If you send Congress only one e-mail this year…
April 10, 2015
By Andrew Christie, Chapter Director If you still haven’t weighed in on Fast Track with your elected representatives yet, your last chance is here, and here’s why you should take it: If Fast Track dies, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and...
PG&E rocked by seismic event: a $1.6 billion fine
April 9, 2015
By Andrew Christie, Chapter DirectorToday’s decision by the Public Utilities Commission to hit PG&E with a $1.6 billion penalty for the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion – after CPUC President David Picker upped the recommended level of the...
Tribune asks wrong question about oil trains, Paso prepares wrong answer
April 6, 2015
by Andrew Christie, Chapter DirectorOn Saturday, The Tribune offered up a pair of op eds in the ever popular point/counterpoint motif, pitting the CEO of the American Petroleum Institute against a political science professor on the subject of oil...
Why Diablo won't solve our water woes
April 2, 2015
By Andrew Christie, Chapter Director As the drought bites down harder, several folks hereabouts have advanced the notion of a desalination plant co-located with California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, the ideal source for the enormous...
National Marine Sanctuary Designation
February 23, 2015
New Report Points To Benefits Of National Marine Sanctuary Designation For Central CoastA new study points tallies up the economic benefits that would come to California's Central Coast, particularly San Luis Obispo County, if the region were to...