I attended a rain dance 40 years ago in the Southwest. At the end of the 6-hour ceremony, it rained. My final memory of the event was a small, elderly lady chasing an immense clown, who had ritually molested her in the ceremony, beating him about the head and shoulders with an umbrella…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom must move up his target for 100% zero-emission vehicle sales to meet crucial state climate goals, according to a new report by the Center for Biological Diversity…
California’s chief air pollution regulator, once the front-runner to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Biden administration, has been passed over after getting pummeled with complaints about her record on environmental justice…
Environmental groups see President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor who teaches at UC Berkeley, to lead the Department of Energy as a sign that he intends to shift the agency’s focus toward championing renewable energy and combating climate change…
President-elect Joe Biden is zeroing in on nominees for two final posts as his climate team takes shape. Biden is expected to pick Gina McCarthy to serve as the first-ever White House climate policy coordinator and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to lead the Department of Energy…
Mary Nichols, the frontrunner to head EPA, was knocked out of contention earlier this week. She would have been a formidable choice to implement Biden’s climate policies…
California has long led the nation in environmental regulations. It was the first state to enact air pollution control policies in 1947. Then it advanced environmental regulations around emission controls, air toxins and water, paving the way for federal regulations that have protected our health for decades…
President-elect Joe Biden wants his climate adviser to be a Washington combat veteran. And it’s looking increasingly likely his warrior will be former EPA chief Gina McCarthy…
Mary Nichols has been making environmental policy for decades, and is responsible for running a groundbreaking California program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…