
Contents: New York’s Obamacare Co-op collapses, the fourth so far this year; Copper’s crashing prices cause devastating economic ripples around the world; China’s ‘climate change’ promise may already be in trouble
by John J. Xenakis30 Sep 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

California regulators approved a climate change rule on Friday that will push California gasoline prices up to at least an 80 cent premium over the U.S. national average.
by Chriss W. Street27 Sep 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

South Carolina Senator and Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham stated that when he debates Hillary Clinton on climate change “we won’t be debating about the science, we’ll be debating about the solutions” at Thursday’s GOP presidential debate. Graham, when asked
by Ian Hanchett6 Aug 2015, 2:52 PM PST0

California Governor Jerry Brown will take his utopian foreign policy to the Vatican to participate this week in an environmental summit hosted by Pope Francis. Despite California’s majority Democrats’ intention to banish celebrations of Catholic missionary Father Junipero Serra’s accomplishments, Brown will carry a state resolution supporting Pope Francis’ recent draft “Encyclical on Climate Change.”
by Chriss W. Street20 Jul 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed onto a pact between 12 regions in seven countries, including four U.S. states, binding each to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically. The goal of the cuts is to keep the rise in global average surface temperatures below 2º Celsius. However, recent revisions by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change suggest global temperatures are projected to rise by less than 1º C over 30 years–and perhaps by less than 0.5º C.
by Michelle Moons20 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

With cap-and-trade cash flow doubling this year and growing rapidly into the future, a newly approved “Scoping Plan” requires “maximizing” investments in “disadvantaged communities” that just happen to vote overwhelmingly for Democrats.
by Chriss W. Street18 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

California’s cap-and-trade tax is creating a luscious honey-pot of cash to sooth state politicians’ spending fantasies. In expectation of the cash available from the “May Revised Budget” to be released this week, lawmakers and their interest-group fellow travelers are outlining ambitious proposals that include funding port improvements, paying for heavy-duty trucks and ferries, nurturing urban rivers, sponging up carbon in soil and increasing subsidies for bus riders.
by Chriss W. Street11 May 2015, 1:05 PM PST0

San Francisco’s billionaire environmental activist and Democrat mega-donor Tom Steyer joined a group of consumer advocates supporting a California Senate investigation to determine if an “oligopoly” is the reason the price of California regular gasoline at $3.19 a gallon is $.78 higher than the national average, the Sacramento Bee reports.
by Chriss W. Street1 Apr 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

The California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) plan to offer cap and trade offset credits to California rice farmers to change the way they farm is like chumming fish. The government’s upfront offer of cash is a scam to encourage rice farmers to invite bureaucrats into their business. CARB will undoubtedly later change the farming rules by mandating the type of severe regulations that will strangle rural community success.
by Chriss W. Street1 Jan 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

Effective January 1st, drivers in California will be in for a shock as gas prices jump. This overnight price increase has nothing to do with the fluctuations of the market, nor will drivers be getting a better grade of gasoline. It’s simply the price of supporting a government that wants to control your every move.
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly1 Jan 2015, 4:55 AM PST0

Beginning January 1, California’s gasoline producers will be subject to new regulations under the state’s cap-and-trade system. As a result, gas prices for the state’s motorists will likely increase due to what opponents of the regulations are calling a “hidden gas tax,” although the ultimate amount of the increase is still anyone’s guess.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 Dec 2014, 3:31 PM PST0