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California could generate massive wave and tidal power
The Department of Energy (DOE) says California has the potential to generate enough power for 14 million homes if its wave and tidal power were fully developed. Even if it was only half of that, it wo ...
23 Jan, 2012
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Obama for America?
Barack Obama took the presidential oath of office January 20, 2009. The challenges he inherited on that historic occasion were as great as any president has faced – including Abraham Lincoln and Frank ...
03 Jan, 2012
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Arizona is #1 in meth use by high school students
The Arizona Meth Project is trying hard, and succeeding at, reducing first-time meth usage by young people "through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach." It does so p ...
18 Oct, 2011
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3 min read
California meth use still a problem
California is so geographically huge with such a large population, that problems which are sometimes more evident elsewhere are also problems here too, even if they may not get as much attention. One ...
14 Oct, 2011
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3 min read
California moves America closer to national popular vote
In a little-noticed move in late August, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that would award all of California's electoral votes in presidential elections to whichever candidate wins the n ...
13 Sep, 2011
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Jerry \The Crusher\ Brown: I will annihilate renewable energy opposition
You just can't make this stuff up, folks. Our tree-hugging, let's-work-things-out governor has morphed into the Terminator when it comes to those who would dare to oppose renewable energy projects.&nb ...
04 Aug, 2011
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California legislature endorses National Popular Vote
Governor Jerry Brown is expected to provide a huge boost to the progressive anti-Electoral College movement with his signature on AB 459, the National Popular Vote law. The highly controversial bill, ...
20 Jul, 2011
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3 min read
California places 48th in national freedom index
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published an update and a revision of a 2007 study entitled “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom”. The report analyze ...
15 Jun, 2011
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Birthers lose the battle, but will they admit it?
It's doubtful that "birthers" are wallowing in embarassment today over the president's release of his long-form birth certificate. They never really cared about the piece of paper. It was ...
28 Apr, 2011
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3 min read
Small-scale solar power presents challenges for California power grid
California's antiquated electrical grid was never designed to handle large amounts of decentralized power. But that's precisely what it's getting now from tens of thousands of small-scale solar instal ...
31 Mar, 2011
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2 min read