Environment
			Blog				
			
		The EV Short Circuit: What Is California Going To Do?
			Here are a few examples: Akio Toyoda Says Slowing EV Demand Proves He Was Right All Along Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM Electric Vehicles No Longer the Focus at GM Ford Lost $62,016 For Every EV It Sold In 3Q: Electric vehicles ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			November 14, 2023		
				
					
			Agriculture					
			
		Read about latest activist lawsuit
Cooperation, not lawsuits, is the answer to nitrogen on the Central Coast
			Nitrogen is the plant equivalent of parents telling their children to eat their vegetables. In kids, vegetables provide micronutrients needed for proper growth, fiber, and energy. In plants, nitrogen provides similar benefits, ensuring plants have the needed energy to grow to the best maturity and provide the most crop at ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pam Lewison		
				
																						
			November 13, 2023		
				
					
			Climate Change					
			
		Read about state & local climate change lawsuits
California Is Abusing The Legal System To Set Energy Policy
			These claims are an end-run around the proper democratic process and, if successful, would be economically destructive. Making these costs harder to bear, the lawsuits are a futile exercise in hypocrisy. Federal courts have already dismissed similar claims against the automobile and electric power industries. Essentially the courts have stated ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			November 1, 2023		
				
					
			Blog					
			
		Read about reversal of state green mandate
California Reverses Itself in its Latest ‘Turf War’
			Nearly a decade (more than eight years) ago, the international media dedicated a lengthy ode to artificial turf. “The benefits of fake grass are hard to deny. Live grass guzzles some 2,200 liters per square meter annually, making the all-American lawn increasingly untenable in an era of skyrocketing water rates ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 30, 2023		
				
					
			Agriculture					
			
		Read about latest federal overreach
Are checkoffs really taking taxpayer dollars and giving them to agriculture?
			The OFF Act suggests federal checkoff programs are simply a means for further consolidation of “industrial agriculture” and federal agricultural lobbying organizations. However, the structure of each checkoff belies that notion. Checkoff programs are federal marketing and research programs funded entirely by the producers of 22 commodities in the United ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pam Lewison		
				
																						
			October 24, 2023		
				
					
			Blog					
			
		Read latest about California's green agenda
Everyday Is Halloween For The Scaremongering Climate Alarmists
			“Climate anxiety and dissatisfaction with government responses,” says The Lancet, “are widespread in children and young people in countries across the world and impact their daily functioning.” And what does California do about this? It is now the third state to “mandate scaring our kids to death.” Along with Connecticut ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 23, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary					
			
		Read about latest CA green mandate
California Is Throwing Kids, Parents and Taxpayers Under The E-Bus
			Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law Assembly Bill 579, which requires that, by Jan. 1, 2035, “all newly purchased or contracted school buses of a local educational agency (LEA) to be zero-emission.” Read the full article at GV Wire		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 23, 2023		
				
					
			Commentary					
			
		Read about California's water woes
California Sets Fire To The Rain
			The Los Angeles Times recently noted that even after “a ‘miracle’ water year,” challenges are still ahead for California, and they might arrive as early as the coming winter. And what are those challenges? The San Francisco Chronicle puts it plainly: “California will soon require many cities to significantly cut ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 11, 2023		
				
					
			Agriculture					
			
		Read about new state water law
SB 389: New water law wastes time in the race to save a valuable resource
			Water rights in California are split into pre- and post-1914 categories with pre-1914 and riparian rights given supremacy over post-1914 rights. The pre-1914 and riparian rights are largely for surface water withdrawals – effecting streams, rivers, and tributaries throughout the state. In recent years, activists have called for a total ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pam Lewison		
				
																						
			October 11, 2023		
				
					
			Blog					
			
		Read about latest Sacramento green overreach
Is Sacramento Going to Ban Classic Cars? Recent History Suggests It Might.
			California, according to the Capitol Museum in Sacramento, “is the world’s first auto-civilization.” A PBS affiliate says “as an innovator and early adopter of freeways, California became the symbolic capital of car culture.” Just five years ago, Jalopnik reported that “California is one of the hottest beds of car culture ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 4, 2023		
				
					The EV Short Circuit: What Is California Going To Do?
			Here are a few examples: Akio Toyoda Says Slowing EV Demand Proves He Was Right All Along Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM Electric Vehicles No Longer the Focus at GM Ford Lost $62,016 For Every EV It Sold In 3Q: Electric vehicles ...		
					Read about latest activist lawsuit
Cooperation, not lawsuits, is the answer to nitrogen on the Central Coast
			Nitrogen is the plant equivalent of parents telling their children to eat their vegetables. In kids, vegetables provide micronutrients needed for proper growth, fiber, and energy. In plants, nitrogen provides similar benefits, ensuring plants have the needed energy to grow to the best maturity and provide the most crop at ...		
					Read about state & local climate change lawsuits
California Is Abusing The Legal System To Set Energy Policy
			These claims are an end-run around the proper democratic process and, if successful, would be economically destructive. Making these costs harder to bear, the lawsuits are a futile exercise in hypocrisy. Federal courts have already dismissed similar claims against the automobile and electric power industries. Essentially the courts have stated ...		
					Read about reversal of state green mandate
California Reverses Itself in its Latest ‘Turf War’
			Nearly a decade (more than eight years) ago, the international media dedicated a lengthy ode to artificial turf. “The benefits of fake grass are hard to deny. Live grass guzzles some 2,200 liters per square meter annually, making the all-American lawn increasingly untenable in an era of skyrocketing water rates ...		
					Read about latest federal overreach
Are checkoffs really taking taxpayer dollars and giving them to agriculture?
			The OFF Act suggests federal checkoff programs are simply a means for further consolidation of “industrial agriculture” and federal agricultural lobbying organizations. However, the structure of each checkoff belies that notion. Checkoff programs are federal marketing and research programs funded entirely by the producers of 22 commodities in the United ...		
					Read latest about California's green agenda
Everyday Is Halloween For The Scaremongering Climate Alarmists
			“Climate anxiety and dissatisfaction with government responses,” says The Lancet, “are widespread in children and young people in countries across the world and impact their daily functioning.” And what does California do about this? It is now the third state to “mandate scaring our kids to death.” Along with Connecticut ...		
					Read about latest CA green mandate
California Is Throwing Kids, Parents and Taxpayers Under The E-Bus
			Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law Assembly Bill 579, which requires that, by Jan. 1, 2035, “all newly purchased or contracted school buses of a local educational agency (LEA) to be zero-emission.” Read the full article at GV Wire		
					Read about California's water woes
California Sets Fire To The Rain
			The Los Angeles Times recently noted that even after “a ‘miracle’ water year,” challenges are still ahead for California, and they might arrive as early as the coming winter. And what are those challenges? The San Francisco Chronicle puts it plainly: “California will soon require many cities to significantly cut ...		
					Read about new state water law
SB 389: New water law wastes time in the race to save a valuable resource
			Water rights in California are split into pre- and post-1914 categories with pre-1914 and riparian rights given supremacy over post-1914 rights. The pre-1914 and riparian rights are largely for surface water withdrawals – effecting streams, rivers, and tributaries throughout the state. In recent years, activists have called for a total ...		
					Read about latest Sacramento green overreach
Is Sacramento Going to Ban Classic Cars? Recent History Suggests It Might.
			California, according to the Capitol Museum in Sacramento, “is the world’s first auto-civilization.” A PBS affiliate says “as an innovator and early adopter of freeways, California became the symbolic capital of car culture.” Just five years ago, Jalopnik reported that “California is one of the hottest beds of car culture ...