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Revolt stirs against ‘regulation without representation’

Nov. 1, 2012 By Warren Duffy America’s forefathers rebelled in 1776 against “taxation without representation.” Who now is willing to step up and stop “regulation without representation”? On November 14, 2012, eight days after the election, the California Air Resources Board

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California’s fate rests on more than this election

October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could

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Prop. 30: If it fails, then it holds teacher pay hostage, not kids

Oct. 30, 2012 By Chris Reed Proposition 30’s fading poll prospects have led to redoubled efforts by Gov. Jerry Brown and his media allies to warn us how we will betray our schoolchildren if we don’t raise sales taxes and

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Cap and Trade manipulation leads to WCI Inc.

Oct. 23, 2012 By Warren Duffy Cap and Trade is coming — good and hard. So far, numerous pleas to Gov. Jerry Brown, California Air Resources Director Mary Nichols and the California Legislature to delay the start of the first

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Global warming is baaaack

Oct. 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes First there was “global warming.” Then it became “climate change” when warm temperatures cooled. But in California, the California Environmental Protection Agency is promoting global warming again. “State releases plan to deal with extreme

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Clean air farce is now just a tax

Oct. 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes After several years of complying with the goals of AB 32, California’s business community is really worried. With the California Air Resources Board on the verge of launching a cap-and-trade program, California’s economy sits

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Is Cap and Trade a much larger Enron scam?

Sept. 13, 2012 By Warren Duffy It happened again. First, earlier this year the California Independent System Operator reported to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission suspicion that J.P. Morgan Chase was guilty of a plot to keep electric power off

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Legislature passes ‘illegal’ green slush fund

Sept. 11, 2012 By Dave Roberts When California enacted AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the bill was touted as a way to make California environmentally friendly. But it’s also turning into a billion dollar slush fund for Democratic

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Brown’s and CARB’s Tahoe-ist Environmentalism Killing Jobs

Aug. 14, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Gov. Jerry Brown once dabbled in the concept of “Tao” in Zen Buddhist religion. William Voegeii says that what explains Jerry Brown’s “Tao” is his rejection of his father’s values.  But it isn’t Brown’s,

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Paint it Blackout: Will India-type power crashes hit Calif.?

Aug. 1, 2012 By John Seiler India is being hit with a series of blackouts that have crippled the country. It sounds a lot like California dipped in curry. From The Economist: * India has “blackouts (during peak hours the

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