PG&E Pleads Not Guilty in 2010 Pipeline Blast


The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG...

Is California’s Largest Utility Too Big To Jail?


It may seem like a stretch to compare California’s largest investor-owned utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, with one of history’s most notorious serial killer, Charles Manson. But, when assessing...

Obama: Tighter Fuel Standards for Heavy Trucks


President Obama is drawing a mixed response from industry to his recent call for tighter fuel-efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Speaking last week at a Safeway distribution...

The State of the Union Focused on Fracking Gas


President Obama paid much less attention to energy and climate in last night’s fifth State of the Union address than he did in the previous four, highlighting only two specific initiatives: natural-...

2014 Top 5 Climate and Energy Stories


The U.S. energy picture has shifted dramatically in recent years. The country is currently enjoying booming domestic energy production from multiple sources. And yet, signs of uncertainty abound,...

Obama’s Manufacturing Hubs Mean Cronyism, Corporate Welfare And Less Innovation


It’s an endless parade, one  top-down proposal after another from Washington. Having just presided over another 80,000 pages of regulations in the 2013 Federal Register, the launch (so called) of...