Kathleen Ronayne
The Associated Press
Sacramento, CA, United States
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Pipeline debate at center of California carbon capture plans
Twenty years into climate change efforts, California is now relying heavily on a controversial technology — capturing climate pollution from industry and piping it underground, where it's supposed to remain → Read More
California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California utility regulators on Thursday approved major changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of … → Read More
California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
California utility regulators have approved major changes to the state's booming rooftop solar industry. → Read More
California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California utility regulators on Thursday approved major changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels in the evening. The state has long led the nation in adoption of rooftop solar panels, […] → Read More
Drying California lake to get $250 million in US drought funding
The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that’s fed by the depleted Colorado River. → Read More
Western US cities to remove decorative grass amid drought
Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River → Read More
California Voters Are Deciding Whether to Tax the Rich to Boost EV Adoption
A new tax on incomes above $2 million would raise billions to help subsidize electric vehicles and charging stations → Read More
Hoopa Valley tribe sues over Trinity River water diversions: ‘We’ve been fighting for decades’
The Hoopa Valley Tribe says the Trinity River, which it relies on for food and cultural purposes, has been decimated by decades of water diversions. → Read More
Hoopa Valley Tribe sues U.S. over California water contracts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Hoopa Valley Tribe alleged in a lawsuit Monday that the federal government is violating its sovereignty and failing to collect money from California farms that rely on federally supplied water to pay for damages to tribal fisheries. The tribe, which has a reservation in northwest California, says in its lawsuit […] → Read More
Tax the rich for more EVs? California Democrats split on Prop. 30's benefits
A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to pay for electric vehicle programs has divided Democrats. → Read More
Tax the rich for more EVs? California Democrats split
A California ballot measure that would tax the rich to pay for electric vehicle programs has divided Democrats → Read More
Homelessness surging in many cities as COVID relief programs end
Pandemic government relief programs like anti-eviction measures, emergency rental assistance and a child tax credit that kept people housed are now ending. → Read More
California water agencies offer Colorado River savings
California water agencies that rely on the parched Colorado River say they're willing to cut their use by about one-tenth → Read More
Newsom relaxes refinery rules as California gas prices soar
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that oil refineries could start selling more polluting winter-blend gasoline ahead of schedule to ease soaring fuel prices… → Read More
Newsom relaxes refinery rules as California gas prices soar
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called on state regulators to relax rules on oil refineries in an effort to lower soaring fuel prices → Read More
Possibility of power outages increasing; Another Flex Alert issued for Monday
California's chance of power outages will grow in the coming days, as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heat wave, officials said Sunday. → Read More
Sheriff: Two dead in Northern California wildfire
The blaze sparked Friday and forced thousands of people from their homes. → Read More
Sheriff: 2 dead in Northern California wildfire
Two people have died in a blaze that ripped through a Northern California town, said Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue. → Read More
California fire fight persists as many neighborhoods reopen
About 1,000 people in the rural Northern California community of Weed were still being kept from their homes Sunday as firefighters worked to contain a blaze that had sparked out of control at the start of the holiday weekend. → Read More
Equity is goal, not mandate, in California electric car rule
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and… → Read More