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Cambria tree removal funded by state grant

Written on 16 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Contractors will soon began removing thousands of dead and dying trees in the Cambria forest through a grant from the state. A bark beetle infestation, the drought and record heat has led to the death of approximately half of the... (Continue reading)

Fire delays Santa Margarita Elementary School opening day

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Classes at Santa Margarita Elementary School will not start on Wednesday as previously planned, the Atascadero Unified School District announced Tuesday. Approximately 1,000 firefighters are battling a blaze burning on the southwest side of the town. The last estimate, on... (Continue reading)

California Democrats trying to slow impact of cap and trade

Written on 14 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

Citing concern over rising gas prices, a group of Democratic California lawmakers are pushing a bill that would delay requiring oil refineries to buy carbon credits under the state’s cap and trade system. [LA Times] California’s cap and trade system,... (Continue reading)

It’s a fee: California cap and trade passes legal challenge

Written on 15 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

California’s one-year-old system of auctioning off the right to emit carbon survived a pair of legal challenges this week. [SacramentoBee] Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley rejected lawsuits filed over California’s cap and trade law, AB 32, by the California... (Continue reading)

Court upholds California’s low carbon fuel standards

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that California regulators can impose low carbon fuel standards on wholesalers and refineries in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [LA Times] AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, requires producers, refiners and importers... (Continue reading)