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Extinction Rebellion Disrupts State Capitol, Big Oil Lobby Monday for Passage of Environmental Laws

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 23, 2019
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Extinction Rebellion Disrupts State Capitol, Big Oil Lobby Monday for Passage of Environmental Laws

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Extinction Rebellion – a recent worldwide, ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Extinction Rebellion – a recent worldwide, grassroots, militant environmental movement that dramatically calls attention to global warming ...

April 23, 2019
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UC Davis Student-Written Legislation to Reduce Water Usage Introduced in the California State Assembly

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|Date: March 01, 2019
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UC Davis Student-Written Legislation to Reduce Water Usage Introduced in the California State Assembly

(From Press Release) — On February 22nd, 2019, students representing the ASUCD Office of the External A ...

(From Press Release) — On February 22nd, 2019, students representing the ASUCD Office of the External Affairs Vice President have submitted an agricultural bill, AB 1086, to the California State Ass ...

March 01, 2019
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Local Impact as PG&E Files for Chapter 11

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2019
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Local Impact as PG&E Files for Chapter 11

As expected, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protections. PG&E in a press release Tues ...

As expected, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protections. PG&E in a press release Tuesday announced that it remains committed to continue to deliver “safe and reliable electric and ...

January 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fire Danger Adds Urgency to Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fire Danger Adds Urgency to Climate Change

We have learned, once again this month, that the risk of fire presents a multi-fold danger to areas of Ca ...

We have learned, once again this month, that the risk of fire presents a multi-fold danger to areas of California – even those locations where the risk of actual fire is comparatively low. On the one ...

November 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Schools Made a Tough Call, Is This Really the Future We Face?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2018
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Commentary: Schools Made a Tough Call, Is This Really the Future We Face?

UC Davis tried to open earlier this week and the students protested the decision. The administration aft ...

UC Davis tried to open earlier this week and the students protested the decision. The administration after the push back re-considered their decision, and ended up closing school for the week. Given ...

November 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The New Normal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2018
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Commentary: The New Normal?

It wasn’t an incredibly hot fall. In fact, I don’t know that we had a single real heat wave after Labor ...

It wasn’t an incredibly hot fall. In fact, I don’t know that we had a single real heat wave after Labor Day. But we’ve had almost no rain, and for most of October the temperatures were running aroun ...

November 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Fires, Heat, the New Normal under Climate Change Sinks In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2018
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My View: Fires, Heat, the New Normal under Climate Change Sinks In

Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared for a jog ...

Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared for a jog from the house I grew up in, down to my old high school and back. It was a little different h ...

August 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Happens When It Comes Here?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Happens When It Comes Here?

Yesterday I had a terrifying reminder of just how vulnerable we actually are. As I drove over the Mace o ...

Yesterday I had a terrifying reminder of just how vulnerable we actually are. As I drove over the Mace overpass, Davis blanketed by cool smoke and noxious ash, I suddenly saw to the east, not far awa ...

July 30, 2018
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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2018
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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course on the Obama administration’s moratorium on enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that hav ...

January 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: January 02, 2018
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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent ...

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels - is mandated by state law. Thi ...

January 02, 2018
| by Leanna Sweha

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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: October 04, 2017
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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now sup ...

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now supports a ban on the sale of gas-powered cars in California. He apparently was inspired by China ...

October 04, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 21, 2017
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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade au ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade auction revenues to climate change programs. So far, the media has focused largely on the fair la ...

September 21, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 02, 2017
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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a lo ...

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a low carbon economy. Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) in his opening remarks said Imp ...

September 02, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: July 26, 2017
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Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Ea ...

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Earlier this month, he made an impassioned plea to legislators to pass the bill, calling their vo ...

July 26, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Extension to Fight Climate Change

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2017
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Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Extension to Fight Climate Change

(From Press Release) - – Today, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) voted in strong support of landma ...

(From Press Release) - – Today, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) voted in strong support of landmark legislation to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program. The package includes AB 398 by Asse ...

July 18, 2017
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Will Getting the Grid Ready for 100 Percent Renewables Spike Electricity Bills?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: June 26, 2017
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Will Getting the Grid Ready for 100 Percent Renewables Spike Electricity Bills?

By Leanna Sweha PG&E has been making improvements to its grid to meet the state’s mandate to provide ...

By Leanna Sweha PG&E has been making improvements to its grid to meet the state’s mandate to provide 50 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. This is one driver of recent rate inc ...

June 26, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Aguiar-Curry and Dodd Lead Charge to Protect California’s National Monuments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 27, 2017
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Aguiar-Curry and Dodd Lead Charge to Protect California’s National Monuments

(From Press Release) - Assembly Joint Resolution 15, a bill expressing the support of the California Stat ...

(From Press Release) - Assembly Joint Resolution 15, a bill expressing the support of the California State Legislature to continue protecting national monuments, passed out of the State Assembly on a ...

May 27, 2017
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Forests Get the Short End of the State Climate Funding Stick

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 24, 2017
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Forests Get the Short End of the State Climate Funding Stick

By Leanna Sweha One of the state’s critical climate goals is to maintain forests as net carbon sinks. Sad ...

By Leanna Sweha One of the state’s critical climate goals is to maintain forests as net carbon sinks. Sadly, data shows that California’s forests have become net greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, due to ...

May 24, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade May Not Have Had a Chance to Work Yet

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 09, 2017
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Cap-and-Trade May Not Have Had a Chance to Work Yet

By Leanna Sweha The senate holds an oversight hearing on Cap-and-Trade this week. On the agenda are prop ...

By Leanna Sweha The senate holds an oversight hearing on Cap-and-Trade this week. On the agenda are proposals that would give the program a major overhaul. This includes getting rid of offsets and fr ...

May 09, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 03, 2017
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Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. ...

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. One of these bills, AB 378, would make Cap-and-Trade less about greenhouse gases and more abou ...

May 03, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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