Major newspapers are covering a recommendation by the California Public Utilities Commission to fine PG&E over $2.25 billion for for negligence that led to a catastrophic gas explosion in San Bruno in 2010.
Last week, Deputy National Resources Secretary Jerry Meral was quoted as saying the Bay Delta Conservation Plan has “never been about saving the Delta,” and that the Delta “cannot be saved.”
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a report that summarizes cost-effectives solutions to improve the current Sacramento Delta plan.
Five congressional Democrats have called for the resignation of Jerry Meral, the deputy director of California’s National Resources Agency, for comments he allegedly made about the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The nations of the world face the intersection of two global dilemmas: enhancing economic welfare through trade liberalization and mitigating climate change.
In 2012, California employed 43,700 people in the solar industry, which is 37 percent of the national total. In 2012, the United States had 119,000 solar-related jobs, an increase of 13.2 percent in one year.
During the planned outage at Diablo Canyon, the local economy was boosted by $5 million. A thousand outside contractors spent two months in the area.
