater Indictment
NEWS: Oil giant Phillips 66 (whose ads plaster Dodger Stadium) dumped polluted wastewater into LA’s sewer system. The company was indicted for Clean Water Act violations. But now Trump won’t prosecute. Details in my newsletter, CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: https://t.co/Pu5IG3v1Tm
California's Rooftop Solar Incentives Slashed, Balcony Panels Rise
Wrote about the latest gut punch to rooftop solar incentives in California — and what comes next, including the dawn of balcony solar: https://t.co/KcQ7aj2LIc