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Print This is the Jan. 14, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. As rooftop solar power has gotten cheaper and more useful — a topic I wrote about last week — a powerful industry has pushed back. I’m talking about utilities, the state-sanctioned monopolies that build poles and wires and sell us electricity from centralized power plants, earning large guaranteed...

USA TODAY Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde. President Trump finally conceded after a mob of his supporters overran the U.S. Capitol. Georgia continued its blue shift, electing two Democratic senators and handing control over Congress upper branch to the Democratic Party by a razor-thin margin. The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge was opened for oil drillin...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. This morning we’ll be sharing our compendium of some of the best California writing of 2020. California contains multitudes. This is a state of 40 million people — a place so big that there have been at least 220 recorded attempts to break it up. Which is all to say that even a hundred stories couldn’t capture the entirety of the California experience during this historic year. Adve...

Advertisement The demolition capped off another tumultuous year for coal power. The industry helped build the modern West, but it’s collapsing as utility companies turn to natural gas, solar panels and wind turbines for lower-cost electricity, and as voters demand cleaner energy to reduce air pollution and confront the climate crisis. New Mexico’s Escalante Generating Station produced its final coal-fired electrons in August, and Portland General Electric shut down Oregon’s last coal plan...

NEWSOM: Stay-at-home order could be extended — API push for BONTA for AG — Battle over NURSES — New COVID strain: Cause for concern? — O’LEARY resigns, DEBOO is IN 12/22/2020 09:00 AM EST THE BUZZ — NEWSOM’S NOT GETTING A BREAK — 2020 is not letting up, right down to the final weeks. Whether it’s an extended lockdown (brace yourselves for that) or a new Covid-19 strain, Gov. Gavin Newsom has had to deliver some tough news again this week — tempered by the vaccine deliveries...

This story is a collaboration between High Country News and The Desert Sun , part of the USA Today Network. Red flags flutter outside the schools in Salton City, California, when the air quality is dangerous. Dust billows across the desert, blanketing playgrounds and baseball diamonds, the swirling grit canceling recess and forcing students indoors. Visibility is so poor you can’t see down the block. Those days worry Miriam Juarez the most. Juarez, a mother of three and active volunteer at ...

By Matt Hepler and Molly Moore UPDATE, Jan. 11, 2020: Following multiple objections to Blackjewel’s proposed Chapter 11 plan, Blackjewel filed an amended plan the morning of the December 17 hearing, striking the use of a reclamation trust. During the hearing, Judge Benjamin Kahn denied former Blackjewel CEO Jeff Hoops’ petition to move the bankruptcy proceeding from a Chapter 11 reorganization plan to a Chapter 7 liquidation plan, but did not rule on the proposed Chapter 11 plan, given th...

And another thing: Would you trust Wall Street with your water?

Climate Point: Nissan dumps Trump, and Nevada is spared from bombing Mark Olalde, USA TODAY © Joe Cavaretta/AP FILE - In this Friday, July 19, 2002, file photo, A U.S. Air Force B1-B bomber drops live bombs at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Indian Springs, Nev. The bombing run was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Capstone program, where top military brass get to watch live firepower displays. Conservationists are rallying around a pair of state legislative resolutions...

USA TODAY Hello, and happy Thursday! Im housing, health and ag reporter Kate Cimini with The Salinas Californian, bringing you your daily headlines. Heres a quick look at what happened today in California.  In California brings you top Golden State stories and commentary from across the USA TODAY Network and beyond. Get it free, straight to your inbox. New bill would prioritize food sector workers for vaccines While the number of those diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to climb, a new Ca...