The Committee to Bridge the Gap welcomed the failure of AB 2647, which sought to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction, citing concerns about the cost and safety of nuclear power and the lack of a viable long-term disposal solution for radioactive waste.
A coalition of environmental and public health organizations is campaigning against a California Chamber of Commerce-backed ballot initiative that would weaken environmental safeguards, reduce public participation and shift cleanup costs from developers to taxpayers.
Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, has introduced legislation to tighten changes to the California Environmental Quality Act, responding to concerns that last year’s reforms created overly broad exemptions for industrial development.
Alex Wang discussed China’s growing influence in global clean energy and the tensions surrounding its environmental leadership, contrasting the US and China’s approaches to green development and highlighting the need for collaboration between the two countries.
Though China was once viewed as a climate villain, it now dominates global supply chains for solar…
Opposition to housing construction is often rooted in population alarmism, which treats people as the problem and scarcity as a moral necessity, rather than a policy failure, and ignores the benefits of density and the adaptability of social systems.
California Senator Ben Allen and Assemblymember Rick Zbur are facing criticism for opposing Senate Bill 79, which advocates say is essential to fighting climate change by allowing modest mid-rise apartments within a half mile of major transit stops.