[Source: Port Technology] Replacing hydrogen made from hydrocarbons with renewable energy, which would be generated via water electrolysis at BP’s refinery in Rotterdam, could reduce carbon emissions by 350,000 tonnes per year. As part of the agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by each of the parties to study the feasibility of Read More…
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Air board member resigns
[Source: Calmatters] A week after Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins demanded his resignation, a Beverly Hills developer, charter school operator and campaign donor is stepping down as the Senate’s appointee to the South Coast Air Quality Management District board. The backstory: In an investigative report, the L.A. Times raised significant questions about Los Angeles-area Read More…
Not as easy as it looks: Report highlights obstacles for charging electric vehicles
[Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune] Aggravations add up for some drivers and may slow the EV transition. Brianne Van Gorder of Rancho Bernardo loves her new Volkswagen eGolf. But as a first-time owner of an electric vehicle, she’s not so crazy about finding a way to charge it when she is away from home. Sometimes, Read More…
CalChamber releases 2019 job killer list
[Source: CalChamber] The California Chamber of Commerce today released its annual Job Killer list, which includes 24 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and job creation should they become law. “These bills represent some of the worst policy proposals affecting California employers and our economy currently being considered by Legislature,” said CalChamber President Allan Read More…
With business groups allied against it, L.A. parcel tax faces big hurdle
[Source: EDSOURCE] Three Los Angeles area business associations have signed the official ballot argument opposing L.A. Unified’ s sizable 12-year parcel tax on the June 4 ballot — compounding the district’s challenge of getting a two-thirds majority required to pass it. The opponents include the influential Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Parcel tax backers Read More…
Growing corn is a major contributor to air pollution, study finds
[Source: Jonathan Lambert, NPR Science] You’ve probably heard statistics about how our diet affects the health of the planet. Like how a beef hamburger takes considerably more water and land to produce than a veggie burger or that around a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions stem from food production. In fact, there are websites that can calculate the Read More…
How a couple worked charter school regulations to make millions
[Source: Los Angeles Times] The warning signs appeared soon after Denise Kawamoto accepted a job at Today’s Fresh Start Charter School in South Los Angeles. Though she was fresh out of college, she was pretty sure it wasn’t normal for the school to churn so quickly through teachers or to mount surveillance cameras in each Read More…
Scientists just pulled CO2 from air and turned it into coal
[Source: Forbes] Scientists have discovered a breakthrough technology, a way to pull CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it back into coal. This new discovery has the potential to change the way we think about CO2. The research, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, provides a step-by-step guide in turning CO2 into coal, acting to remove the greenhouse gas Read More…
Supreme Court moves to limit state and local governments’ power to impose fines and seize property
[Source: The Washington Post] The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, limiting their abilities to impose fines and seize property. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on just her second day back on the bench after undergoing cancer surgery in December, announced the decision for Read More…