Category Archives: Regulations

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations First of all, the Obama Clean Power Plan program was already blocked by the courts, and President Biden had not yet proposed his regulations to get around this.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading

Posted in 2022 Election, Air Quality, Autos, CAFE Standards, California Power Mixes, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Conservation, Economies, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Gasoline, Green Rate Plans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Natural Gas, Oil, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Supreme Court, Texas, Trump Solar Tariff, Ukraine, US Oil, Wind Energy, World Oil Usage | Leave a comment

Making American Gasoline Greater Again

Making American Gasoline Greater Again I am not an oil expert, but I am trying to put together some factors which have appeared in the press to solve the rapidly increasing gasoline price inflation. The high price of gas may … Continue reading

Posted in California Oil, California Smog, Clean Energy, Donald Trump, Economies, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Huntington Beach Oil Spill, Joe Biden, Middle East, No More Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Oil, Politics, Regulations, Saudi Oil Imports, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump Insurrection, Trump on Climate Change, Ukraine, US Oil, VP Pence, Waste Energy, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage | Leave a comment

The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities

The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities While capturing headlines with the greatest election fraud ever of declaring himself the winner, and then inciting the successful invasion and terrorization of the Congress, Trump and his minions have been carrying out a … Continue reading

Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Free Trade, Global Climate Action Summit, Impeachment, Iran, Joe Biden, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Science Funding, State Department, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Trump Impeachment, Trump Insurrection, Trump on Climate Change, Voter Fraud, Yemen | Leave a comment

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, CAFE Standards, California Oil, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Donald Trump, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hybrid Cars, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Oil, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Saudi Oil Imports, Solar Energy, Transportation, Trump Administration, US Oil, Wind Energy, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage, World Smog | Leave a comment

Trump Leaves a Destructive Climate Wake

Trump Leaves a Destructive Climate Wake Humpty Dumpty Ran on The Wall; Humpty Dumpty Had a Viral Fall; All the King’s Governors and all of his Judgemen, Couldn’t Put Humpty in Office Again.  (We hope.) The NY Times had a … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Air Quality, California Smog, California Water, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Coastal Flooding, Donald Trump, Electric Power, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, US Oil | Leave a comment

Really President Trump, Now it is Censorship Enforced by Withholding Federal School Funding?

Really President Trump, Now its Censorship Enforced by Withholding Federal School Funding? Update:  I did not realize when I wrote this that Trump was directly threatening California which supposedly was going to or considering adopting a curriculum based on the … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Department of Education, Donald Trump, Electric Cars, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedoms, Poverty, Racism, Regulations, Secretary of Education, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, UC Federal Funding, University Funding | Leave a comment

Trump’s Destructive March to the End

Trump’s Destructive March to the Sea This title is an analogy to Sherman’s March to the Sea.  It wasn’t enough to defeat the Confederate Army.  Sherman marched through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, and destroyed all along his way. We … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Energy, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Putin, Regulations, Russia, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change | Leave a comment

America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View

America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View Having just written articles on the Democracy and Freedom ratings of world countries, I was going to speculate on what our new ratings would be after the sham impeachment trial.  … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Democracy Ratings, Donald Trump, EPA, First Amendment, Freedoms, Impeachment, Kavanaugh, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, Politics, Public Confidence, Regulations, State Department, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Trump Voting, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights, VP Pence, White House | Leave a comment

Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby and the Climate Leadership Council Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans

Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans The CLC has been put forward by an Οp-Ed in the Washington Post, and the “The Pricing Advantage” by George R. Schultz and … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Air Quality, Air Travel Emissions, Autos, CAFE Standards, California Federal Funding, California Oil, California Power Mixes, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Congress, Conservation, Department of Energy, Economies, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fossil Fuel Energy, Free Trade, Global Climate Action Summit, Green Rate Plans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Irma, Hybrid Cars, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Natural Gas, No More Drilling, Nuclear Energy, Oil, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Poverty, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Science and Engineering Education, Solar Energy, Tax Laws, Transportation, US Oil, Wind Energy | Tagged | Leave a comment

Most of Trump’s Speech was Election Year Malarky

Most of What Trump Said Was Election Year Malarky It’s hard to know where to start.  Let’s start with Whew!  Calmer minds have taken over. I think for such an important War or Peace speech, it would have been better … Continue reading

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, California Oil, California Power Mixes, Climate Change, Donald Trump, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iran, Middle East, NATO, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Regulations, Saudi Oil Imports, Terrorism, Trump Administration, US Oil, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage | Leave a comment