Gavin Newsom is gaslighting Californians about homelessness and gas prices – Orange County Register
California leads the nation in homelessness and trails only Hawaii for the nation’s highest gas prices, but it seems someone forgot to tell Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ever the optimist when…
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Slovakia threatens to cut aid for Ukraine refugees amid gas transit dispute – JURIST
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico issued a warning on Friday regarding potential reductions in financial aid for Ukrainian refugees currently residing in Slovakia. The warning followed Ukraine’s recent decision to…
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Winning $1.22-billion Mega Millions ticket sold in California
A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold at a Shasta County gas station hit the whopping estimated $1.22-billion jackpot on Friday, officials said. The ticket was sold at Sunshine Food and…
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UK Supreme Court dismisses appeal over Northern Ireland underwater gas storage proposal – JURIST
The UK Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear an appeal submitted by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) regarding the Islandmagee Gas Cavern Project in Northern…
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Supreme Court to decide if California zero-emissions goal can be challenged
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge to California’s long-standing authority to set stricter emissions limits for new vehicles, including its “zero emissions” goal for…
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L.A. wants to ban using nitrous oxide to get high. But challenges loom
The Los Angeles City Council is considering cracking down on the sale of nitrous oxide — known as laughing gas, typically is administered by anesthesiologists as a short-acting sedative, but…
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Activists have a new tactic to close Aliso Canyon gas storage facility
Ever since a historic, methane-spewing blowout in October 2015, local lawmakers, residents and activists have been pressuring state regulators and officials, including the governor, to close the Aliso Canyon gas…
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NYC Enacts Law to Help Reduce Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New York City enacted Local Law 97 in 2019 to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by buildings throughout the City.1 The law is part of the City’s Climate Mobilization Act,…
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California wants to give you some gas money … eventually
Q. According to the Business section in The Orange County Register, we Southern California drivers can submit a claim to get some gas money back if we bought gas from…
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NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas
Scientists have never actually seen a moon orbiting a planet other than the ones in this solar system. An exomoon, a companion to an exoplanet, likely would be too tiny…
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California families need a break at the pump, let’s suspend the gas tax today – Orange County Register
Californians are facing a harsh reality: the crushing weight of high prices and unaffordability is baked into every facet of our lives. From groceries to gas, taxes and fees pop…
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The end of Hahn Hall? L.A. County takes first step to buy Gas Company Tower
L.A. County’s Board of Supervisors took its first major step Tuesday toward buying Gas Company Tower, one of the most prominent office skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles. The looming purchase…
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Free cash coming to some California drivers in the form of gas rebates
A $50-million settlement over price gouging at the pump means some Californians are now eligible for a little cash back. In July, the California attorney general announced the settlement with…
Read More »Alabama Carries Out Second Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
Alan E. Miller, convicted in the 1999 murders of three men, died after breathing the gas through a mask. The nation’s only other nitrogen execution, in January, had appeared to…
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Peninsula power shutoffs expand amid SoCal landslide crisis
Power shutoffs have expanded on the Palos Verdes Peninsula amid worsening land movement. After the loss of gas and electricity has thrown parts of Rancho Palos Verdes into turmoil, dozens…
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Alabama Hails Nitrogen Gas Execution, a New Attempt to Address an Old Challenge
For as long as America has had the death penalty, there have been questions about how best to carry it out. The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama on…
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US federal judge allows Alabama to execute prisoner by nitrogen gas – JURIST
A federal judge in Alabama ruled on Wednesday that the state can proceed to use nitrogen gas in the execution of Kenneth Smith. Smith has been on death row since…
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Record air travel, dropping gas prices: How to get through one of the busiest holiday travel seasons
Christian Choe is done with the “headache-filled” challenges of holiday flying. He missed Christmas with his family in Los Angeles last year because his Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose…
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Deputy shoots armed man at Hemet gas station, authorities say – Press Enterprise
A sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a man holding a gun at a gas station in Hemet on Tuesday night, Dec. 5, authorities said. The suspect was taken to a…
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Can a sponge-like ‘nanomaterial’ eat up greenhouse gas? Cal State LA will find out – Press Enterprise
What if tiny sponge-like things known as “nanomaterials” were designed to fight climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide, the pollution that makes up most of the Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions?…
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