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California oversight oil well injection sites inadequate: state review
2015-10-09 00:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's oversight of wells where oil companies dispose of wastewater brought to the surface is hindered by inadequate staffing and poorly organized paper records, a state review of the program said Thursday. In a report to the state legislature, California's Department of Conservation (DOC) found that wastewater injection wells also suffer from inconsistent permitting, monitoring and enforcement of their construction and operation, among other problems. "The division hasn't owned up to...
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California grooms utility giants to compete against Big Oil
2015-10-08 17:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California wants more drivers to dump the pump. Under new climate change legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday, the most populous state in the nation is encouraging major utilities to compete as an alternative transportation fuel source by installing thousands of charging stations where people live, work and play. The new law, SB350, requires the state to boost renewable electricity use to 50 percent and double the energy efficiency of existing buildings by 2030, although Democratic...
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Closed California plant's spent fuel to be stored near ocean
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Nuclear waste from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California will be moved to long-term storage beside the Pacific Ocean, the state's Coastal Commission voted unanimously yesterday. Commissioners said they lacked any viable alternative to granting plant owner Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) a permit to build a new storage facility. The Department of Energy has not approved a location to take spent fuel, they noted, and there are no short-term prospects for one. An existing...
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California enacts monumental climate change goals
2015-10-08 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: California already has some of the toughest air quality standards in the world, but Gov. Jerry Brown still isnt satisfied. On Wednesday, Mr. Brown committed the state to ambitious climate change goals, including doubling the energy-efficiency of existing buildings and relying on renewable energy for 50 percent of electricity use by 2030. Brown also tried to lobby for a measure to reduce petroleum use by half within the next 15 years; a measure that ultimately failed due to intense opposition from...
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California grooms utility giants to compete against Big Oil
2015-10-08 10:01:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Climate change legislation signed Wednesday day by Gov. Jerry Brown calls for major utilities to compete as an alternative transportation fuel source by installing thousands of charging stations where people live, work and play. The provision was contained in a broader climate control measure requiring the state to boost renewable electricity use to 50 percent and double the energy efficiency of existing buildings by 2030.
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