Like most car dealers, Scott Kunes has some electric vehicle whiplash. In the third quarter, he sold EVs like ice cream at the beach. However, after federal purchase incentives expired …
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A bomb cyclone brings blizzards to the Midwest before turning east
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA strengthening bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. on Monday, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest as it took aim at the East Coast. The storm brought blizzard …
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Contributor: Photos of the dirty 1970s will make you appreciate the EPA
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGrowing up in the 1970s, I took for granted the trash piles along the highway, tires washed up on beaches and smog fouling city air. Such scenes are why the …
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L.A. fire cleanups reports describe repeated violations, illegal dumping allegation
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe primary federal contractor entrusted with purging fire debris from the Eaton and Palisades fires may have illegally dumped toxic ash and misused contaminated soil in breach of state policy, …
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Some SoCal mountain residents are cut off, buried in mud after storm
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEven after an evacuation warning was lifted for the San Bernardino County mountain community of Lytle Creek, some residents remained stranded after a bridge was damaged while others contended with …
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California drops suit seeking to reinstate bullet train federal funds
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOAKLAND — California last week dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government’s withdrawing of $4 billion for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project. The U.S. Transportation …
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Arizona could limit groundwater pumping where Saudi company farms hay
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesVICKSBURG, Ariz. — Lush green fields of alfalfa spread across thousands of acres in a desert valley in western Arizona, where a dairy company from Saudi Arabia grows the thirsty crop by …
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A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with wind gusts of up to 100 mph to bring about the worst fires …
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Christmas brings respite from heaviest downpour, but flooding, mudslide risks persist
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe heaviest part of a storm system that pummeled the Los Angeles area and other parts of the Southland subsided Thursday, but off-and-on showers and thunderstorm hit some areas, locally …
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Federal judge upholds Hawaii’s new climate change tax on cruise passengers
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHONOLULU — A federal judge’s ruling clears the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go …