Cap and trading in Sacramento
THE Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has been worried about the cost of complying with Assembly Bill 32, a 2006 law that requires California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, reports David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times.
Last month, DWP officials decided to beef up their advocacy efforts in Sacramento by bringing in the author of the global warming bill, Los Angeles Democrat and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, to advise the department’s team of lobbyists, writes Zanhiser.
…Department officials have voiced concern that AB 32 would result in a “cap and trade” program that requires utilities that rely on coal power, including the DWP, to purchase expensive pollution credits. That process could result in a “massive transfer of ratepayer money” away from the utility, said DWP spokesman Joe Ramallo.
To be taken to Zahniser’s full story in the Los Angeles Times, click here…
The Governor’s bump
CADIZ Inc filed its quarterly report for April through June 2009 yesterday, a period still pregnant with unanswered questions over compromising endorsements from the Governor of California, Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt.
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The week that was, 8/3-9/2009
"Reflections, 2007." Click on the image for a profile of the artist, Anna Bliss, in the Salt Lake Tribune
New TV ads are encouraging Brazilians to save water — by peeing in the shower. — AP / Salt Lake Tribune and New York Times
One homeowner, for instance, insisted his three-day-a-week watering schedule was insufficient to create the large bill … He left out that he waters four times on each of those three days. — Denver Post
As the state entered a severe drought, many of the city of Sacramento’s biggest water users increased their watering dramatically … A Bee investigation reveals city government itself as the top scofflaw. — Sacramento Bee via Aquafornia
Think of our water supply as a giant milkshake glass. And imagine each demand for water as a straw in the glass. Most American states allow a limitless number of straws in the single glass…
Pollinate me
California fuchsia photographed on the Bear Creek Trail in the Angeles National Forest. Photo: Ann Berkley. Click on the trumpet flower to be taken to the US Forest Service "Celebrating Wildflowers" page.
SOMEHOW during the hot, long days of summer, our native flora punctuates the dry season with flashes of color. Horticulturists speculate that the reason is sex …
Click here for the latest Los Angeles Times Dry Garden column on late summer bloomers, the queen of which is indisputably the California fuchsia, pictured left.…
Bring it on
Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager Patricia Mulroy. Photo: Sam Morris, Las Vegas Sun. Click on the image to be taken to the Sun profile of Mulroy "The Chosen One"
“TO SHORE up support for a controversial project, Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy will ask her board for an ‘up-or-down vote’ on plans to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from across rural eastern Nevada,” reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal today.
UPDATE – Saturday August 8, 2009: To read the Review-Journal about Patricia Mulroy and Las Vegas also in talks with Mexico over shared desalination deal, click here. …
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