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Back to homepageCARB lawsuit could end cap and trade
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes Ding dong! Could CARB be dead? The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday against the California Air Resources Board challenging California’s cap and trade regulation. The cap and trade program was created by
Read MoreWater plan threatens taxpayers, environment
April 14, 2013 By Steven Greenhut In Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” a priest recalls the words of a man who confessed: “The more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular.” We can all think of
Read MoreNow media notice: Obamacare worsens CA physician shortage
April 14, 2013 By Chris Reed Among the many severe problems with Obamacare that a cheerleading media chose to ignore in the run-up to its March 2010 enactment, perhaps the most obvious was the fact that it would be impossible
Read MoreJerry Brown, faux foe of regulation
April 13, 2013 By Chris Reed Jerry Brown has talked such a good game on regulations that he often gets credit for being a stalwart on the issue — even when all he ever does is offer lip service. That’s
Read MoreCEQA chases awesome Google project to Missouri, Texas
April 13, 2013 By Chris Reed A really cool project conceived of and developed by Google in Silicon Valley isn’t going to do Californians any good in the short term. It is Google Fiber — the search giant’s experimental Internet
Read MoreCA fire chiefs warn state fire tax will hurt, not help
April 12, 2013 By Dave Roberts The $89 million annual fire prevention fee imposed on rural Californians for the first time last year could, ironically, increase the chance that their houses will burn down in the event of a fire.
Read MoreWall Street doubts CA shale hype — but not Occidental
April 11, 2013 By Chris Reed Bloomberg News, which is doing an increasingly good job covering California of late, had an important article Wednesday about likely problems in developing the Golden State’s massive shale reserves. Those reserves could transform the
Read MoreRichard Cohen ignorant about guns and schools
April 11, 2013 By John Seiler One of the more insufferable things about living in Washington, D.C., a hideous place I barely survived between 1982 and 1987, was being subjected to Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen. His knee jerked faster
Read MoreMaviglio tweets against Duffy global-warming article
April 10, 2013 By John Seiler Steve Maviglio, the California Democratic activist, tweeted about Warren Duffy’s article on our site, “Facts cloud CA global warming alarmism.” Maviglio: “Glad to see @CalWatchdog still in denial about #climate change. Where can I
Read MoreCA: Where environmental laws protect bird poop
April 9, 2013 By Chris Reed La Jolla is on the short list of the swankiest, most upscale places in the United States. But now a few blocks of the tony San Diego community are on the short list of
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