Tom Steyer targets senate, gov races in 7 states
San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer will focus his anti-climate-change political activism this year on races in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, he announced...
View ArticleSteyer urges Brown to convene energy summit
San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer has written a letter urging Gov. Jerry Brown to convene a “California Energy Summit” with the oil industry, clean energy companies, environmentalists and citizens...
View ArticleEPA proposal on coal power plants creates hot air
Opinions and rhetoric were breaking largely among the usual party lines Monday after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal...
View ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger returns to Sacramento
He always said he’ll be back, and soon he will. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back in Sacramento next Monday, Sept. 8 to attend a symposium on global climate negotiations, co-hosted by the...
View ArticleReactions to Obama’s line in the (tar) sand
The White House says President Barack Obama would veto legislation approving construction of the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline, the AP reports. From House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio: “On a...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. Rick Scott aims to poach CA jobs
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is taking a page from Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s playbook – coming to California to try to poach some of the Golden State’s businesses, and take some potshots at Gov. Jerry Brown...
View ArticleTed Cruz declares; Jerry Brown is unimpressed
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the first major Republican candidate to declare his candidacy for president in 2016 – and California Gov. Jerry Brown says he’s “absolutely unfit to be running for office.” Cruz,...
View ArticleJerry Brown enters the presidential debate fray
California Gov. Jerry Brown threw himself into the presidential debate fray Wednesday morning by pressing the Republican candidates to describe their plans to deal with the threat of climate change....
View ArticleSenate candidate: ‘We’re all going to die.’
A San Francisco attorney’s guerrilla campaign to succeed Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate rests upon a laser-like focus on combating climate change and a hefty dose of sarcastic humor. “ISIS....
View ArticleJerry Brown blasts states fighting carbon-limit plan
California Gov. Jerry Brown vowed Friday to fight the 25 states and various business groups that are suing to block the Obama administration’s plan to curb carbon emissions from power plants. “While...
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