As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers, politicians from President Trump to local lawmakers have found rare bipartisan agreement over insisting that tech companies — and not regular people — …
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Western states miss key deadline as Colorado River impasse persists
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe leaders of seven states announced Friday, one day before a Trump administration deadline, that there is still no deal to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River. That …
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Newsom tells world leaders Trump’s retreat on the environment will mean economic harm
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom told world leaders Friday that President Trump’s retreat from efforts to combat climate change would decimate the U.S. automobile industry and surrender the future economic viability to …
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Wildfire debris removal underway at Palisades Bowl Mobile Home park
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCrews finally are removing fire debris from the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a roughly 170-unit, rent-controlled mobile home park along Pacific Coast Highway. Cleanup of the property — the …
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Sandy Steers dies: Activist helped launch Big Bear’s popular eagle cam
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSouthern California lost a conservation champion as the Friends of Big Bear Valley announced the death Wednesday of Sandy Steers, a biologist and the group’s executive director, at the age …
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SoCal, Central Coast mountains lions now listed as threatened
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMore than 1,400 California mountain lions are now protected by the state’s Endangered Species Act. On Thursday, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to list six isolated puma …
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The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change. …
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Super Bowl ads show the U.S. has abandoned green-energy transition
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThese days, almost every cultural or news event seems fleeting. But there’s one thing that feels nearly as momentous as it did 20 years ago: the Super Bowl. From a …
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Get more electricity from coal, Trump tells Department of Defense
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants. He also announced new funding to restart and upgrade coal …
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While most environmental exchanges between California and the federal government these days are adversarial, one process has been quietly underway for two decades and is just now ripening: an examination …