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EWG: Bailout to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running ‘dangerous and dumb’
California lawmakers have voted to approve Senate Bill 846, thereby paving the way to keep the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operating. This action can only hurt the state’s shift to safe...
Bill to track and report toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in California heads to Gov. Newsom
The California legislature today advanced Assembly Bill 2247, a measure to collect and report on the products and substances sold in the state or brought into California that contain the toxic...
California lawmakers approve bills to improve prevention of lead poisoning
Two bills that take important steps toward the prevention of lead poisoning have cleared California's legislature and now move to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is expected to sign them into law.
Last-minute change to Diablo Canyon bailout bill would impose new tax on state’s rooftop solar customers
Legislation to keep California’s last nuclear power plant operating was quietly amended over the weekend to impose a monthly tax on residential solar customers for electricity they generate and use to...
California ban on gas cars will require far more rooftop solar for EV charging
The Golden State on Thursday is expected to announce it will ban all new gasoline-powered automobiles by 2035, according to press reports.
California utilities exploit Biden climate law in push to eliminate state’s rooftop solar program
The big investor-owned utilities in California are enlisting the new federal climate law to pressure regulators to adopt their plan to quash the state’s popular rooftop solar program.
California legislature sends to Gov. Newsom bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
Today, the California Legislature passed a bill to ban intentionally added toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California.
California proclaims October Children’s Environmental Health Month
On Thursday, the California state legislature formally proclaimed October 2022 Children’s Environmental Health Month. The proclamation is intended to raise awareness about the importance of protecting...
Scorching heat and historic drought threaten California’s electric grid, showing need for more rooftop solar
Temperatures are soaring in much of central California – above 100 degrees in places – and the resulting higher demand on the electricity grid could cause blackouts.
Michigan officials investigate ‘Erin Brockovich’ chemical contamination of Huron River
A Michigan company known for releasing toxic chemicals into air and water is under criminal investigation after spilling “several thousand gallons” of liquid contaminated with the cancer-causing...
EWG: 90 percent of 2,500 Western Lake Erie Basin animal feeding operations are flying under the radar
A new Environmental Working Group analysis for the first time identifies and maps more than 2,500 animal feeding operations in, and at the edge of, the Western Lake Erie Basin – revealing 90 percent...
EWG: Plan to crush California rooftop solar ignores ‘sound alternatives, violates state and federal law’
Environmental Working Group in new comments is blasting a plan by California’s investor-owned utilities and regulators to impose a steep tax on residential solar, saying the plan ignores clean energy...
Sweeping reforms at PG&E vital to lower electricity bills, mitigate wildfire threats and embrace renewables, EWG probe finds
Pacific Gas & Electric, the monopoly California utility with a long and sordid history of wasteful spending, fleecing ratepayers, hindering clean energy equity and rampant negligence that has...
California leads rooftop solar’s record first quarter, but power companies move to halt clean energy gains
California’s enthusiasm for renewables led residential rooftop solar installations to a record high in the first quarter of 2022, finds an industry report, but a power company scheme in the state...
California Assembly approves bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
Today, a bill to ban intentionally added toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California passed the state Assembly.
California makes misguided plea for feds to keep state’s last nuclear power plant alive
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is making a misguided plea for the U.S. Department of Energy to change the requirements of a federal fund so the aging, dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear...
California Assembly and Senate approve bills to improve prevention of lead poisoning
The California Assembly and Senate today approved two bills that would take important steps toward the prevention of lead poisoning.
In settlement with installers, Duke Energy concedes ground in plot to hobble state’s rooftop solar program
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Energy and three rooftop solar installers have reached a settlement in a fight over the monopoly utility’s proposal to hobble North Carolina’s net metering program, with opponents...
Gov. Newsom says rooftop solar ‘essential’ for California’s future
During a Friday press conference announcing a revised budget proposal that includes billions in new investments for California’s electricity grid, Gov. Gavin Newsom called rooftop solar “essential” to...
DOE throws PG&E lifeline to keep aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operating
The U.S. Department of Energy is extending the deadline for Pacific Gas & Electric, or PG&E, to submit required documents for getting part of a $6 billion federal fund, in order to keep the aging...