Infrastructure

$Study questions whether fracking causes earthquakes$

Study questions whether fracking causes earthquakes

essay writing online A new 2013 study conducted by the University of Durham in the United Kingdom dispels the widespread contention that fracking is a major threat to triggering large earthquakes in California and the U.S. Fracking is the

Rail authority offers no ‘remedies’ for bullet-train plan’s legal flaws

Chris Reed October 12, 2013

On Nov. 8, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny will hold a hearing at which “remedies” to the shortcomings in the state’s bullet-train plan are supposed to be discussed. Those shortcomings were detailed in an Aug. 16 Kenny decision that

Santa Barbara picks drilling over greening

Wayne Lusvardi October 9, 2013

Santa Barbara is ground zero for the environmental movement in California after the infamous Union Oil Company oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969. Almost 45 years later, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approved 136 new oil wells on

Coming days could be pivotal in bullet-train fight

Chris Reed October 8, 2013

Friday — or sooner — will see a crucial development in the five-year fight over implementation of Proposition 1A, the 2008 ballot measure that provided $9.95 billion in bond seed money for a statewide bullet-train project while establishing a state

$5 gas in CA? Lack of cap-and-trade price ceiling could bring it

Wayne Lusvardi October 8, 2013

At its October 24-25 board meeting, the California Air Resources Board will reconsider its “Market Based Compliance Mechanisms,” meaning its cap-and-trade program. The program “caps” greenhouse emissions, and has “traded” them in quarterly auctions over the past year. But many

CA's green energy swan turning into ugly duckling

Wayne Lusvardi October 7, 2013

best computer repair software Nicholas Taleb’s book, “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” popularized the one-in-a-million genetic improbability of a black-colored swan as a symbol for understanding rare events. Such events included the Mortgage Meltdown of

Is federal intervention the only way to build a Delta tunnel?

Wayne Lusvardi October 4, 2013

Like the 1930’s state water plan, California is stymied in its plan to re-engineer the Sacramento Delta for a massive water project. The plan includes building a water superhighway interchange that would allow fresh water to run into the

Fracking in CA

John Seiler October 2, 2013

Our colleague Chris Reed has written an article on fracking: Fixing California: Will fracking bonanza be allowed? And here’s a story by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat: Fixing California: California can protect the environment while sharing in a financial

$CA Democrats pass pro-fracking bill$

CA Democrats pass pro-fracking bill

Wayne Lusvardi October 2, 2013

Editor’s note: Some corrections have been brought to our attention, and are appended at the end of the body of this article. Will the national energy boom come to California? Natural gas unlocked from shale formations — “fracking” — has

Will 'shutdown' delay installation of $98,670 outhouse?

John Seiler October 2, 2013

Critics of the government “shutdown” insist our very lives will be at risk because some projects won't be funded. What I'd like to know is this: Will the following project be cancelled or delayed? article writing service CNSNews.com) – The