Biomass plant near Bakersfield would bury or seal carbon in concrete
John Cox, The Bakersfield Californian (MCT) Kern's carbon management rush has a new entrant with a Southern California company's proposal to gasify ...
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Biden’s climate bill might be dead. But he just approved two huge solar farms
Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times (MCT) The Interior Department gave the green light Tuesday to two huge solar farms in ...
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S.F. startup uses AI to detect wildfires before they become catastrophic
Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle (MCT) As another brutal wildfire season winds down across the Western United States, a San ...
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Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada could disappear in just 25 years
Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle (MCT) As the climate continues to warm, more and more of the snow falling on ...
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PG&E testing wildfire cameras with AI
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. (MCT) Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced that it is testing cameras integrated with artificial intelligence ...
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Governor Signs Bill to Develop Offshore Wind Industry
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to help develop offshore wind (OSW), AB 525, into law—along with several other bills ...
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Legislature Approves New Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development
California is notorious for being in flames in what seems like an endless wildfire season. Factors including climate change and ...
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Will California’s power grid withstand heatwaves this summer?
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) projects electricity supply for summer 2021 to be better than last year. Although a ...
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Grants awarded to protect vulnerable communities from PSPS
The State of California is distributing $50 million in Community Power Resiliency grants aimed to protect local and vulnerable communities ...
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After California’s Costly Firestorms, A Wildfire Innovation Office Emerges
As California grapples with an upsurge of deadly fires, a new bill proposes an Office of Wildfire Technology Research and ...
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National Lab Report Calls for State Working Group on Carbon Capture Storage Projects
California Executive Order B-55-18 set the goal of reaching carbon neutrality no later than 2045, with the hope of achieving ...
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Proposal aims to develop offshore wind power industry in California
A new legislative proposal seeks to create an offshore wind-power industry in California aimed at helping the state achieve its ...
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Governor announces key energy agency appointments
Gov. Newsom made several appointments to key energy agencies this week. Darcie Houck to the CPUC, Sivia Gunda to the ...
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Will governor’s $1.5 billion zero-emission vehicle plan lose steam?
As part of his $227 billion 2021-22 budget, Gov. Newsom proposed nearly $1.5 billion to support his executive order to ...
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California approves $115 million for hydrogen fueling stations
The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a plan on December 9 that will invest up to $115 million to increase ...
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New site tracks grid outages
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) launched a 2021 Summer Readiness webpage to help the public understand the August 2020 ...
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Appliance energy standards targeted in latest lawsuit against feds
A lawsuit was filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with a coalition of 15 attorney generals and New ...
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CAISO changes leadership structure
Beginning Monday, November 9, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) will reorganize its executive-level leadership structure with the hope of ...
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PG&E Warns 500,000 Customers of PSPS
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) warned late on Friday (10/23), that nearly half a million of its customers to lose ...
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Changes in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Staff
While the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee's makeup is bound to change after the election, Assemblyman Chris Holden recently announced ...
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