Energy

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Trump Moves To Vastly Expand Offshore Drilling

The Associated Press

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters off the California coast for the first time in more than three decades.
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Rep. Peters On Tax Reform, Yucca Mountain, Healthcare For Veterans

Maureen Cavanaugh

Brooke Ruth

The tax reform package passed the House and Senate earlier this month without a single Democratic vote. But Democrats are hoping to have more of a say in Washington, D.C., soon, as the party gears up for midterm elections in November 2018.
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Transfer Of Nuclear Waste At San Onofre Scheduled To Begin This Month

Alison St John

Brooke Ruth

Southern California Edison has declined to confirm whether or not the process to move nuclear waste to dry storage has begun at the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
Environment

California PUC Used Public Money To Block San Onofre Investigation

Alison St John

Court documents released this week indicate the California Public Utilities Commission used public money to try to block search warrants in an investigation into possible collusion with Southern California Edison over the premature closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
Environment

San Diego Advances 'Community Choice Energy' Business Plan

Andrew Bowen

San Diego is moving forward with a business plan for a community choice energy program. Environmentalists who support the program and skeptics are both claiming victory.
Environment

PG&E Says Someone Else's Wires May Have Started Deadly Blaze

The Associated Press

California's largest utility says the deadliest of last month's wildfires may have been started by electrical equipment not owned or installed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Two Ways Natural Gas May Be Escaping At Your Meter

Ingrid Lobet

Natural gas is leaking — sometimes deliberately — from residential gas meters up and down the state of California. That surprise is buried in state documents, a review by inewsource has found.
Environment

Marine Corps Waits For Nuke Waste Removal From San Onofre

Alison St John

The Navy and Marines would like to reclaim the military base land where the San Onofre nuclear power plant now sits, as soon as it is safely decommissioned. But with nuclear waste stored on the site indefinitely, that could be decades.
Economy

California Gas Tax Rises 12 Cents To Pay For Road Repairs

Erik Anderson

The Associated Press

Gasoline taxes will rise by 12 cents per gallon Wednesday — and diesel taxes by even more — to raise money for fixing roads and highways.
Environment

Appeals Court Orders State Regulators To Submit Key San Onofre Emails For Possible Public Release

Amita Sharma

San Diego Consumer lawyer Mike Aguirre has long asked for the communications on grounds they may reveal how ratepayers got saddled with a $3.3 billion bill for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's closure following a radioactive leak.