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Riverside Public Utilities thought they had locked in a deal for renewable energy that would put them comfortably ahead of the new California law mandating that all utilities be 33% renewable by 2020. They had a contract with Shoshone Renaissance in Utah to provide geothermal energy at a competitive price, but Shoshone was unable to get adequate financing to build the plant, with the result that the contract was voided. This leaves Riverside scrambling for new sources of renewable energy as the

Today in Iowa, twelve-term Congressman and 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) will be announcing the creation of a presidential exploratory committee for the Republican Party's nomination in 2012. Last year, Rasmussen reported that in a hypothetical 2012 match up of Ron Paul against President Barack Obama, the two were in a statistical tie, making the kindly, Republican Congressman with a libertarian streak a truly viable candidate. The timing is no accident. Paul and any other Republi

In a speech on Tuesday night at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, immigration hawk Joe Arpaio of Arizona said that California's lax immigration policies are to blame for the state's lingering high concentration of illegal immigrants. "Unfortunately, everybody we arrest is headed for California," he said according to a report from Arizona radio station KTAR. "I wonder why they're headed for California. Because nobody enforces the law around here." Taking a jab at California's 12.3% unemployment

The latest estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center found that much of the country's 2010 unauthorized immigrant population remained virtually unchanged from 2009. California, however, remained at the top of the pack, being home to the nation's highest population of illegal immigrant residents and laborers. "California has by far the largest unauthorized-immigrant population (2.55 million). It also is among the states where unauthorized immigrants constitute the largest shares of the overall popu

A  new survey conducted by Public Policy Polling has found that 37% of  Americans and 51% of Independents are open to supporting a third party  candidate for President in 2012.  And there is good reason to believe these  numbers significantly underestimate the level of support for an alternative to the  Democrats and Republicans. According  to the poll, which was released last week and conducted between January  14th and January 16th, 37% of Americans are open to the idea of  supporting a third

Against the backdrop of President Obama's State of the Union speech during harsh economic times for many, the communications director for a California immigrant rights group believes that the President is obligated to readdress the importance of immigration reform tonight. "I believe the President has an opportunity, make that a responsibility, to tell the American people that reforming our nation's broken immigration system is not an issue that concerns only those on the right or the left but

Ram Power, a Nevada geothermal corporation, has successfully drilled a well in the Imperial Valley which they say could produce 8-10 MW of power (1 MW can power 750-1,000 homes). The area currently produces 600 MW of geothermal power and they say the potential geothermal capacity for the area is a staggering 22 GW, about equal to 22 big coal or nuclear plants. While any actual production would certainly be much less than that, it would still be huge. They plan to build three 50 MW power generati

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy have targeted 21 million acres of public land as now available for right-of-way applications with over 677,000 acres designated as Solar Energy Zones (SEZ) and appropriate for solar power installations. SEZ land is chosen based on its high solar energy potential and fewest potential environmental conflicts. There are currently 104 active solar power applications on public land which could generate a whopping 60 GW of power. By designat

Looking back on 2010, we'll all remember what a strange year it was. But while replete with iPads, vuvuzelas, Lady Gaga outfits, earthquakes, treacherous winter storms, Old Spice commercials, Taylor Swift, and YouTube videos of that 2-year-old Indonesian baby chain smoking, the single most significant event of 2010 might very well be the mobilization of the Tea Party protests into an electoral machine. The modern (post-Obama) "Tea Party" started as a series of nationwide protests in 2009, focus

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has worked tirelessly to create a legacy proving that a strong economy and cleaner environment are not mutually exclusive.  Has he done it? The economy hasn't cooperated -- more than 2.3 million Californians are unemployed  -- but the GOP governor, whose party calls him a Republican in name only (RINO), has launched California on an ambitious path toward cleaner air and a greater commitment to sustainable practices both in the public and the private sector. "I think