Climate Justice for Thee But Not for Me

In this recent election, the wealthy elite in Berkeley said to environmental activists, “We’ll keep our natural gas. Here’s some money. Go tell the poor people to get rid of…

Voters In Kamala Harris’ Hometown Smack Down Initiative to Tax Natural Gas Use

Measure GG would have required owners of multi-family or commercial buildings larger than 15,000 square feet to pay up in order to use natural gas. It failed with 68.25% of voters…

Liberal City Tries to Tax Buildings Using Gas After Court Smacked Down Its Outright Ban On Gas Stoves

…if I am going to be socked with a nearly half million dollar penalty every year, I will have to look seriously at moving out.

Federal Court Deals Knockout Punch To Blue City’s Biden-Backed Effort To Ban Gas Stoves

…the City of Berkeley has waded into a domain preempted by Congress,” Patrick Bumatay, a circuit judge on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and member of the…

The unholy crusade against gas appliances

Eco darling natural gas gives way to wind, solar and battery electricity – and slave labor Duggan Flanakin When Berkeley, California last year became the first U.S. city to ban…

Berkeley to consider another environmental first with proposed ordinance banning new natural gas hookups.

From The East Bay Express As the United States has begun transitioning away from the use of coal and petroleum as a source of electricity and fuel, natural gas has…

Real Climate pans BEST and Muller

In a shocking development that may represent a singularity, I find myself in agreement* with parts of an opinion piece posted on Real Climate today called Berkeley Earthquake Called Off.…

BEST: What I agree with and what I disagree with – plus a call for additional transparency to prevent "pal" review

There’s lots of hay being made by the usual romminesque flaming bloggers, some news outlets and the like, over my disagreement with the way data was handled in one of…